Every guide in one place. The first five cover the weight-loss journey itself: medicines, bariatric surgery, nutrition, health checks, and when the time is right to think about loose skin. They are written by Dr Rohit Kumar’s practice with Accredited Practising Dietitian Amy Kellner. The surgical guides further down explain each operation in detail and are requested through Dr Kumar’s practice website.
Guides for the weight-loss journey
The Weight-Loss Medication Guide
GLP-1 medicines in Australia: what is approved, how they work, what the research shows, and what to plan for.
Losing Weight Well
How weight loss works, why it stalls, how to protect muscle, and the mindset that helps keep weight off.
Bariatric Surgery: Before and After
Sleeve, bypass and band explained, life in the first five years, and the nutrition that has to last.
Health Checks and Support
The tests worth having, how to work with your GP, and where to find support for mind as well as body.
Is Now the Right Time?
Loose skin after major weight loss: how to tell when your weight is stable enough for body contouring, and how to prepare. Includes a readiness checklist.
Surgical guides from Dr Kumar
When you are ready to look at the operations themselves, Dr Kumar’s procedure guides explain each one: what it involves, how it is staged, recovery, risks and Medicare. There are 20, on his practice website drkumar.com.au, and each is emailed to you the same way.
Body contouring after weight loss
Body contouring after weight loss
The operations, how they are staged, Medicare and recovery.
Body lift (belt lipectomy)
What it treats, staging, Medicare and recovery.
Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck)
Who it suits, the operation, scars and recovery.
Arm lift (brachioplasty)
Who it suits, the operation, scars and recovery.
Male chest contouring after weight loss
Loose skin or gynaecomastia, the operations and recovery.
Breast surgery
Breast lift with implants
One stage or two, implants, scars and recovery.
Breast augmentation: Preserve technique
What the Preserve approach changes, who it suits and recovery.
Body surgery
Post-pregnancy surgery
Abdomen and breast surgery after children, and recovery.
Male breast reduction
Gynaecomastia surgery, the operation and recovery.
Costs and Medicare
Costs, Medicare and health funds
What your quote includes, Medicare items, health funds and payment.
DEXA body composition scans
What the scan measures, why BMI is not enough, and what it costs.
Preparing for surgery? The forms and checklists you need before and after an operation are on Dr Kumar’s patient forms and checklists page and do not need a form.
Get your guide
Get your guideChoose one of the five weight-loss journey guides and it is emailed to you straight away. For a surgical guide, use the buttons above, which open Dr Kumar’s guides page.
Common questions
Are the guides free? Yes. We ask for your details so we can email the guide and, only if you ask us to, have Dr Kumar’s team call you.
Why are the surgical guides on a different website? This site covers the weight-loss journey. Once you are looking at a specific operation, the detail, including Medicare, recovery and risks, sits with Dr Kumar’s practice at drkumar.com.au.
Will you email me after the guide? Yes. You will receive a short series of six emails over about two months, each on one stage of the weight-loss journey. Every email has an unsubscribe link, and Dr Kumar’s team only calls if you asked for a call. See our privacy policy.
Do the guides replace medical advice? No. They are general information. Your GP, bariatric team or surgeon can advise on your own circumstances. Individual results will vary.
Dr Rohit Kumar (MED0001630444) Registered medical practitioner, specialist plastic surgeon (specialist registration in surgery – plastic surgery). Any surgical or invasive procedure carries risks. Before proceeding, you should seek a second opinion from an appropriately qualified health practitioner. Read about the risks of surgery.