Category: Body Contouring

Diastasis: Why You Can Still Look Pregnant Years After Giving Birth and the Solution to Fix It

Posted September 25, 2024

By Dr. Chris Patronella Introduction In the patients’ preoperative photos featured in this video, the abdominal appearance is very round and protuberant. No exercise in the world is going to fix this. But it can be surgically-corrected in a tummy tuck procedure. In the patients’ postoperative photos you can see how effective the tummy […]

Dr. Patronella’s Advanced Technique to Improve Butt Lift-Lower Body Lift Results

Posted June 28, 2024

By Dr. Chris Patronella One of my favorite procedures in addition to abdominoplasty, the True Form Tummy Tuck®, is something called a lower body lift, also known as a buttock lift. It’s a procedure whereby the extra loose skin in the area above the buttocks is removed, and the buttock and outer thigh area is […]

Can Lipo 360 Be Combined with a Tummy Tuck?

Posted May 08, 2024

By Dr. Chris Patronella I was recently asked if Lipo 360 can be performed at the same time as a tummy tuck. And my answer is “absolutely yes.” Often I will do Lipo 360 of the torso, the waist, hips, and thighs. I particularly like to perform a tummy tuck with liposuction in the […]

Is Liposuction or a Tummy Tuck Better After Pregnancy?

Posted May 06, 2024

By Dr. Chris Patronella

What is a Mommy Makeover?

Posted May 06, 2024

By Dr. Chris Patronella Perhaps the most common surgical procedure I do in my practice today is so-called mommy makeover surgery, which is generally comprised of addressing the tummy and the breasts in a woman who’s had children. And that can mean anything from breast augmentation alone after losing volume from breast-feeding to breast augmentation […]