Shape That Complements Your Confidence

StudioMD designs body contouring plans that highlight your proportions without excess or exaggeration. Our NYC providers use safe, proven techniques, including fat transfer, implants, and bio stimulators, to add volume where it’s needed and refine contours with invasive or non-invasive solutions where it’s not. Every treatment plan reflects your anatomy, goals, and comfort level.

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What Is Body Augmentation?

Body augmentation encompasses surgical and non-surgical procedures that enhance curves, symmetry, or definition in specific areas, such as the buttocks, hips, chest, arms, or calves. At StudioMD in NYC, medically advanced options may include:

  • Volume-enhancing procedures: implants, fat transfer, and biostimulators
  • Fat- and skin-reducing procedures: liposuction, Smartlipo, CoolSculpting, and tummy tucks
  • Muscle-enhancing technologies: Emsculpt and Emsculpt NEO
  • Skin tightening and remodeling: Morpheus8 Body

By combining the right methods, we create natural, lasting definition tailored to your proportions—not a one-size-fits-all approach.

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Our Body Augmentation Procedures

Body augmentation at StudioMD is highly individualized. Before recommending a treatment, we assess your anatomy, skin quality, expected downtime, and aesthetic goals to determine the best course of action. Our procedures are grouped by intention.

Why Choose StudioMD?

StudioMD has been a trusted name in NYC aesthetics for over 17 years. With more than 100,000 treatments performed, our providers bring technical expertise and aesthetic precision to your surgical or non-surgical plan. Here’s what sets us apart:

  • Physician-directed planning across all body contouring options
  • Surgical and non-surgical expertise to offer the least invasive solution that still meets your goals
  • Customized procedural combinations to fit your body, downtime, comfort level, and future plans
  • Transparency and long-term guidance, from consultation to recovery

We focus on balanced, proportionate outcomes that complement your natural structure—not artificial exaggeration.

Procedures That Increase Volume or Curvature

Implants

Primarily used for breast augmentation, modern “gummy bear” implants can add upper-body curvature with predictable, long-term shape. They remain the most reliable option when a significant volume increase is desired.

Fat Transfer for Natural Volume

Fat transfer uses your own purified fat to enhance areas such as the buttocks, hips, breasts, or hands. This option creates soft, natural contours and improves texture in donor sites through gentle liposuction. It’s ideal when patients want volume without synthetic materials.

Renuva, Sculptra, Radiesse & Injectable Volume Restoration

  • Renuva replaces age-related fat loss or corrects small contour irregularities using an adipose matrix that supports natural tissue regeneration.
  • Sculptra and Radiesse act as biostimulators, prompting collagen, elastin, and structural tissue production over time.

These injectables are best for subtle, gradual volume enhancement or improving transitions after liposuction.

Procedures That Decrease Volume and Refine Contour

Tummy Tucks and Mommy Makeovers

Tummy tucks remove excess skin and tighten abdominal muscles for a smoother, more supported core. When pregnancy has changed multiple areas, a Mommy Makeover may combine tummy tuck, liposuction, breast surgery, or other contouring procedures for comprehensive reshaping.

Smartlipo and Liposuction Sculpting

Smartlipo combines laser energy with liposuction to melt fat and tighten tissue, allowing detailed contouring with smaller incisions and less downtime. Traditional liposuction may be recommended when larger-volume reduction, more muscular definition, or a combination with tummy tuck or BBL is required.

CoolSculpting Fat Reduction

CoolSculpting freezes targeted fat cells, which the body naturally eliminates over weeks. Ideal for patients seeking fat reduction without downtime, it can treat areas from the abdomen and flanks to the chin.

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Procedures That Enhance Muscle Definition or Skin Quality

Emsculpt & Emsculpt NEO

These devices use high-intensity electromagnetic energy to induce muscle contractions stronger than voluntary exercise. They build visible tone and strength in the abdomen, buttocks, arms, or calves with no downtime. Emsculpt NEO also targets fat reduction.

Morpheus8 Body & Collagen Remodeling

Morpheus8 delivers radiofrequency energy deep into the dermis to tighten skin, improve elasticity, and remodel collagen. It’s especially effective when combined with fat reduction to improve firmness in areas prone to sagging.

Body Augmentation Recovery

Recovery varies depending on your treatment. Most non-surgical options like Emsculpt, Renuva, and Morpheus8 require minimal downtime, with temporary redness or mild swelling that resolves within a few days. You can resume work or light exercise almost immediately.

Surgical procedures, such as fat transfer or SmartLipo, may involve mild soreness and compression garment use for a few days to weeks. More invasive surgeries such as tummy tuck and breast implants, require longer downtime and recovery periods.  Our team provides detailed aftercare guidance, including activity restrictions, lymphatic support, and follow-up visits to ensure smooth, safe healing and refined results.

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Results to Expect Following Body Augmentation

Results from body augmentation emerge gradually. Non-surgical enhancements like Emsculpt show visible improvements in muscle tone within weeks, while fat transfer and SmartLipo define contours as swelling subsides. With proper maintenance, including a balanced lifestyle and periodic touch-ups, results can last for many years.

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Frequently Asked Questions Body Augmentation

What areas can be treated with body augmentation?

StudioMD offers augmentation for the buttocks, hips, chest, arms, calves, and hands, tailoring each plan to your natural proportions.

How long do fat transfer results last?

Transferred fat cells that survive the healing process can last for many years. Maintaining a stable weight and healthy habits helps preserve results.

Is Emsculpt a substitute for surgery?

No, but it’s an excellent complement. Emsculpt enhances muscle tone and firmness, while surgical options address fat reduction or larger volume changes.

Can I combine SmartLipo with fat transfer?

Yes. Combining both allows us to contour donor areas while transferring purified fat to improve shape elsewhere for a more cohesive result.

Are these treatments safe?

Yes. All procedures are performed by trained professionals using FDA-cleared technology and sterile technique. We prioritize your safety and realistic expectations.

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