Dr. Phillip J. Chang
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About My Practice
What is your favorite part of your job?
I really like talking with patients about their cosmetic desires and having the artistic and surgical abilities to make that change.
What one word best describes your chairside style?
Reassuring.
Why are natural-looking results so important to you?
Most of my patients are not looking for drastic changes. They want to look more youthful and refreshed, not overly altered or contrived just natural, beautiful and well rested.
About Me
What is your favorite part of your job?
I really like talking with patients about their cosmetic desires and having the artistic and surgical abilities to make that change.
What framed photos do you have on your desk?
I have pictures of my children.
How would you like to be remembered?
I'd like to be remembered as a good dad.
Education
A Minute With
- Three words that best describe me
Quiet, kind, inquisitive
- The future of my field
It might seem counterintuitive, but improvements in technology including lasers, Botox® and longer-lasting fillers are allowing plastic surgeons to be more artistic
- My motto
Always do your best
- How i make the best first impression
It is not easy to come to
a plastic surgeon’s office to show off your perceived imperfections, so we try to make the process as less medical as possible - My operating room playlist
Jason Mraz, Genesis, Taylor Swift
- My happiest professional moment
I was once approached by a former patient who wanted to thank me. She had been in an accident and the facial reconstructive surgery I performed on her was so successful that I didn’t
even recognize her at first; she said the surgery had changed her life, and that moment changed mine - What sets my practice apart
We invest in the best technology, not
the cheapest - Most memorable thing i learned this year
I learned that when
your children start going to college, you feel just
a little bit older - What i love most about my profession
The idea that I can immediately change
the appearance and self- esteem of my patients, and that these changes are often life-changing
Services
- Abdominoplasty
- Breast Augmentation
- Blepharoplasty
- Body Contouring
- Facelift
- Radiesse
FAQs
- My mother has the classic turkey wattle below her chin, and I can see my skin getting a little loose, so I worry that I'm going to have the same. Do I do something early or wait until it gets bad?What our experts say:
It's like anything in cosmetic surgery. You do something when it begins to bother you. So you don't necessarily look at the mother but you look at your situation now and if it bothers you then this is the time to treat it. A neck wattle is usually just a little bit of fat so you can do a necklift and liposuction to remove that, which is a 15 minute procedure, very easy. Or if there's a lot of skin now you can do a neck liposuction and a mini facelift with touchups over time.
- Can a facelift remove or reduce neck fat that might be otherwise removed in a necklift?What our experts say:
Not by itself but in a lot of patients we'll combine the actual surgical facelift with neck liposuction. Once the fat is removed from the neck, if they have a lot of fat they'll have a lot of looseness, you almost need to do a facelift to get that skin elevated.
- Can a patient choose where they have fat taken from for a facelift with fat transfer?What our experts say:
Yes. But generally they'll choose where I suggest. In general I don't like taking it from the lower belly because the fat doesn't seem to be similar to the fat of the face. The globules are bigger and I don't think it takes as well.
- Can you do a tummy tuck through a C-section scar?What our experts say:
A lot can be done through a C-section scar because typically what I'll do is cut out a C-section scar and make a new one right below it or at the same level so you'll wind up with just one scar, which is the tummy tuck scar.
- How can I keep a natural looking brow as I age? And prevent the need for other types of face procedures?What our experts say:
With Botox you can stave off the need for a browlift. The glabellar lines people talk about, 'the elevens, those muscles actually bring down the brow. So if you treat those areas with Botox the brow doesn't fall as fast. For skin care we have access to IPL lasers and Fraxel-type lasers, which are now building up collagen and reducing UV damage. I think that slows down the aging process and prevents the skin from losing its elasticity.