Body Contouring · Tokyo & Fukuoka, Japan
Bespoke body contouring designed around your skeleton, muscle and skin — pursuing refined, natural silhouettes for the Asian physique.
Affiliations
Philosophy
Body contouring is not simply the removal of fat. It is the design of balance, dimension and curvature across the entire body.
By combining VASER liposuction, HD Lipo, fat grafting, tummy tuck and rib remodeling, each plan is tailored to the individual — skeleton, musculature, skin thickness and fat distribution — as a fully bespoke body design.
We pursue body contouring that is natural yet refined, made for the Asian frame: “Natural but sculpted” — the coexistence of softness and beautifully defined shadow.
Every plan is built around your unique anatomy — never a template, never a trend.
Waist, hip, chest and limbs considered as one continuous silhouette, not isolated areas.
High-definition contouring that creates depth and light — results that still read as real.
Techniques calibrated to Asian bone structure and body types for natural, elegant lines.
The Surgeon
Dr. Takao Higuchi began his surgical career in thoracic surgery and lung transplantation — a field where anatomical mastery and millimeter-level judgment decide outcomes.
After nearly 18 years in life-saving surgery, he turned to aesthetics, carrying with him an uncompromising respect for anatomy, safety and surgical discipline. Today, his practice is devoted entirely to liposuction, fat grafting, breast surgery and advanced body contouring.
With more than 10,000 liposuction procedures and over 6,000 breast surgeries, Dr. Higuchi pursues results that are not merely slim, but sculpted — composed of curve, shadow, proportion and balance, and calibrated to each patient's frame.
“His aesthetic philosophy is simple: to refine the body naturally, anatomically, and beautifully.”
Technology
No device produces a result on its own. Each is chosen for what it can do to one particular layer of tissue — and for what it must not do to the layers around it.
Ultrasound-Assisted, High-Definition
Ultrasound emulsifies fat selectively, leaving much of the fibrous framework, vessels and nerves comparatively undisturbed. That selectivity is what allows removal at different depths across one area — so light falls the way it does on the muscle beneath, rather than simply making the area smaller.
HD VASER Liposuction →Power-Assisted Liposuction
A vibrating cannula does the mechanical work that would otherwise be done by force. Used alongside VASER, it removes emulsified fat evenly and shortens the time tissue spends being handled.
VIBROFIT — power-assisted liposuction →Ultrasound-Guided Fat Transfer
Imaging during the procedure shows where the cannula actually is, in real time. Fat is placed in the intended plane and kept out of the ones it should never enter.
UGRAFT — ultrasound-guided fat transfer →Skeletal Contouring
Some waists are limited by the frame, not by the fat over it. These techniques reshape the lower rib cage and the iliac crest themselves — the last resort in planning, and never the first.
Rib Remodeling →RFAL — Radiofrequency-Assisted Skin Contraction
Liposuction removes volume. It does nothing for the envelope left behind. A coated electrode is passed beneath the skin while a second electrode tracks it from above, and radiofrequency runs between the two — heating the fibrous septa until they contract, while the dermis is warmed only gently. Thermistors on both sides end the energy at a temperature rather than at a time. It is the answer for the patient whose limiting factor was never the fat, but the skin over it.
Treatments
Procedures are rarely performed in isolation — they are combined and sequenced to design the whole silhouette.
High-definition body sculpting with ultrasonic VASER technology — etching light and shadow along the natural lines of muscle.
Learn more →Ultrasound Guided Body Contouring for accuracy at the layer level, guided in real time.
Learn more →Fat transfer, silicone implant, or hybrid — the approach chosen for softness, proportion and your tissue.
Learn more →Restoring lift, shape and nipple position — performed alone or combined with implant augmentation in one procedure.
Learn more →Fat transfer, implant, or hybrid augmentation — designing projection and one continuous, feminine curve.
Learn more →Abdominoplasty that restores a firm, flat abdominal wall — often combined with HD sculpting.
Learn more →A staged combination of procedures to comprehensively restore the post-pregnancy body.
Learn more →Reshaping the rib cage itself to redefine the waistline at the skeletal level.
Learn more →Anterior rib contouring to refine the front waist and upper-abdominal line.
Learn more →Contouring around the iliac crest to sharpen the transition from waist to hip.
Learn more →Slender, natural upper arms designed with the shoulder and back line in mind.
Learn more →Refining the back and bra-line to complete the silhouette from every angle.
Learn more →Results
The goal is not to make every patient look the same — it is to reveal better proportion, cleaner lines and a silhouette that fits your body naturally.
Male · 6 months post-op
Female · 6 months post-op
Female · 6 months post-op
Female · 6 months post-op
Male · 6 months post-op
Female · 6 months post-op
Individual results vary. Images are shown with patient consent and are for educational purposes only. A consultation is required to determine candidacy.
Featured Cases
Every transformation begins with a diagnosis: skin quality, fibrosis, muscle tone, fat distribution, asymmetry and proportion. These cases show how technology and surgical planning are used to solve specific anatomical problems — not simply remove fat.
“Designed as one continuous silhouette — circumferential HD liposuction with ultrasound-guided fat transfer to rebuild curvature, dimension and natural proportion.”
Technological Stack
Outcome Timeline
3 Months Post-Op
“When fat removal alone cannot create the waist, the frame itself is redesigned — rib remodeling combined with HD liposuction for a defined yet natural waistline.”
Technological Stack
Outcome Timeline
6 Months Post-Op
For International Patients
Surgery abroad is not only an operation. It is a schedule, a flight, a recovery window, and a way of reaching your surgeon once you have gone home. All of it is written down before you commit to a date.
Photographs, history and a written surgical plan — agreed by email before any dates are held.
What each of those days is for, and when it becomes safe to fly.
The fee schedule is published in full, so a quotation can be checked against it.
Follow-up continues by email, and what can go wrong is set out plainly beforehand.
Journal
Essays and columns by Dr. Higuchi on the philosophy, science and craft of body contouring.
How modern body contouring restores whole-body harmony — and why volume alone is never the goal.
Read Article →
Designing female curves around the skeleton and fat distribution — not a number on the scale.
Read Article →
An anatomy-based design strategy for the pectorals and abdominals — built on restraint.
Read Article →Locations
Our Tokyo atelier in the heart of Ginza, offering the same bespoke design philosophy for patients in the capital and from abroad.
Map & Contact → FukuokaThe home of our body contouring practice in Kyushu — where surgical planning, procedures and aftercare come together under one roof.
Map & Contact →Begin
Consultations are available in Tokyo and Fukuoka. International patients are welcome — begin with an enquiry below.
