Beauty Cultures

Body contouring guides: where this series leads now

This hub was built around three short articles on bra bulge, thighs and love handles, written when body contouring on this site meant one device and one idea. The thinking has since moved into full treatment pages, each of which starts with the same question those early posts skipped: is the bulge pinchable fat, loose skin, or something a device cannot reach. Fat under the skin can be cooled, heated or treated with laser lipolysis; loose skin needs radiofrequency directed at the dermis; visceral fat and separated abdominal muscles need medical review or physiotherapy rather than a handpiece. Dr Sin Yong examines fat, laxity and muscle before naming a protocol, and none of the treatments below is a weight-loss programme. The surviving article from this series is listed first, followed by the pages that now carry the subject properly. Each is written to be read on its own, so start with the area that concerns you.

• Get rid of bra bulge — the original article from this series, on the fold at the bra line
• Body sculpting Singapore guide — how fat reduction and skin tightening are matched to the area
• Stubborn fat pockets — why one pocket survives dieting and how it is assessed
• Fat freezing Singapore — cryolipolysis for a defined pinchable bulge, and who it does not suit
• 4K Body Lift — Dr Sin Yong's radiofrequency body-sculpting protocol on Secret Duo
• Sagging tummy treatment — skin, fat or muscle separation, and what each responds to
• Belly fat reduction — pinchable fat versus visceral fat, and the options for each
• Cellulite treatment — the tethered bands behind dimpling and what is directed at them
• Loose skin after liposuction — when fat is gone but the skin stayed loose
• Body treatments hub — every body page on the site in one place