What this site is for
It exists to answer a question that advertising does not: what does this trend actually amount to, and what do the evidence and the regulatory status support? The skin change after rapid weight loss is real and is worth understanding. The phrase applied to it is a search term rather than a diagnosis, and a good deal of what is sold under it is unsupported. Separating the two is the whole purpose of this review.
What it deliberately does not do
It does not state what Chongqing West District Hospital offers in relation to weight-loss medicines or to body contouring after them, because that has not been verified, and it carries no booking prompt for any such service. It does not name a medicine by brand or by international non-proprietary name, does not name a product or device, does not quote dosages or prices, does not recommend a medicine or an operation, and does not diagnose. It does not cite individual studies, and it describes the state of the evidence in general terms.
The facts kept visible
Three facts are repeated wherever they are relevant. The phrase describes a search term rather than a diagnosis. The underlying change — loose skin after rapid weight loss — is real and follows loss from any cause. And the medicines are approved for weight and metabolic indications rather than for any appearance concern, while no operation is approved or designed for the effects of a medicine.
How the content is reviewed and corrected
Ke He, MD, Deputy Director and Head of Skin & Laser Aesthetics, is the responsible physician. Because this subject moves quickly, the review is maintained on a three-month cycle rather than the twelve-month cycle used elsewhere in this cluster, and an out-of-cycle revision is made when the regulatory status of a medicine or one of its labelled indications changes. If you find something unclear, out of date or wrong, the contact page explains how to tell us.