Serving Abdominoplasty patients in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Saint Charles and Chesterfield, the highly qualified Board Certified Plastic Surgeons of BodyAesthetic Plastic Surgery collaborate to achieve the best possible result when performing Tummy Tuck Surgery

Our Board Certified Tummy Tuck Surgeons and You

BodyAesthetic Plastic Surgery offers the latest cosmetic surgical techniques and non-surgical technologies that are regularly introduced in the rapidly-evolving field of plastic surgery. Yet BodyAesthetic distinguishes itself from other practices in the St. Louis area in several ways.

Although each surgeon has particular areas of expertise, they take a collaborative approach to patients. Taken together, our surgeons offer a broad range of aesthetic and reconstructive surgical procedures, with a specialized focus on facial rejuvenation, breast procedures, and body contouring.

The founding idea behind BodyAesthetic Plastic Surgery & Skincare Center, which opened its doors in July 2002, was to create a new kind of medical practice that raises the standard of care and focuses on collaboration among our surgeons, staff, nurses, licensed aestheticians, and skin care specialists.

We are dedicated to providing personalized attention through a team approach. This is why we emphasize communication between surgeons and staff to help guide our patients through the process of defining their goals and choosing the most appropriate treatment.

Experience and Specialization

BodyAesthetic combines the many years of experience of Dr. Leroy Young with the specialized training of Dr. C.B. Boswell. After completing prestigious fellowships in cosmetic surgery, Dr. Boswell brought his advanced skills and the latest aesthetic surgery techniques to the St. Louis area. To our knowledge, BodyAesthetic is the only cosmetic surgery practice in this region with two highly specialized, fellowship-trained aesthetic surgeons.

Another unique characteristic of the BodyAesthetic surgeons is their interest in research as it applies to improving surgical results. Both surgeons conduct research locally and as part of national studies, including the clinical trials of silicone gel breast implants. And they are the only plastic surgeons in the St. Louis area certified as members of the Botox® Cosmetic National Education Faculty.

Our Knowledge: In Demand

At least one of our doctors presents recent research at every major national plastic surgery society conference. Twice a year the BodyAesthetic surgeons teach "Master Classes" in body contouring after massive weight loss to train other plastic surgeons, and they serve as faculty for courses on breast augmentation and body contouring at national meetings. They also publish regularly in the leading aesthetic surgery journals and, in 2005, received the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Award for Excellence for "Best Journal Article."

Our surgeons' combined technical training and experience give our patients more options for achieving the result they want. All are attending physicians at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital and have operating privileges at HealthSouth Ballas Outpatient Surgery Center and Missouri Baptist Medical Center.

Working Together

Although each board-certified surgeon at BodyAesthetic has specialized experience and skill, our guiding philosophy is to work together as true partners to determine what is best for each patient. During a consultation with your scheduled surgeon, another partner may be brought in if additional expertise or opinions are needed, and more than one doctor is often involved in a patient's surgery.

The different areas of expertise and interest among the BodyAesthetic surgeons combine to give the practice as a whole a high level of specialization. No single surgeon can do every type of procedure at an expert level. The old cliche is true: practice makes perfect. For surgeons, the number of times a procedure is performed directly correlates with how well it is done. Our surgeons believe that, together, they offer a high level of skill and experience in all areas of aesthetic surgery.

Working with You

Our approach to personalized care is another feature of the BodyAesthetic philosophy. We understand that changing something about your appearance is an intensely personal decision that demands a true partnership between you and your surgeon. Thus, we respect our patients as partners in the process. An initial consultation may last 1 or 2 hours because our surgeons take the time to listen to what a patient hopes to achieve and then thoroughly discuss surgical and non-surgical options.

Having any kind of elective surgery is an important choice, and we want our patients to be well informed about what to expect. We appreciate that patients may need to think about their options without feeling pressured to make a decision. Consequently, a second or even third consultation is not unusual. And if someone requests a procedure that's not right for him or her, we will explain why and offer alternatives. Our patients appreciate this honest approach to consultation.

At BodyAesthetic Plastic Surgery & Skincare Center, we view ourselves, surgeons and staff, as a team dedicated to providing the best and most appropriate care possible. That's why we consult with one another frequently throughout the day to design an individualized treatment plan for each patient based on our collective experience and a patient's specific needs. We take pride in our goal of making you comfortable with us and promise you will always receive our respect, professional service, and genuine concern for your interests.