Plastic Surgeon Doctor Constance Chen, MD, MPH, FACS New York, New York

Name: Constance Chen, MD, MPH, FACS
Last name: Chen
Gender: female
Began aesthetic medicine in: 2009
Years experience: 14
Primary Specialty: Plastic Surgeon
Website: https://constancechenmd.com/
Business: Constance M Chen, MD, FACS
Address: 875 Park Ave.
Phone: (646) 798-1013
International phone number: +16467981013
City: New York
State: New York
Zip Code: 10075
Country: US
Statement: Dr. Constance Chen, MD, MPH, FACS is a board-certified plastic surgeon in private practice on Park Avenue in New York City. Though she performs a variety of plastic procedures across the breast and body, she is best known for her innovative techniques as they pertain to breast enhancement and breast reconstruction. She has been providing her patients with warm and reassuring care as well as exceptional, natural-looking results for over a decade.

After receiving her bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, Dr. Chen went on to pursue her medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine and a master’s in public health from Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and has also completed fellowships at prestigious institutes such as New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and New York University Langone Medical Center Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery. Dr. Chen is frequently invited to share her expertise on reconstructive breast surgery both nationally and internationally. She has published multiple books and book chapters as well as over 50 journal articles and is the recipient of a multitude of distinguished awards for her work in plastic and reconstructive surgery over the years.
Consulting Fees: -1$
Has Sponsored Offer : No

Special Offers: 
Offer #1: Consultation fees applied to surgery
Special Offer Treatments: All treatments
End Time: all the time
Detail: – Consultation fees applied to surgery – Mention RealSelf. New patients only. Requires in-person consultation.
Clinical Privileges: 
  • Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan Eye, Ear &
  • Throat Hospital, New York Eye &
  • Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
Education: 
  • Undergraduate: BA, Harvard College
  • Medical: MD, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Graduate: MPH, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Postdoc Training: 
  • Residencies:
  • University of Washington Medical Center
  • New York-Presbyterian Hospital Cornell-Columbia
  • Fellowships:
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • New York University Langone Medical Center Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery

Constance Chen, MD, MPH, FACS

Member of: 
  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)

GPS coordinates on map: 40.7745604,-73.9609134

Primary location: 
Location name: New York
State: NY
Country: US
Map point: 40.7561,-73.98699951
Treatments: 
  • AlloDerm
  • Areola Reduction Surgery
  • Body Lift
  • 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
  • Diastasis Recti Repair
  • Eyelid Surgery
  • Facelift
  • Facial Fat Transfer
  • Gynecomastia Surgery
  • Liposuction
  • Liposuction Revision
  • Male Tummy Tuck
  • Mini Facelift
  • Mini Tummy Tuck
  • Mole Removal
  • Mommy Makeover
  • Natrelle Breast Implants
  • Nipple Surgery
  • Panniculectomy
  • Pec Implants
  • Power-Assisted Liposuction (PAL)
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Scar Removal
  • Sientra Breast Implants
  • Subcision
  • Teeth Whitening
  • Thigh Lift
  • Tummy Tuck
  • Tummy Tuck Revision
  • Umbilical Hernia Repair

RealSelf Info

Rating: 5.0
Profile views: 5566
Answer count: 46
Review count: 3
5 star count: 3
Total star count: 3
Star rating: 2.9365390298238
Lead count last three months: 4
Anonymous votes: 0
Offer count: 1
Profile created: Nov 2, 2016
Profile modified: Jan 30, 2023
Profile promotion: Yes
Profile inactive: No
Premier status: Performance
Tier: Pro
RealCare Promise: No
Directory link: Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
RealSelf’s PRO: Yes
Doctor Designation Start Time: Nov 7, 2016
Doctor Designation End Time: Jan 1, 2033

Locations

  • New York, NY, US. GPS coordinates: 40.7561,-73.98699951

Latest ratings of treatments

  • Breast Reconstruction with DIEP Flap (Jul 2022) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Implant Removal (Apr 2019) – 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 Implant Removal (Apr 2019) – 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 Implant Removal (Apr 2019) – 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 Implant Removal (Apr 2019) – 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 Implant Removal (Apr 2019) – 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 Implant Removal (Apr 2019) – 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 Implant Removal (Apr 2019) – 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 Implant Removal (Apr 2019) – 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 Implant Removal (Apr 2019) – 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 Implant Removal (Apr 2019) – 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 Implant Removal (Jan 2019) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Implant Removal (Jan 2019) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Reconstruction (Aug 2018) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Reconstruction (Aug 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Reconstruction (Aug 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Reconstruction (Aug 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Reconstruction (Aug 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Reconstruction (Aug 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5

Practice Locations

Name & Website
, https://www.parkavenuemedicalsuite.com
Address
875 Park Ave., New York, New York, US, 10075 (GPS coordinates: 40.7745604,-73.9609134)
Phone
+12127926378
Working Hours
Mon: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Tue: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Wed: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Thu: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Fri: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Created / Modified
Nov 3, 2016 / Oct 29, 2018

Special Offers

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Detail
Treatments
Consultation fees applied to surgery
Feb 3, 2017 /
May 17, 2033
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Any treatment

Doctor's answers

Question
Answer Header & Date
Answer Snippet
Want a very natural look - would 385-415cc be a good size for what I’m wanting?
Natural appearance
Jul 30, 2022
Most plastic surgeons will have you try on different sized implants under a bra to help you choose an implant size. So you should do this to start. I also ask people to find photos of their ideal breasts in someone with a similar body habitus. I go over these photos with the patient and then put them up on the operating room wall so that I can compare the appearance with how the patient’s breasts look with sizers when I sit her up on the table. At the end of the day, you need to find a p...
Is there another diagnostic test that other than an MRI that would show a rupture?
Imaging for silicone implant rupture
Jul 29, 2022
The best imaging to show silicone implant rupture is a breast MRI. If an MRI is not possible, an ultrasound may also show an obvious rupture or even a mammogram. That said, no radiologic imaging is perfect. You could get a breast MRI that did not show a rupture and still have a rupture. Alternatively, the breast MRI could show a rupture and then there could be no rupture when the implant is removed. At the end of the day, the only way to know with 100% certainty whether or not you have a...
Can I have my implants out without putting new ones in?
Yes, you can have your implants out without putting new ones in
Jul 29, 2022
Yes, you can have your implants out without putting new ones in. It will likely require more than one surgery to look acceptable, however. 575 cc implants are large, and the implants have stretched out your skin and compressed what breast tissue you have. Pregnancy has also stretched out your skin. Your best way forward is to remove your implants with complete en bloc capsulectomies at the first surgery. The removal of the entire implant capsule will allow your stretched out skin to contract...
Looking for advice on best lift for a perky end result
Implant removal and mastopexies
Jul 27, 2022
If you were a small A cup before implants and a D cup with them, then your skin has stretched a fair amount and your breast tissue is compressed. In addition, if it was 23 years ago, and you are the same weight that you were when your implants were placed, you may not have a lot of additional breast tissue. Your best result would likely be a staged procedure. First, remove your breast implants and allow your skin to contract and your breast tissue to decompress (I.e., "fluff"). You breasts...
I have had implants for 4 years, now I would like to get them removed. Is it necessary to
Implant removal with or without additional procedures
Jul 27, 2022
415 cc implants are large, but your breasts are not very ptotic. If you can handle it psychologically, I think you should have implant removal with complete en bloc capsulectomies and no additional procedures. I would wait 6 months to a year to see how much of your skin contracts and your breast tissue decompresses. You breasts may look funky for the first few weeks or even months, but it will get better over time and you may not need any additional procedures to look good. If you do a lift...
Significant increase in breast size post aug & need advice on implant removal
Implant removal and lift are definitely possible for you!
Jul 27, 2022
There is no reason your original plastic surgeon could not have simply lifted your breasts instead of placing breast implants. Your breasts are large and ptotic, and your back and figure will probably look much better with implant removal and a lift. The downside is that you will have a lollipop scar on your breasts, but you will be changing shape for scar. I do not think your breasts will be too big after explantation, but I always ask my patients to bring me photos of their ideal breasts...
25 y/o saline implants - what's the benefit of waiting to lift vs. doing it at time?
Less is more
Jul 27, 2022
The benefit of waiting to lift is that you may never need to undergo a secondary lift procedure, and you will spare yourself unnecessary scars. In addition, a straightforward removal of your saline implants with en bloc capsulectomy will be an easier recovery than removal with a breast lift. At 25 years old, your skin should still have a fair amount of elasticity, so the shape will likely return. The implants have stretched out your skin and compressed your breast tissue, but over time your...
What can I expect from Exparel and is there anything else I can do to control the pain?
Exparel does not solve a mechanical problem
Feb 6, 2019
Exparel helps to decrease pain but does not eliminate it. If you have zero pain tolerance cohesive gel implants under the muscle may be intolerably painful for you even with Exparel. You can try to add Valium or other muscle relaxers in addition to the pain medication, but at the end of the day it is the physical and mechanical presence of the breast implant under your muscle, which is ordinarily flat against your chest wall, that will be the problem.
What causes a large gap between breasts after having had a breast augmentation?
Wide gap between implants
Sep 29, 2017
The surgeon may not have dissected the breast pocket enough medially. Also, if the implants are under the muscle, the pectoralis muscle may need to be divided so that the implants can be closer and the muscles don't push the implant to the sides.
Has any one received a TUG flap followed by a DIEP or TRAM flap to make the breast look f
Stacking microsurgical free flaps
Sep 18, 2017
It is definitely possible to stack a DIEP flap on top of another flap like a TUG flap. You need a microsurgeon who is comfortable performing stacked flaps. Usually, stacking a flap will provide much more volume to your breasts, and you will also have a scar at the donor site. Depending on how much more volume you need, fat grafting may also be a good option for you. Finally, it is possible to place implants under flaps.
What type of microsurgery flap reconstruction is best for active tennis player?
Microsurgery possible in radiated tissue
Sep 18, 2017
DIEP or PAP flap may be options for you, even in the setting of previous radiation. While higher risk, microsurgical flaps can definitely be successfully performed in patients who have undergone radiation to their donor sites. If you have had extensive gynecological (or other abdominal/pelvic) surgery, however, the blood supply to the DIEP flap may have been severed, which would rule out a DIEP flap for you. You would need preoperative imaging to determine...
I've had 3 sets of saline implants. 475cc, under the muscle. If implants were deflated wh
Deflated implants
May 6, 2017
If saline implants are deflated, the breast loses the volume that was there from the implant. If you had a mastectomy, it would look flat with crumpled up skin on top. If you had a significant amount of breast tissue and only a small implant, it might look like an involuted breast after breastfeeding. From your photos, your breasts look quite large, and your implants do not appear to be deflated. 475 cc implants are also moderately large, however, so if you wanted to...
What would be the best type of reconstruction after a unilateral mastectomy?
Best type of reconstruction after a unilateral mastectomy
Apr 26, 2017
Looking at your pictures, the best type of reconstruction after a unilateral mastectomy would be using natural tissue. If your nipple is involved in your cancer and you are not a candidate for nipple-sparing mastectomy, then I would recommend a periareolar incision with a vertical incision (like a lollipop) for the mastectomy. I would then recommend either a DIEP flap or a PAP flap (can't completely tell from your photos if you would be a PAP flap candidate) for the reconstruction with a...
How long should I wait between breast fat transfer procedures?
Waiting before breast fat transfer
Apr 13, 2017
I would wait a minimum of three months after your first surgery before proceeding with breast fat transfer to increase their size. You want your body to heal and recover completely from the first surgery. In addition, your new breasts will settle and change over time, which can take several months or even a year, and you want to know what you're dealing with before undergoing another procedure. Thus, sometimes it can be worthwhile to wait longer than theee months. You want the...
Follow-up: Candidate for breast fat transfer?
Fat grafting after breastfeeding
Apr 3, 2017
Since it has only been 2 months since you stopped breastfeeding, you may want to wait a few more months to see if your breast skin contracts more before undergoing surgery. If not, fat transfer is one way to increase volume, but some of the fat that is transferred will be absorbed so it may require more than one session of fat grafting. It appears that most of your volume loss is at the upper portion of your breasts, and the majority of your breast volume is at the bottom of your breasts due...

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