When author Frances Kuffel reached her goal weight -- after losing more than200 pounds -- she didn't even realize how far she'd come. "I kept thinking 'I'm still fat; I still look awful.' Someone else ...

For patients with massive weight loss after bariatric surgery, subsequent body contouring to remove excess skin is not itself associated with long-term weight loss, reports a study in the June issue ...

The world of cosmetic and plastic surgery is vast. Some procedures are fairly well-known and understood — take breast augmentations and buccal fat removal, for example — but others are a bit of ...

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Body-contouring procedures — nonsurgical treatments that promise to freeze fat or build muscle while you lie there — are soaring in popularity. Are they for real? By Courtney Rubin To Laura Salter, a ...

A panniculectomy is surgery to remove excess fat and overhanging skin from the abdomen. People may opt for this procedure when significant weight loss leaves skin hanging down over the groin. An ...