Is Liposuction or a Tummy Tuck Better After Pregnancy?
Posted May 06, 2024
By Dr. Chris Patronella
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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 […]
Read MoreVideo: Dr. Patronella Shows You the Details of His No-Drain True Form Tummy Tuck
Posted March 26, 2024
By Plastic Surgeon Dr. Chris Patronella The evolution of the drainless True Form Tummy Tuck® began about 25 years ago. Generally speaking, I was dissatisfied with the way I had learned to perform a tummy tuck and the results that were standard at the time. Often, the patient looked very artificial—the abdomen was flat […]
Read MoreThe Drainless Tummy Tuck: Dr. Patronella Uses This Technique to Eliminate Drains During Recovery
Posted January 18, 2024
By Houston Plastic Surgeon Dr. Chris Patronella Named One of “America’s Best Plastic Surgeons” in Newsweek For more than 20 years, I’ve been incorporating a technique called progressive tensions sutures, which has effectively eliminated the need for my patients to wear drains following plastic surgery body contouring procedures. Traditionally, plastic surgeons have used drains […]
Read MoreLiposuction or a Tummy Tuck: Which is Best For You?
Posted November 30, 2023
By Plastic Surgeon Dr. Chris Patronella Very frequently, patients are looking for the easiest solution to whatever their concern is, and a perfect example of this is concerns the abdomen. Commonly, women who’ve had children will look at themselves and realize that it doesn’t look like it did before they had children. So oftentimes […]
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