Dr. Parag Butala, MD Plastic Surgeon

Name: Parag Butala, MD
Last name: Butala
Gender: male
Began aesthetic medicine in: 2015
Years experience: 8
Primary Specialty: Plastic Surgeon
Business: Piedmont Plastic Surgery and Dermatology
Address: 959 Cox Rd.
Phone: +1 704-866-7576
City: Gastonia
State: North Carolina
Zip Code: 28054
Country: US
Consulting Fees: 0$
Has Sponsored Offer : No

Clinical Privileges: 
  • Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Doctor’s Hospital
Education: 
  • Undergraduate: BS, Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
  • Medical: MD, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island

Parag Butala, MD

Postdoc Training: 
  • Residencies:
  • General Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: New York University School of Medicine Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York, NY

GPS coordinates on map: 35.2757793,-81.135814

Primary location: 
Location name: Charlotte
State: NC
Country: US
Map point: 35.2314,-80.84580231
Treatments: 
  • African American Rhinoplasty
  • AlloDerm
  • Asian Rhinoplasty
  • Belly Button Surgery
  • Biocorneum
  • Body Lift
  • Botox
  • Botox for Migraines
  • Brazilian Butt Lift
  • Brazilian Butt Lift Revision
  • Breast Augmentation
  • Breast Fat Transfer
  • Breast Implant Removal
  • Breast Implant Revision
  • Breast Implants
  • Breast Lift
  • Breast Lift with Implants
  • Breast Reconstruction
  • Breast Reconstruction Revision
  • Breast Reconstruction with Latissimus Flap
  • Breast Reduction
  • Brow Lift
  • Butt Augmentation
  • Butt Implants
  • Calf Implant
  • Cheek Augmentation
  • Cheek Lift
  • Chemical Peel
  • Chin Implant
  • Chin Liposuction
  • Dermabrasion
  • Dermal Fillers
  • Diastasis Recti Repair
  • Double Eyelid Surgery
  • Drainless Tummy Tuck
  • Dysport
  • Ear Surgery
  • Earlobe Repair
  • Embrace Scar Therapy
  • Eyelid Retraction Repair
  • Eyelid Surgery
  • Facelift
  • Facelift Revision
  • Facial Fat Transfer
  • Forehead Reduction
  • Genioplasty
  • Glycolic Peel
  • Gynecomastia Surgery
  • Hand Rejuvenation
  • Inspira Breast Implants
  • Juvederm
  • Kybella
  • Latisse
  • Lip Fillers
  • Lipoma Removal
  • Liposuction
  • Liposuction Revision
  • Lower Facelift
  • Male Tummy Tuck
  • Mentor Breast Implants
  • Mini Tummy Tuck
  • Mohs Surgery
  • Mole Removal
  • Mommy Makeover
  • Natrelle Breast Implants
  • Neck Lift
  • Nipple Surgery
  • Nonsurgical Facelift
  • Nonsurgical Neck Lift
  • Nonsurgical Nose Job
  • Panniculectomy
  • Renuva
  • Restylane
  • Restylane Defyne
  • Restylane Lyft
  • Restylane Refyne
  • Restylane Silk
  • Revision Rhinoplasty
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Salicylic Peel
  • Scar Removal
  • Septoplasty
  • Sientra Breast Implants
  • SMAS Facelift
  • Tattoo Removal
  • TCA Peel
  • Thigh Lift
  • Tumescent Liposuction
  • Tummy Tuck
  • Tummy Tuck Revision
  • Umbilical Hernia Repair
  • Volbella
  • Vollure
  • Voluma

RealSelf Info

Rating: 5.0
Profile views: 2206
Answer count: 16
Review count: 14
5 star count: 2
Total star count: 2
Star rating: 2.697376606878
Anonymous votes: 0
Offer count: 0
Profile created: Jun 26, 2017
Profile modified: May 30, 2021
Profile promotion: No
Profile inactive: No
Premier status: Free
Tier: Free-Claimed
RealCare Promise: No
Directory link: Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
RealSelf’s PRO: No
Doctor Designation Start Time: Sep 20, 2017
Doctor Designation End Time: Jan 1, 2033

Locations

  • Charlotte, NC, US. GPS coordinates: 35.2314,-80.84580231

Latest ratings of treatments

  • Eyelid Surgery (Jun 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Injectable Fillers (May 2018) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Breast Reduction (Feb 2016) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Pec Implants (Jan 2018) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Reduction (Jul 2016) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Breast Augmentation (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Liposuction (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Tummy Tuck (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Tummy Tuck Revision (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Pec Implants (Jan 2018) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Dec 2022) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Dec 2022) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Tummy Tuck (Aug 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Eyelid Surgery (Jun 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Eyelid Surgery (Jun 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Breast Augmentation (Dec 2020) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Dec 2020) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Mommy Makeover (May 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Mommy Makeover (May 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Breast Lift (Oct 2018) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Lift (Oct 2018) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Lift (Oct 2018) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Lift with Implants (Oct 2018) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Lift with Implants (Oct 2018) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Lift with Implants (Oct 2018) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Mommy Makeover (May 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Mommy Makeover (May 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)

Latest Prices

Tummy Tuck Prices

  • $15550 – Aug 12, 2021
  • $40000 – Nov 5, 2017
  • $40000 – Nov 5, 2017
  • $40000 – Nov 5, 2017

Mommy Makeover Prices

  • $51000 – May 9, 2017 – Gastonia, NC
  • $49000 – May 9, 2017 – Gastonia, NC
  • $49000 – May 9, 2017 – Gastonia, NC
  • $49000 – May 9, 2017 – Gastonia, NC
  • $49000 – May 9, 2017 – Gastonia, NC
  • $49000 – May 9, 2017 – Gastonia, NC
  • $49000 – May 9, 2017 – Gastonia, NC
  • $15000 – May 9, 2017 – Gastonia, NC
  • $49000 – May 8, 2018
  • $49000 – May 8, 2018
  • $49000 – May 8, 2018
  • $15000 – May 9, 2017 – Gastonia, NC

Breast Lift with Implants Prices

  • $49995 – Oct 25, 2018
  • $49995 – Oct 25, 2018
  • $49995 – Oct 25, 2018

Practice Locations

Name & Website
Piedmont Plastic Surgery & Dermatology/Gastonia/959 Cox Rd, https://ppsd.com/
Address
959 Cox Rd., Gastonia, North Carolina, US, 28054 (GPS coordinates: 35.2757793,-81.135814)
Phone
+17048667576
Working Hours
Mon: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Tue: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Wed: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Thu: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Fri: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Created / Modified
Sep 20, 2017 / Jun 16, 2021

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Doctor's answers

Question
Answer Header & Date
Answer Snippet
Is this side swelling or dog ears? Is this normal for 3 months post TT or do I need a revision? (photo
Posterior tissue
Oct 12, 2017
Thanks for your message. Its difficult to say what is going on posteriorly because of the waistband of your underwear -- its forcing up posterior tissue. Dogears typically are excess tissue right at the edge of the incision, which is not what you have based on the pictures. However, you do have excess posterior tissue. While a revision may not be necessary, you may want to pursue additional surgery to address that, which is typically through a combination of liposuction and resection. The...
I’m 24 and have tiny boobs; Are my breasts tubular?
Tuberous breast deformity
Oct 10, 2017
Thank you for your question. From the pictures, I do not think you have a tuberous breast deformity, which is characterized by herniation of the breast parenchyma through the nipple areolar complex and by a tight, constricted lower pole and IMF. Surgery for this usually involves radial scoring of the parenchyma and adjustments to the IMF and is difficult to achieve precise and reproducible results. Fortunately, you have normal, beautiful breasts, and you should have fantastic results with a...
Why did the fat transfer to my butt turn out flat/ square from side angle?
BBL
Oct 10, 2017
Thanks for your question. At just 10 days out, you're pretty early in your post-operative period to make any long term comments on your final result. Sitting for short periods of time certainly is harmless after fat grafting, and certainly the fat grafts will shift somewhat with normal activity. At this stage, the best option is to keep in close contact and follow-up with your surgeon.

Best of luck
Parag Butala, MD

Lipo or Tummy Tuck?
Liposuction vs Tummy Tuck
Oct 3, 2017
Thanks for your question. From the pictures it's difficult to definitively say which operation would serve you better. Patients who are poor candidates for liposuction are those who have stretch marks or inelastic skin, typically from multiple pregnancies, since liposuction relies on the skin to contract. Also, patients with diastasis, or spreading apart of their abdominal muscles typically from pregnancy, also are better abdominoplasty candidates because the rectus plication can bring those...
Why do dog ears occur after tummy tucks?
Dogears
Oct 3, 2017
Thanks for your question. While dogears are not common, they can sometimes occur after a tummy tuck (or in any other body contouring operation). The easiest way to think of it is simply in terms of tailoring. Two areas of different lengths - the bottom of the incision and the top of the incision - are being brought to together. Because the tissue from above is longer than the tissue below (because it is more curved), that difference in length needs to be negotiated. Typically this can be...
Why do I look like this? Can you please help me?
Internal Medicine Consult
Sep 28, 2017
Given your co-morbidities, I'm unsure if you'd be a candidate of elective plastic surgery. However, you should ensure you are tied in with an internal medicine physician as well as possibly a hepatologist and endocrinologist. These are significant medical problems and you should have a clear treatment plan in place.
Good luck.
Im 5’1, weigh 117 pounds but I don’t know If I am too skinny for a BBL?
Great Candidate
Sep 28, 2017
Thank you for your question. You are a good candidate for surgery. Every patient, of course, must have realistic expectations of outcomes, and you should have a frank discussion with your board-certified surgeon regarding BBL and possible revisionary procedures. However, aggressive liposuction of your abdomen, flanks, inner and outer thighs should yield reasonable amounts of fat to process and inject. Be prepared for some downtime after surgery, and of course, review risks of surgery...
Is a tummy tuck the procedure I should go with?
Abdominoplasty with liposuction
Sep 28, 2017
Thank you so much for your question and sharing your pictures! Looking at your pictures, I believe an abdominoplasty with liposuction of your hips would provide you with your best results. The abdominoplasty would absolutely address the excess skin as well as muscle laxity you have, and the hip liposuction would help better define your waistline. Be sure to pursue consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon, and be sure to have a complete blood count performed prior to surgery....
What to do when muscle repair fails and comes undone?
Plication Failure
Sep 28, 2017
Thank you for your question. It does appear that a portion of your plication has failed. With regards to other options, you should have a detailed discussion with your plastic surgeon. A possibility is to revisit surgery once you are several months out. This would likely be closer to six months out of surgery. At that time, another attempt at plication could be performed, or you could have any of a number of forms of mesh added to reinforce the plication. Unfortunately, as has been pointed...
Prophylaxis, breast augmentation and dermal piercings.
Prophylaxis
Sep 26, 2017
Thanks for your question. If you go by evidence-based medicine, which is to look at the data and practice accordingly, you do not need any antibiotics because of your piercings. This would be considered a clean procedure, and accordingly, you have a very low risk of bacteria going into your bloodstream or of wound infection itself.
Good luck!
Parag Butala, MD
5 weeks post BA surgery. Will they drop into place?
Give it Time
Sep 25, 2017
Thanks for your question. Don't worry! Your implants look great and you appear to have an excellent immediate post-operative result. Particularly with less elastic skin and with submuscular implants, I would expect your implants to feel like they are high for several months--you likely need another 4-6 weeks. They will "drop" into position as your tissues stretch and relax. Give it time; you look great.

Good luck,
Parag Butala, MD

Do I have a breast deformity? I am a 36B, 34 yrs old, no children.
Augmentation/Mastopexy
Sep 25, 2017
Thank you for your question! You have no deformity, but you do have normal, natural breast ptosis. This is very common in women. Additionally, your left breast from the pictures appears either larger than the right, or at least slightly asymmetric with a longer sternal notch to nipple distance. Seek consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon - but be aware that an augmentation mastopexy is associated with scars that are different from typical primary breast augmentations....
Curious about the best way to handle my back rolls.
Body Lift
Sep 25, 2017
Thank you for your question and congratulations on your prior successful surgery. I agree with your plastic surgeon that an upper body lift, which would hide the scars in your bra line, would help addressing these rolls. Issues to consider prior to surgery include the addition of liposuction of the bra line and flanks at the same time, which I'd recommend, or waiting for some additional weight loss prior to further surgery. Your best results would come after additional weight loss,...
I'm 42, have the face of a 30 year old, and a neck of a 90 year old!
Necklift
Sep 25, 2017
Thanks for your question! You have excess skin in your neck. While you can attempt non-surgical facial rejuvenation, I'm skeptical you'll see dramatic results with which you'd be happy with these given the laxity of your neck skin. I would encourage you to be evaluated by a board-certified plastic surgeon; my recommendations would include a necklift that also includes the lower portion of your face. Given the proximity of your jowls, it would be relatively straightforward to correct the...
Rash at 12 weeks after breast augmentation. Skin irritation or something else?
Rash
Sep 25, 2017
Thanks for your question. Likely this will be contact dermatitis related to the clothing. You can schedule an appointment with a dermatologist, however, prior to that, try over the counter topical steroids. Should do the trick. You'll need to try other bra manufacturers too though if it's the new clothing. If it returns, you'll likely need to see a dermatologist. I doubt your plastic surgeon will have any issues with it since you're several months out of surgery already.
Best of luck!

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