Body Contouring Surgery: The Role of Non-Invasive, Minimal-Invasive and Surgical Technologies

Part-1: Non invasive techniques. Non-invasive Radiofrequency and myostimulation based procedures.- Non-invasive Ultrasound based procedures. Part-2: Minimal invasive techniques.- Minimally invasive Radiofrequency based procedures: Morpheus8™, Morpheus8 Body™, FaceTite™, BodyTite™,AccuTite™.- Minimally invasive Ultrasound based procedures - VASERlipo® Ultrasound liposuction – high definition procedures.- Vibrational type of liposuction.Part-3: The role of non & minimal invasive techniques in open surgery procedures. Abdominoplasties in combination with radiofrequency, ultrasound procedures, vibrational lipoaspiration   myostimulation procedures.- Gluteoplasty in combination with radiofrequency, ultrasound procedures myostimulation procedures.- Thigh lift in combination with radiofrequency.- Lower body lift procedure with minimal-invasive  nonivasive procedures in the post operative period.-Mastopexy techniques and radiofrequency procedures.- Upper body lift techniques in combination with minimal-invasive and noninvasive procedures.- Brachioplasty & minimal-invasive radiofrequency procedures.- Lateral Tension Upper Body Lift - how to combine with nonivasive techniques in the postoperative period to alter the results.- Facelift procedures in combination with minimal-invasive techniques.- BackBra Lift with minimal-invasive procedures of neighboring areas. Minimal-invasive procedures of the back as isolated treatment in the area.- Complications of minimal invasive techniques.- Algorithm in times of COVID for adequate approach in the pre-op evaluation before Body Contouring Surgery.- Body Contouring Surgery: Summary.
 

Dr. Evgeni Sharkov is a specialist in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery and co-owner of the Private Aesthetic Clinic VDERM in Sofia, Bulgaria. After graduating from the Medical University in Sofia, Bulgaria, he wrote a  PhD on Body Contouring in Obese Patients and Patients After Massive Weight Loss. Subsequently he was Head of the Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Department at “Alexandrovska" University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria. He was the official ICOPLAST (International Confederation of Plastic Surgery Societies) representative of postgraduate doctors in plastic surgery of Bulgaria from 2016-2019. In 2018, Dr. Sharkov received an ICOPLAST Europe award for his presentation on Body Contouring. Dr. Sharkov is a certified trainer in InMode radiofrequency face and body lift procedures - FaceTite, AccuTite, BodyTite - for the area Europe and Middle East. Dr. Sharkov has been in the hair restoration field for 6 years and has been providing Smart Graft FUE treatments for 3 years. He is also a certified trainer for working with the Smart Graft FUE technique for hair restoration in Europe and Bulgaria. Dr. Sharkov's clinical work has culminated in numerous academic articles and presentations in the field of aesthetic surgery, including body contouring, on topics such as brachioplasty, upper body lift, buttock lift, and abdominoplasty, among others. In 2018, Dr. Sharkov received an award for his pressentation on body contouring from ICOPLAST Europe.
Dr. Sharkov is a member of the Bulgarian Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (BULAPRAS), a member of  the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) and a member of the International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons (IAHRS). He practices in Sofia, Bulgaria and specializes exclusively in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.

This book describes the plethora of all procedures in Body Contouring.  It descibes their advantages and disadvantages and provides an overview of possible complications and how to avoid and deal with them when they occur. The work explains when and why to choose one procedure instead of another or combine the treatment of different adjacent areas in one and/or different techniques to achieve more favourable results in contouring these areas. New combinations are presented on how to combine different non-invasive or minimally invasive and surgical body contouring procedures in just one surgical procedure for the benefit of the patient. The author presents an algorithm for online - interviewing patients in times of COVID to help assess which type of procedure can lead to the fewest side effects and best possible results, and which type of treatment to choose depending on BMI and extent of weight loss.

Differentiates between non invasive, minimal invasive and surgical body contouring procedures Clarifies a complex landscape of procedures by overviewing pearls and pitfalls and treatment decisions Outlines algorithms for approaching patients at times of COVID