Meet the medical team

Aesthetic surgery · facial and neck rejuvenation

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, and he is the physician responsible for this site. 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.

The neck is where a rejuvenation plan is most often decided badly, because the neck has four separate causes of ageing — skin, fat, muscle and the bone beneath — and only some of them are surgical. Dr. Mao’s position, and the one this site is written around, is that the cause should be named before the operation is proposed, and that a neck which does not need an operation should not be offered one.

Clinical focus

• Neck and facial rejuvenation, including lifting procedures and their limits
• Nasal surgery: primary rhinoplasty, revision rhinoplasty, and nasal reconstruction
• Detailed facial-feature refinement and repair (eyelid, nose, chin, lip)
• Facial and body contouring, including fat grafting and hair transplantation

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
• Repeatedly named an “Outstanding Young Physician” at Xinqiao Hospital since joining in 2005

Plastic surgery · complex cases · revision

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. On this site he is the second opinion a previously operated neck or a complicated case is brought to.

His part of the decision is the one patients rarely ask for: whether a neck that has already been operated on should be operated on again, and what the tissue can still safely tolerate.

Clinical focus

• Revision and reconstruction after failed cosmetic neck or facial surgery
• Complex wound repair and tertiary-hospital surgical support
• Scar revision and comprehensive scar management

Skin & laser aesthetics · non-surgical neck treatment

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, with more than 20 years on the clinical front line.

Much of what patients describe as a heavy neck is crepiness, pigment or textural change in the skin rather than laxity, and those have non-surgical answers. Her part of this site is the assessment that separates skin from structure before an operation is proposed.

Clinical focus

• Non-surgical neck rejuvenation, including energy-based tightening and its limits
• Skin quality, crepiness and pigment assessment before neck surgery
• Early scar prevention and repair after neck and facial surgery

Dermatology · assessment and complication management

Dr. Yongbo Jia is Deputy Director of the Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center and head of dermatology at Chongqing West District Hospital, trained at the Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.

The neck skin is thinner and less protected than the face, and it shows sun damage earlier. His part of the assessment is the dermatological one, and it decides how well an incision on the neck will heal.

Clinical focus

• Dermatological assessment before neck and facial surgery
• Management of skin disease that affects surgical healing
• Postoperative skin complications and barrier repair