Category: Mommy Makeover

The Rising Popularity of Smaller Breasts aka “Sports Boobs”

Posted February 17, 2025

By Dr. Chris Patronella Interestingly, a patient of mine recently came in and said she wanted “sports boobs.” I have a lot of patients who come in requesting revision breast implant surgery. This has become a huge part of my practice, and it’s one that I actually enjoy because the changes that I make tend […]

Mommy Makeover Surgery: Why It’s One of Dr. Patronella’s Favorite Procedures to Perform

Posted February 17, 2025

By Dr. Chris Patronella Women make a tremendous sacrifice when they have children—a sacrifice that involves their body and their time. And oftentimes, after having children, the body isn’t the way it used to be. It can be very disheartening for a women to know what they had before and to see what they see […]

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 […]

Will a Tummy Tuck Get Rid of Stretch Marks?

Posted May 30, 2024

By Dr. Chris Patronella In the this patient you can see that, while she has very significant stretch marks on her abdomen, when I pull the skin taut during a True Form Tummy Tuck procedure, the stretch marks are not nearly as apparent. They are much harder to see. Stretch marks are still present […]

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 […]