Arrange a Thigh Lift Assessment

What the assessment covers

How much of what troubles you on the inner thigh is skin and how much is fat; how your skin behaves when it is pinched and released; where the incision would fall and how far down the leg it would have to run; how the thigh reads standing, sitting and walking; your weight history and whether it has been stable; your general health, medication, smoking status and any history of swelling in the leg; and what you want the thighs to look like afterwards, described in your own terms rather than from someone else's photograph.

What to bring

A list of your current medications, including anything that affects clotting and anything bought without a prescription. Any previous operative notes if you have had surgery on the thighs or in the groin before. Photographs of yourself at different weights if your weight has changed a great deal, because a history is easier to read from pictures than from memory. And if you have been given a plan elsewhere, bring it: reviewing a plan you already have is a legitimate reason to book.

What happens if surgery is not for you

You will be told. Some assessments end with a recommendation to leave the thighs alone, to treat the fullness as fat rather than skin, to wait until your weight is stable or a health issue is controlled, or to accept that a scar is unavoidable if any skin is to be removed. That is a result rather than a rejection: the purpose of the appointment is to match an operation to a problem, and sometimes no match exists.

How to arrange it

Contact the outpatient line, or write through the address on the contact page, and say that you are asking about a thigh lift. If you are travelling from outside Chongqing, say so when you book: the team can tell you what can be discussed by remote consultation and what needs an in-person examination of the thighs.