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The Drainless Tummy Tuck: Dr. Patronella Uses This Technique to Eliminate Drains During Recovery

Posted January 18, 2024 in Arm Lift - Brachioplasty, Body Contouring, Body Lift, Liposuction, No Drain Tummy Tuck

 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 […]

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How Long is Recovery From Facelift Surgery?

Posted January 11, 2024 in Facelift, Facial Rejuvenation

By Plastic Surgeon Dr. Christopher Patronella People want to look presentable quickly. And it’s not possible with a facelift-necklift procedure and accompanying procedures like eyelid lift surgery and laser peels to expect that you’ll be comfortable with your appearance before a few weeks. Usually two to three weeks is the timeframe for recovery  and looking […]

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What is Diastasis? How to Get Rid of a Tummy Pooch After Pregnancy

Posted December 18, 2023 in Diastasis Recti, Mommy Makeover, True Form Body Contouring®, True Form Tummy Tuck®

By Houston Plastic Surgeon Dr. Chris Patronella Diastasis is a separation of the midline abdominal fascia. Fascia is that gristle tissue—a very strong, inelastic tissue—which covers muscles throughout our body. Between your vertical rectus muscles, there is a thick layer of fascia. When a woman becomes pregnant, that layer of fascia must stretch to accommodate […]

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The Best Breast Lift Incision to Improve Sagging Breasts

Posted December 06, 2023 in Breast Lift, Breast Sagging, Combined Breast Augmentation and Breast Lift

By Houston Plastic Surgeon Dr. Christopher Patronella Most women who have sagging of their breasts want to avoid external scarring on their breasts. So solutions such as placing an implant to fill out the breasts to make sagging less noticeable and/or more limited procedures such as breast lift that’s performed using a sole circle incision […]

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Liposuction or a Tummy Tuck: Which is Best For You?

Posted November 30, 2023 in Liposuction, Mini Tummy Tuck, Mommy Makeover, No Drain Tummy Tuck

 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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