Contouring literally means to reshape something by altering its height, length, width and cavity. In this context surgical body contouring refers to reshaping the demanded body parts depend on patients preferences by major interventional processes like suctioning the excess fats often with removing undesirable sagging skin mostly followed by tightening and creating more prominent lines around the target area.

There are different types of applications for contouring, the method of shaping depends on the area of work on the body. The most common forms of contouring are; facial contouring (zygomatic), jawline contouring, shaping lateral sides of rib cage, tummy tuck, waist sculpting, BBL, HIP DIP, and whole body contouring.

• Facial Contouring:
  Facial contouring most commonly involves the inverventions to fill asymmetric or inwards curved areas. Generally botox, fillers, fat transfer and upper / middle face lifting surgeries are applicable.
• Jawline Contouring:
  This procedure targets to highlight the alignment of jawline (on the route of distal linea of mandibula). Botoxs and fillers are most preferred types of intervention besides depend on individual’s mandibular structure and subcutaneous fat accumulation it may be required to combine additional contributive attempts in order for this procedure to be more succesful like double chin reduction and face lifting.
• Waist Sculpting:
  This surgical intervention includes removal of excess fats from belly button, also additionally excess subcutaneous fats from lateral sides of waist (horizontally over the edges of the waistline of thights) which is called muffin-top and reshaping the waist bulges to achieve more sculpted waist.
• Body Contouring:
  This term includes different types of surgical and non-surgical treatments that may be combined two or more types of interventions meanwhile. The perspective actually refers to tailoring the body for recreation from ground on. It can be adapted to any preferred parts or entire of the body.

There is a vital important point which always should be kept in mind that the perspective of an experienced plastic surgeon is crucial to evaluate the best adaptation and in order to make most accurate combinations of interventions for individuals body and achieve desired results.