Body Contouring
Restore shape, redefine comfort, and feel more like yourself again.
Is Loose Skin or Imbalance Affecting How You Feel in Your Body?
Is Loose Skin or Imbalance Affecting How You Feel in Your Body?
Major weight loss, pregnancy, or ageing can leave behind physical reminders that don’t reflect your effort or health progress. Skin may fold, sag, or feel uncomfortable, even after reaching your goals.
Body contouring surgery removes excess skin and soft tissue from areas where change hasn’t come naturally. It’s about restoring balance, improving movement, and helping you feel at ease in your own skin.
Who We Often Help With This Procedure
Body contouring is most often sought by people who’ve worked hard to change their bodies, but are still left with physical or functional issues:
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After significant weight loss or pregnancy: Including patients who’ve undergone bariatric surgery or childbirth, and now experience loose or sagging skin.
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Discomfort or restricted movement: For those dealing with chafing, skin folds, or difficulty with physical activity due to excess skin.
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Frustration with body image or clothing fit: Individuals whose current body shape no longer reflects their health efforts or limits their wardrobe choices.
Key detail: Many of our patients are 6–18 months post-weight loss and seeking a final step in their journey.
What Happens in a Body Contouring Consultation?
Consultation
Your consultation with Mr Ollie Bassett takes place in a private, respectful setting at Tees Valley Hospital.
It’s a chance to speak freely and be assessed with care and expertise, not judgement. We begin by understanding your story:
- What changes have taken place in your body?
- What areas still bother you or cause discomfort?
- Are you at a stable weight, and how long has it been stable?
- Do you experience skin irritation, restricted movement, or posture issues?
Following this, Mr Bassett performs a focused examination. You may be assessed in the abdominal region, thighs, upper arms, or other areas of concern. The skin’s quality, laxity, and behaviour are all reviewed, along with any prior scarring.
Questions
Following this, Mr Bassett performs a focused examination. You may be assessed in the abdominal region, thighs, upper arms, or other areas of concern.
We’ll take time to answer your questions about:
- Procedure order and safety
- Scarring and contour transitions
- What results are realistic for your anatomy
- Travel, time off work, and garment requirements
- Emotional readiness and expectations
There’s never any pressure, just clear, supportive guidance.
Every consultation is individual. There is no generic recommendation, only a tailored plan based on your body, your needs, and what’s safe.
Why Patients Choose Mr Ollie Bassett
Patients choose Mr Bassett for his consultant-led, honest approach and reputation for achieving natural-looking results in complex body contouring.
He is a fully qualified Consultant Plastic Surgeon, GMC-registered for Plastic Surgery GMC No. 7082713, and a full member of BAAPS. All consultations and procedures are carried out personally at Tees Valley Hospital.
Credentials you can verify:
What We’ll Discuss Around Safety, Scarring & Recovery
We’ll discuss what each procedure involves, from downtime to dressing care and scar management.
Body contouring often includes more than one area, so careful planning is key to a safe, supported recovery.
Some surgeries are performed as day cases, while others may involve overnight stays or staged procedures. Scars are placed with discretion and managed through dedicated aftercare.
You’ll leave your consultation with a realistic plan and full guidance for healing.
A Tailored Approach: Not a One-Size-Fits-All Surgery
Always Bespoke
No two people carry weight, muscle, or skin in the same way, so no two procedures should be the same.
We take time to understand what matters to you and how your body responds.
Staged surgery may be safer or more effective. Your plan will be based on health, recovery goals, and balance.
Whether your journey involves weight loss, motherhood, or previous surgery, your plan will reflect your story. Some patients benefit from combining procedures, while others prefer a phased approach. Whatever path is right for you, we’ll guide it with care, respect, and clarity.
Example Procedures
We’ll help you choose the safest, most appropriate combination, whether in one operation or over time.
- Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck) – removes excess skin and repairs the abdominal wall
- Brachioplasty (Arm Lift) – reshapes the upper arms and reduces skin folds
- Thigh Lift – targets inner and outer thigh excess for comfort and balance
- Liposuction – refines specific areas and enhances contour transitions
- Breast Lift or Reduction – improves comfort and restores upper body balance
Thinking About Cost?
Pricing depends on which procedures are included and how they’re sequenced. Our pricing page provides typical fee ranges, and your consultation will include a full, personalised cost breakdown.
Clear Guidance, No Pressure
View typical fees and payment options on our pricing page via the link provided below.
What Our Patients Say
Patient Feedback
I lost the weight, but I didn’t feel finished. Mr Bassett helped me complete the process with care and realism, I finally feel at peace with how I look and move.
— Patient from Northallerton
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Patient Feedback
Every detail was explained with kindness and honesty. I never felt pushed. Now I move more easily, and I stand differently.
— Patient from Durham
Patient Feedback
It wasn’t about changing who I was, it was about removing what held me back. This was about closure, comfort, and confidence.”
— Patient from Middlesbrough
Feel Comfortable Moving in Your Body Again
Weight loss, pregnancy, or ageing can leave behind loose, sagging skin that doesn’t reflect your effort — often causing discomfort, even after reaching your goals.
Body contouring doesn’t change who you are, it helps you return to feeling whole.
We’re here to help you move forward, with expert-led care and no pressure.
Your goals, your timing, your plan.
FAQs
Our Most Frequently Asked Questions About Body Contouring
Ready to take the first step?
We offer consultant-led consultations at Tees Valley Hospital in Middlesbrough, welcoming patients from across the North East. You’ll leave with answers, not pressure, and a clear, personalised plan.