Meet Dr.
Livingston
Houston Plastic Surgeon

Houston plastic surgeon, Christopher K Livingston MD FACS PA is a board certified plastic surgeon practicing in the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical center in the United States, located in Houston, Texas. He is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgery and the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and teaches plastic surgery in the Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas School of Medicine. Livingston Plastic Surgery specializes in cosmetic, hand, and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Livingston performs a wide range of procedures for the body, such as breast augmentation, breast reduction, breast reconstruction, liposuction, abdominoplasty, and hand surgery in Houston. Additionally, some of his facial procedures include eyelid surgery, Botox, rhinoplasty, and facelift surgery. The practice philosophy to provide the highest quality plastic surgery in a safe, moral, and ethical environment where patients always come first.

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Houston Specials

10% botox treatments when combined with fillers.

About Office Remodel

The Livingston Plastic Surgery office remodel was completed February 1, 2011 and Dr. Livingston and his staff welcome you to visit the new office located within the University of Texas Professional Building 6410 Fannin Suite 927, Houston, Texas. After a full year of planning and construction, the office features high speed internet access, high definition flat screen waiting room and consultation room TV’s, a comfortable, quite, private reception area, coffee and snack bar, skin care products display case, and a calming water wall which make for a physician’s office unlike any other. Houston plastic surgeon, Dr. Livingston is excited to see new and old cosmetic, hand, and reconstructive patients and has found that many of his patients throughout the state of Texas, from such Southeast cities as Woodlands, Pearland, and Sugar Land like to stay rather than leave. The Livingston Plastic Surgery experience creates patients for life!
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Procedure
of the Month

Breast Lift

What is breast lift surgery?

Commonly referred to as a breast lift or boob lift, mastopexy surgery raises, firms and cones the breasts by removing excess skin and tightening the surrounding tissue to reshape and support the new breast contour.

A woman's breasts often change over time, losing their youthful shape, volume, and firmness. These changes and loss of skin elasticity deflate the breast and can result from: pregnancy, breastfeeding, weight fluctuations, aging, gravity, and can be heredity. Sometimes the areola becomes enlarged over time, and a breast lift will reduce this as well. A breast lift can rejuvenate your figure with a breast profile that is youthful and uplifted.

Unfortunatley, breast lifts don't significantly change the size of your breasts or round out the upper part of your breast. If you want your breasts to look fuller, consider a breast lift with an augmentation using silicone or saline implants. If you want smaller breasts, consider combining breast lift and reduction surgery. Breast lift surgery is a highly individualized procedure and you should do it for yourself, not to fulfill someone else's desires or to try to fit any sort of ideal image. A breast lift is a good option for you if are

• physically healthy and maintain a stable weight, do not smoke,
• have realistic expectations, are bothered by the feeling that your breasts sag, and /or have lost shape and volume.

Furthermore, if your breasts have a flat, elongated shape or are pendulous and when unsupported, your nipples fall below the breast crease. Breast lifts are also options for women with nipples and areolas point downward, have stretched skin and enlarged areolas, or one breast is lower than the other. Breast lift surgery is usually an outpatient procedure lasting 1-3 hours and recovery requires several weeks. Returning to work and activities of daily living is dependent on work responsibilities and each individual but is usually one week. Complications are rare but include bleeding, infection, open wounds requiring wound care, loss of nipple sensation, nipple partial and complete loss, visible scaring, and asymmetry which all requires additional procedures and costs. The cost is extremely variable and depends on the patient’s exam, complexity of the breast lift, and implants if required.