Contents§§Preface XXX§§Dedications XXX§§List of Contributors XXX§§Introduction§§Body contouring surgery - a fifty year perspective XXX§§Ivo Pitanguy§§Part 1_Patient evaluation and safety§§1 Patient safety in body contouring XXX§§V. Leroy Young, Angela S. Landfair§§Part 2_Upper extremity contouring§§2 Liposuction of the upper extremities XXX§§Cemal S_enyuva, Hüseyin G_ner§§3 Brachioplasty with bicipital groove scar XXX§§Susan E. Downey§§4 Brachioplasty - the double ellipse technique XXX§§Al S. Aly, Peter Lin§§5 Brachioplasty with liposuction resection XXX§§Dennis J. Hurwitz§§6 Limited scar brachioplasty XXX§§Lawrence S. Reed§§Part 3_Breast reshaping§§7 Fat grafting to the breast XXX§§Kamran Khoobehi§§8 Ultrasound-assisted breast reduction XXX§§Alberto di Giuseppe§§9 Combined abdominal contouring and mastopexy XXX§§Carlos O. Uebel§§10 Breast reshaping using autologous tissues after massive weight loss XXX§§Moustapha Hamdi, Serhan Tuncer§§11 Combined abdominoplasty and breast enlargement by autologous tissue transfer or transabdominal implant placement XXX§§Reena A. Bhatt, Erik Hoy, Richard Zienowicz§§12 Mammaplasty with L-shaped scar XXX§§Antonio R. Bozola§§13 Breast reshaping after massive weight loss, autologous tissue techniques XXX§§J. Peter Rubin, Dennis J. Hurwitz§§14 Breast reshaping after massive weight loss, implant based XXX§§Dennis C. Hammond, Shannon D. Armstrong, Michael Loffredo§§Part 4_Upper trunk contouring§§15 Liposuction of upper back/bra rolls XXX§§Sebastião Nelson Edy Guerra, Renato Nelson de Moura Guerra, Ismael Santiago Vásquez, Rodrigo Nelson de Moura Guerra, Antonio Luiz Rocha Gesualdi Fernandes Neto§§16 Transverse upper body lift XXX§§Joseph P. Hunstad, Christopher D. Knotts§§17 Upper body lift with lateral excision XXX§§Dirk F. Richter, Alexander Stoff§§Part 5_Abdominal contouring procedures§§18 Aesthetic classification of the abdomen XXX§§Alan Matarasso§§19 Anatomy of the abdominal wall and aesthetic classification XXX§§Fabio X. Nahas, Lydia M. Ferreira§§20 Lipomyosculpture XXX§§Ewaldo Bolivar Souza Pinto Sr., Pablo Silva Frizzera Delboni, Matheus Monseff Vieira Borela§§21 Classic abdominoplasty with adhesion tension sutures XXX§§Ricardo Baroudi§§22 Lipoabdominoplasty with previous flap resection XXX§§Arnaldo L. Miró§§23 Reverse abdominoplasty XXX§§Mauro F. Deos, Eduardo I. Gus, Ricardo A. Arnt§§24 Endoscopic plication techniques for the treatment of abdominal contour XXX§§Ana Z.D. Badin, Lea M. Moraes§§25 High lateral tension abdominoplasty XXX§§Steven Teitelbaum§§26 Fleur-de-lis abdominoplasty including mons contouring XXX§§Joseph P. Hunstad, Bill G. Kortesis, Christopher D. Knotts§§27 Panniculectomy in patients with super obesity XXX§§Dirk F. Richter, Hermann Lampe, Marianne Wolters§§28.A Lipoabdominoplasty XXX§§Osvaldo R. Saldanha, Luis Humberto Uribe Morelli, Sergio Fernando Dantas de Azevedo, Osvaldo R. Saldanha Filho, Cristianna Bonetto Saldanha§§28.B Lipoabdominoplasty in combined body contouring procedures XXX§§Renato Saltz, Angela S. Landfair§§29 Umbilicoplasty XXX§§Juarez Avelar§§30 Combining abdominal contouring with hernia repair XXX§§Oscar Ramirez§§31 Liposuction of the abdomen and trunk XXX§§Luiz Haroldo Pereira, Aris Sterodimas§§32 Belt lipectomy/circumferential abdominoplasty XXX§§Al S. Aly, Garrett Wirth, Donald Mowlds, Thomas Scholz§§33 Progressive tension sutures in abdominoplasty XXX§§Todd Pollock, Harlan Pollock§§Part 6_Thigh, buttock and lower extremity contouring§§34 Transverse medial thigh lift XXX§§Pierre Nicolau§§35 Vertical medial thigh lift with liposuction XXX§§Joseph F. Capella, Scott Woehrle§§36 Short vertical scar medial thigh lift XXX§§James D. Frame§§37 Autologous gluteal augmentation with mid-pedicle superior pole perforator flaps XXX§§Cassio Eduardo Raposo-Amaral§§38 Liposuction and circ