The team behind these skin laxity guides

Aesthetic surgery · removing skin, repositioning tissue

Dr. Tongchun Mao is Deputy Director of the Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center and head of its aesthetic surgery service at Chongqing West District Hospital. A core specialist formerly at the Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery Department of Xinqiao Hospital, affiliated with Army Medical University, he has rooted his clinical practice for more than 20 years and personally performs over 700 operations a year.

His part of this site is the top of the ladder, and also the part patients least want to hear. Where skin has genuinely descended, no device repositions it: an operation lifts the tissue back and removes the skin that is left over, and that is the only step on the ladder that does. He is equally the person who says an operation is the wrong purchase when the real change is volume loss or surface quality, because a lift cannot replace volume and cannot improve texture.

Clinical focus

• Facial and neck lifting that repositions tissue and removes excess skin
• Surgery for loose abdominal and body skin after weight loss or pregnancy
• Assessment that separates true laxity from volume loss and from skin quality
• The honest limits of a lift: what it changes, and what it leaves alone
• Second opinions on whether an operation is needed at all

Academic roles & achievements

• Member, Rhinoplasty and Trunk Tumor Groups, Chinese Medical Association Plastic Surgery Branch
• Member, Chongqing Medical Aesthetics Quality Control Center; Member, Chongqing Medical Accident / Disability Assessment Expert Pools
• Deputy Chair, Chongqing Shapingba District Medical Aesthetics Committee
• Published 5 SCI papers, holds 7 national patents, and has participated in 4 research projects

Plastic surgery · complex and previously treated cases

Dr. Shaoliang Wang is Director of the Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center at Chongqing West District Hospital, and previously served as Deputy Chief of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery at Xinqiao Hospital, affiliated with Army Medical University.

His part of this site is the cases that do not follow the usual script: skin that has loosened quickly after illness or medication, bodies that have already had several rounds of non-surgical tightening without a plan, and faces left with contour problems after a previous procedure. Those presentations need a diagnosis and a second opinion before anything else is booked, because the first question is whether the problem is treatable at all, and by what.

Clinical focus

• Second opinions after repeated non-surgical tightening without a plan
• Laxity following illness, medication or rapid weight change
• Contour problems and skin quality after a previous tightening procedure
• Complex reconstruction where skin is both lax and fragile

Skin & laser aesthetics · energy-based firming

Dr. Ke He is Deputy Director of the Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center and head of its skin and laser aesthetic service at Chongqing West District Hospital. A core specialist formerly at the Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery Department of Xinqiao Hospital, affiliated with Army Medical University, she has worked on the clinical front line in skin laser and injectable aesthetics for more than 20 years.

Her part of this site is the device step, and she is careful about what it is worth. Radiofrequency, microfocused ultrasound and microneedling heat or injure the skin in a controlled way so that it tightens a little and looks better in texture. The change is modest, it builds over months of sessions, and it is kept only while treatment continues. She is the person who tells patients that a device is a reasonable purchase for skin quality and a poor one for a face that has dropped.

Clinical focus

• Energy-based firming with radiofrequency and microfocused ultrasound
• Microneedling and RF microneedling for surface texture and shallow scarring
• Planning a device course around skin thickness, tone and healing response
• Recognising the faces a device will disappoint, and saying so before treatment
• Aftercare, intervals and avoiding the over-treatment that damages the barrier

Academic roles & achievements

• Member, Laser Medicine Group, Chinese Medical Association Plastic Surgery Branch
• Member, Facial Rejuvenation Group, Chinese Medical Association Plastic Surgery Branch
• Member, Chongqing Plastic Surgery Quality Control Center
• Published 5 papers, holds 5 national patents, and introduced 2 new clinical techniques

Dermatology · sun damage, barrier and skin quality

Dr. Yongbo Jia is Deputy Director of the Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center and head of its dermatology service at Chongqing West District Hospital, and he is the physician responsible for this site. A vice chief physician and licensed aesthetic attending, he graduated from Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and trained in dermatology at the Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and at Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

His first question about a face that looks older is not which device to use but what actually changed: the surface of the skin, the volume beneath it, or the position of the tissue. Only the first of those is a dermatological problem, and he is the person on this site who says plainly that no cream, serum or mask lifts skin. What a well-built routine does is improve sun damage, texture, hydration and pigment, which changes how the skin reads without changing where it sits.

Clinical focus

• Assessment of photoageing: what decades of sun exposure have done to the surface
• Barrier repair and the topical routine that supports device-based treatment
• Skin quality as a separate problem from laxity and from volume loss
• Medical review of skin changes that are not cosmetic, including rashes and lesions
• The honest ceiling of topical treatment: texture, colour and hydration only

Academic roles & achievements

• Member, Jiusan Society
• Member, Chongqing Integrative Medicine Skin & Beauty Committee
• Advanced training at the Institute of Dermatology (Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences) and Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine