Dr. Christopher Patronella

Dr. Christopher Patronella is the surgeon and owner of Patronella True Form Plastic Surgery in Houston, Texas, and founded True Form Plastic Surgery. He co-founded the Aesthetic Center for Plastic Surgery (ACPS), where he set up the ACPS SurgiCentre in 1997 and ACPS The Added Touch MediSpa in 1999. He has been a Clinical Professor in the plastic surgery department of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston since 2013, and he was president of the Houston Society of Plastic Surgeons from 2012 to 2013. He sees patients from Houston, other parts of Texas, other states and other countries. His work centers on breast surgery, body contouring and facial rejuvenation. His signature procedure is the True Form Tummy Tuck, which he developed over about ten years, and he also created the True Form technique, which the practice says aims for authentic, seamless and elegant outcomes. His training covers microvascular surgery, endoscopic and aesthetic facial surgery, aesthetic body contouring, aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery, power-assisted and ultrasonic-assisted liposuction, and laser systems including Fraxel, Candela vascular, YAG and CO2 lasers. The site says his techniques were refined through 25 years of practice, while the practice separately cites more than 20 years of experience in plastic surgery. He has been board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery since 1992, and held board certification with the American Board of Surgery from 1989 to 1999. According to the site, he was voted one of America's best plastic surgeons five years in a row, Newsweek has named him one of America's best plastic surgeons since 2021, and he was listed in a Statista survey published in Newsweek. The site also says he was named among the Ten Most Dependable Plastic Surgeons of the Western United States in a Forbes Magazine Goldline Research study and has been listed in Texas Monthly's Super Doctors since 2008. The site describes him as a plastic surgeon that thousands of physicians, nurses and others choose for their own procedures. He reviews the quality of patients' results and offers to improve them when possible, and he sets BMI guidelines for patient safety. Board-certified anesthesiologists monitor each patient before, during and after surgery. He encourages patients to set long-term goals instead of seeking quick fixes, and he wants patients to trust that he will act in their best interest.