Frequently asked questions

A full medical assessment using the InBody device to determine your fat, muscle and water percentages and your measurements; body-contouring measurements to track progress; a full consultation with a specialist-grade clinical and therapeutic nutrition physician who reviews your labs and medical history; and the setting of the plan that suits your case: whether that is a nutrition plan, sessions or injectable therapy.

If you have recent labs, bring them, it saves time. If you do not, the doctor will specify what is needed after the consultation. If the plan will include weight-loss injections, there is a baseline panel we ask for first: CBC; TSH, FT3 and FT4; urea and creatinine; AST and ALT; HbA1c and fasting blood sugar.

No. No single plan works for everyone. The plan is built after we understand your body composition, your medical history and the real shape of your day, and it is adjusted every week according to how you responded and to what you were actually able to keep to.

The scale gives you one number. A body-composition analysis tells you what that number is made of: how much is fat, how much is muscle, how much is water. This matters because losing muscle looks like success on the scale while in fact it slows your metabolism and makes the weight come back. We follow composition, not the number.

Weekly follow-up is what keeps the plan alive and adapting to your body. A gap of more than a week counts as a new consultation, because the situation will have changed and needs assessing again from the start.

Start with one household change: more regular meal times, accessible water, vegetables or fruit with meals, and a suitable protein source. Do not put every age on one diet; children, pregnancy and chronic illness have different needs, and a medical condition requires an individual plan.

It depends on your food, age, symptoms, pregnancy or breastfeeding, health conditions, medicines and sometimes tests. A supplement is not universal insurance, and excess amounts of some nutrients can harm, so review the need and dose instead of starting a random collection.

Yes. Choose a meal with a protein source and vegetables, ask for sauces and extras separately, and decide the portion before eating from a large container. Review your repeated orders; improving the usual choice matters more than finding a perfect meal every time.

No, and it is the most important question. Mesotherapy works on the stubborn localised fat that the body leaves until last, not on total weight. If your case needs weight loss, the consultation will say so plainly and we will start there.

Most people feel a brief light sting during the injections, and the session itself is short. Afterwards there may be mild soreness, bruising or swelling at the site for some days, and this is explained in detail at the consultation before you start.

Most people go back to work and their usual day after the session. If there is swelling or bruising, you may need to avoid strenuous exercise or pressure on the area for a short time, and the doctor will give you the instructions that fit your case.

We review after four to six weekly sessions. The change shows in your measurements and in how clothes fit before it shows on the scale. If there is no measurable change by then, we will say so and reconsider the plan rather than sell you more sessions.

Risks depend on the substance, area and injection technique. Pain, redness, swelling or bruising may occur, as can allergy, infection, lumps or scarring. Ask about the substance, its source and alternatives, and seek prompt review for increasing pain, spreading redness, fever or discharge.

The procedure should be postponed during pregnancy. During breastfeeding, safety depends on the substance because a local injection does not mean there is no absorption. Review it with the obstetric clinician and injector, using the exact substance rather than the word mesotherapy alone.

No. Response varies with the area, concern and substance, and local mesotherapy is not a treatment for overall weight. Agree on a realistic goal, measurement method and review point before starting. If there is no objective change, reassess rather than repeat sessions indefinitely.

Yes. The consultation includes the ultrasound in the same visit, you will not be sent out to have a scan elsewhere and come back the next day. And the doctor performs and reads the scan himself with you in the room, rather than reading someone else's report.

For an abdominal ultrasound, yes: fast for six to eight hours beforehand; water is fine. It also helps to avoid fizzy drinks and bloating foods the day before so the images are clear.

The consultation assesses whether your case genuinely needs an endoscopy. Endoscopies are performed in an equipped centre, and the doctor will agree the next step with you if that is what your case requires.

Because "IBS" is sometimes a label applied early to symptoms that have another cause, H. pylori, a food intolerance, a gallbladder problem, or a thyroid disorder. A thorough consultation, with the tests or ultrasound that are needed, helps tell these causes apart.

If your complaint is in the stomach, bowel, liver or gallbladder, start here. If it is diabetes, blood pressure, thyroid or a general workup, start at general internal medicine.

Possibly, but low weight alone does not prove malabsorption. Persistent diarrhoea, greasy stool, pain or bloating, anaemia, nutrient deficiencies or unintentional loss make assessment more important. Do not remove major foods before review because that can alter some test results.

Do not begin by banning a long list. Record the food, amount, timing of bloating and bowel pattern, and consider constipation, eating speed and fizzy drinks. Weight loss, blood in stool, persistent vomiting, anaemia or severe pain needs assessment rather than a home elimination experiment.

Fibre, fluid, movement and routine may help, but suddenly increasing fibre can worsen bloating, and some cases need treatment or investigation. Blood in stool, vomiting, severe pain, swelling with no wind, or weight loss needs prompt assessment.

Start with rheumatology if the joint pain comes with swelling, long morning stiffness, pain in several joints at once, or other signs such as a rash, mouth ulcers or dry eyes and mouth. Orthopaedics is usually the first step after an injury, or for a mechanical problem that may need surgery. If you are unsure, start here: the doctor examines you and tells you if another specialty suits your case better.

Bring any previous blood tests (such as ESR, CRP, rheumatoid factor, anti-CCP or ANA), X-rays or scans with their reports, and a list of every medicine and supplement you take, with the doses. Old results matter, because the change over time often says more than a single reading. Phone photographs are fine if the papers are lost.

Not necessarily. These antibodies can be positive in healthy people, especially with age, and in other conditions such as some infections. The diagnosis comes from the symptoms and the examination together with the tests, not from a single result. Bring the result with you, and the doctor will decide whether further tests are needed.

Diet helps, but for many people it is not enough on its own. Cutting down on sugary drinks, alcohol and large amounts of red meat and organ meats lowers uric acid only modestly. If attacks keep coming back, or there are deposits under the skin or kidney stones, uric-acid-lowering medicine is usually needed. Do not stop that medicine during an attack without asking the doctor.

The visit is best made before the pregnancy, not after it. Some rheumatoid arthritis medicines must be stopped weeks or months before conceiving, while others can continue, and pregnancy usually goes better when the disease is controlled. No medicine should be stopped without the doctor's decision. The clinic follows pregnancy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Yes. The clinic covers physical medicine and rehabilitation for joint patients. The doctor first assesses the cause of the pain, then sets the exercise and rehabilitation plan around the diagnosis, alongside any medicine you need.

Maadi and Fifth Settlement. The doctor's days at each branch are listed on her page and on the booking page.

Current international guidelines (ASMBS and IFSO, 2022) say surgery can generally be considered at a BMI of 35 or above, or from 30 to 34.9 with a metabolic disease such as type 2 diabetes, and these thresholds may be lower for people of Asian descent. But the number alone is not enough: the assessment at the clinic looks at your overall health, your previous attempts at weight loss and your readiness for follow-up after the operation, and it is what establishes this precisely for your case.

A sleeve is a permanent surgical procedure that changes the size of the stomach. The injections are a medication that can be stopped when we decide to stop it. The injections have become a suitable option for some cases that would once have gone to surgery, but weight loss with them is usually smaller and they do not suit every case, and that is exactly what the assessment establishes.

Yes, if habits do not change. Surgery creates an opportunity, but what holds the result is the correct dietary progression, follow-up and long-term commitment. That is why post-operative nutrition follow-up is a core part of the plan, not an add-on.

As with any surgical procedure, yes: the main ones being vitamin and mineral deficiency, reflux, and the general risks of surgery. But in the cases that warrant surgery, the risks of the obesity itself are greater. The surgeon explains the risks specific to your case in detail before any decision.

It may suit selected cases, but first review the procedure, weight course, food, symptoms, nutrient status and medicines. The surgical and weight-management teams establish whether the cause is behavioural, medical or procedure-related and whether medicine or another step is appropriate.

Yes. Tell the team because it may indicate sleep apnoea and affect anaesthetic assessment and follow-up. Do not wait for surgery to investigate it; a sleep study and treatment may be needed beforehand, depending on symptoms and results.

The plan depends on the procedure and surgeon's instructions. Texture and portions progress after surgery, with attention to protein, fluids and prescribed supplements. Do not copy another person's schedule, and contact the team promptly if you cannot drink, vomit repeatedly or have increasing pain.

First: make sure there is no medical cause. Persistent poor appetite in children can have anaemia, zinc deficiency, a food intolerance or a digestive problem behind it. Once that is ruled out, we work on a practical feeding plan with a specialist in children's nutrition.

When they deviate from their own growth curve: that is, they were following a trajectory and it suddenly changed, in either direction. The number alone is not the indicator; the trend is. That is why regular monitoring matters more than a single measurement.

Yes: weight, feeding, jaundice and vaccinations in the first months, and we work with the mother on breastfeeding and her own nutrition if she needs support with that.

Start with health and habits rather than appearance or blame, and make changes as a family. A paediatric clinician reviews the growth curve, puberty, sleep, medicines and symptoms before a food and movement plan suited to age, without crash dieting or stigma.

Do not begin adult restriction or calculations. A child's weight is read on an age- and sex-appropriate growth chart alongside height and development. Care usually focuses on family habits, sleep, movement and food quality, with assessment deciding whether the goal is trajectory maintenance or gradual change.

Intense fear of weight gain with restriction or falling weight deserves early assessment for a possible eating disorder. Talk about health and energy without argument or blame, and seek paediatric, mental health and nutrition support. Fainting, chest pain, dehydration or thoughts of self-harm is an emergency.