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What this page is for

General questions about this evidence review: something that is unclear, a claim you have seen and want to know how it is graded, or a correction you would like to suggest. These are welcome, and corrections are made to the page itself.

What this site does not state

This site 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. It is not a booking page for any such service, and no assessment of that kind is offered here. Nothing on it is a recommendation for treatment. If you have a question about your own care rather than about this review, the hospital's outpatient channels are the right route, and the appointments page explains them.

Questions about a medicine

Any question about a weight-loss medicine — whether it is appropriate for you, how long to take it, what its side effects are, whether to continue, or how it should be handled around an operation — belongs with the clinician who prescribed it. Nothing on this site is a reason to start, stop, reduce or change a prescribed medicine, and this page cannot answer those questions.

Questions about your own body

A question about your own body — whether what you are seeing is loose skin or the shape of the tissue beneath it, whether an operation is the right answer, and what the timing would be — is answered by an examination rather than by correspondence. Weight stability and nutrition are part of that assessment, and it is arranged through the appointments page.

Urgent symptoms

This website is not an emergency channel and is not monitored as one. Rapid weight loss with persistent vomiting, severe abdominal pain or signs of dehydration needs medical assessment rather than cosmetic advice. After any operation, chest pain or breathlessness requires emergency care immediately, and a painful swollen leg, a fever, or a wound that is opening or discharging requires urgent assessment.