Posted March 04, 2026
By Plastic Surgeon Dr. Chris Patronella I’ve known Amelia for a long time because she’s been one of our surgical nurses here at The Aesthetic Center for Plastic Surgery. We’ve done some other procedures for her in the past, and today she’s asking me if she could just do a little mini facelift. A mini […]
Read MorePosted November 24, 2025
By Dr. Christopher Patronella One of the more common requests today is women who come in for a consultation who are looking for fat grafting to the breasts instead of implants. Some of those patients are women who’ve had implants and no longer want them, or they are experiencing a variety of symptoms and feel […]
Read MorePosted 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 […]
Read MorePosted September 11, 2024
By Dr. Chris Patronella One of the more common things that I’m seeing in my practice today is women who are more inclined to step away from breast implants—the traditional method of breast augmentation. Many women, as they get older, decide that their priority is feeling better and feeling more comfortable. Oftentimes, there is […]
Read MorePosted July 06, 2023
The question comes up regarding the utility of using autologous fat, which is your own fat, to augment the breasts, as opposed to a foreign device like a silicone gel or saline breast implant. Certainly there is a role for fat grafting of the breasts for augmentation. We’ve found through scientific studies that it’s very […]
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By Dr. Chris Patronella When it comes to a tummy tuck, the belly button is truly the center of the universe. I have spoken to hundreds of women, and their overwhelming concern, without question, is, “What is the belly button going to look like?” after the tummy tuck procedure I perform. And that concern is […]
Learn MoreBy Dr. Chris Patronella About 15 to 20 years ago, a trend began for disproportionately large buttocks. In the video, you can see a photo featured in the New York Post of a woman who experienced regret after having the Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) done. I want to compare that to what I consider to […]
Learn MorePlastic Surgeon Dr. Chris Patronella One reason why I don’t favor mini tummy tuck surgery in most of the women I see who desire improvement of the abdomen after childbirth is this the lower abdomen can be flattened, but it would disproportionally affect the unpaired upper abdomen by leaving a bulge in the upper abdomen, […]
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