Dr. Zarella in Portland, Oregon

Name: Christopher S. Zarella, MD
Last name: Zarella
Gender: male
Began aesthetic medicine in: 2015
Years experience: 8
Primary Specialty: Plastic Surgeon
Business: Randall Children’s Plastic Surgery
Address: 501 N Graham St.
Address suite: Ste. 300
Phone: +1 503-413-4300
City: Portland
State: Oregon
Zip Code: 97227
Country: US
Statement: Dr. Zarella is a board certified plastic surgeon committed to serving both adult and pediatric patients. He did specialty training in Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery. He enjoys his career which allows him to combine his passion for medicine with his love of art.
Consulting Fees: 0$
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Clinical Privileges: 
  • Legacy Emanual Medical Center and Randall Children’s Hospital, Providence Saint Vincent Medical Center, and Providence Portland Medical Center
Education: 
  • Undergraduate: BS, Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Medical: MD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Postdoc Training: 
  • Residencies:
  • General Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University
  • Fellowship: Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Children’s National Medical Center

GPS coordinates on map: 45.5239,-122.6699982

Christopher S. Zarella, MD

Primary location: 
Location name: Portland
State: OR
Country: US
Map point: 45.5239,-122.6699982
Treatments: 
  • Breast Augmentation
  • 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
  • Cheek Augmentation
  • Chin Implant
  • Chin Liposuction
  • Cleft Lip And Palate Repair
  • Ear Surgery
  • Eyelid Surgery
  • Facelift
  • Facelift Revision
  • Facial Fat Transfer
  • Facial Reconstructive Surgery
  • Genioplasty
  • Gynecomastia Surgery
  • Inspira Breast Implants
  • Jaw Reduction
  • Lip Surgery
  • Liposuction
  • Liposuction Revision
  • Lower Facelift
  • Male Tummy Tuck
  • Mini Tummy Tuck
  • Mommy Makeover
  • Neck Lift
  • Panniculectomy
  • Ptosis Surgery
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Scar Removal
  • Septoplasty
  • Skinbetter Science
  • SMAS Facelift
  • Tummy Tuck
  • Tummy Tuck Revision

RealSelf Info

Rating: 5.0
Profile views: 3704
Answer count: 42
Review count: 9
5 star count: 1
Total star count: 1
Star rating: 2.403663653132
Anonymous votes: 0
Offer count: 0
Profile created: Nov 9, 2015
Profile modified: Oct 2, 2019
Profile promotion: No
Profile inactive: No
Premier status: Free
Tier: Pro
RealCare Promise: No
Directory link: Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
RealSelf’s PRO: No
Doctor Designation Start Time: Nov 11, 2015
Doctor Designation End Time: Jan 1, 2033

Locations

  • Portland, OR, US. GPS coordinates: 45.5239,-122.6699982

Latest ratings of treatments

  • Lip Augmentation (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Liposuction (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Juvederm (Oct 2015) – Overall rating: 5/5Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Payment process: 4/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Revision Rhinoplasty (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Reconstruction (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Botox (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Liposuction Revision (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Botox (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 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)
  • Juvederm (Oct 2015) – Overall rating: 5/5Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Payment process: 4/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Liposuction Revision (Aug 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Liposuction Revision (Aug 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Botox (Apr 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Botox (Apr 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Botox (Apr 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Lip Augmentation (Apr 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Lip Augmentation (Apr 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Revision Rhinoplasty (Feb 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Revision Rhinoplasty (Jan 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Reconstruction (Jan 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Liposuction (Jan 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Botox (Jan 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Reconstruction (Jan 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Liposuction (Jan 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Botox (Jan 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Reconstruction (Jan 2017) – Overall rating: 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)
  • 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)
  • Juvederm (Oct 2015) – Overall rating: 5/5Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Payment process: 4/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Juvederm (Oct 2015) – Overall rating: 5/5Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Payment process: 4/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)

Latest Prices

Juvederm Prices

  • $1000 – Oct 27, 2015 – Portland, OR
  • $1000 – Oct 27, 2015 – Portland, OR
  • $1000 – Oct 27, 2015 – Portland, OR
  • $1000 – Oct 27, 2015 – Portland, OR
  • $1000 – Oct 27, 2015 – Waldorf Center

Breast Reduction Prices

  • $10 – Feb 29, 2016 – Portland, OR
  • $10 – Feb 29, 2016 – Portland, OR

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Doctor's answers

Question
Answer Header & Date
Answer Snippet
I had a face lift/neck lift 18 months ago with underlying layers lifted. Can I get a revisio
Secondary Facelift
Feb 27, 2017
This is a very good question. Secondary facelifts are more common than you think. I would recommend seeing your surgeon, or another board certified plastic surgeon for revision. If you liked the look when there was swelling, you may want to just consider some fat grafting to the face, that would add some volume, yet not have the invasiveness of a secondary lift so soon after your initial operation. Nonetheless, a secondary lift can involve skin only, or it...
4 weeks post otoplasty - is this a stitch?
Otoplasty Postoperative Course
Feb 27, 2017
Thank you for your question, and for posting pictures! Based on your photo, that appears to be a stitch in the incision line. If it is a dissolving suture, it should go away soon enough. Based on the location, it does not appear that it is likely that it is one of the sutures used to reshape the ear (if your surgeon did such a technique). Regardless, it is best to see your surgeon with questions like this. But again, it appears that this is a simple one. ...
Can I wrestle after otoplasty?
Otoplasty Postoperative Course
Feb 27, 2017
I would caution you severely from returning to wrestling so soon after otoplasty. With a contact sport like wrestling, there is risk not only of pulling on the ear and tearing stitches, but also, of trauma to the ear from impact, which could cause a hematoma. I would recommend following your specific surgeon's advice regarding return to contact sports. In my practice, the wait time for that is several months. I understand wanting to get back to your regular...
Will there be a crater deformity if all breast tissue and fat tissue are removed?
Gynecomastia Surgery Techniques
Feb 27, 2017
Thank you for your question. There are a few ways to do male breast reduction surgery. Typically if there is a mix of glad and fatty excess, the treatment is direct excision of the gland, and liposuction for the fat. When taking the gland excess, a disk of gland tissue should be left behind to avoid a depressed nipple / areolar complex. If you plan on going ahead with surgery, I would advise making sure you see a surgeon who is board certified by the American Board of...
Do I have gynecomastia?
Gynecomastia
Feb 27, 2017
Thank you for posting photos with your question! While on the pictures it appears that you have some fullness in the chest, without a physical exam, it is hard to say what the exact problem is. I would advise seeing your doctor regarding this. Gynecomastia is actual male breast tissue that causes a protrusion, where as pseudo-gynecomastia is just excess fat deposit. If you desired surgical correction of this, the diagnosis is important to know how best to do the...
2 weeks post op... scar or tissue?
Gynecomastia Surgey Postoperative Course
Feb 27, 2017
Thank you for your question, and the accompanying photo! Two weeks after surgery is still early, and there certainly is some swelling remaining. What you describe sounds consistent with this. Typically with these operations the pectoralis muscle is not touched, so, any early irregularities in contour are more from the overlying changes while healing rather than the muscle itself. I would recommend contacting your surgeon for a post-op visit to look the situation...
Is this nipple shape normal after recent gynecomastia surgery?
Gynecomastia Surgey Postoperative Course
Feb 27, 2017
Thank you for your question, and for posting a picture to accompany it as well. Over the course of the next weeks to months, you will experience many changes to the surgical area. Without knowing exactly what type of procedure (excision of glad with or without liposuction) it is hard to comment on the appearance of your nipple / areolar complex pictured. However, given that the incision is on the bottom half of it there, I would tell you that a lot of operating...
Questions about implant revision to reduce size
Breast Implant Exchange
Feb 21, 2017
Hello! Thank you for your questions and photos! Changing size of implants is common when it comes time for a revision. What I tell patients is that, as far as volume goes, 50cc is the volume of a shot glass. So, if you wanted to downsize by 200cc, that'd be about 4 shot glasses less volume in each breast. A smaller implant, in the 300cc range will have a more natural appearance, and I would say that round versus contoured will not make too much of a...
Is this normal after implants?
Double Bubble
Feb 21, 2017
Thank you for posting pictures to go along with your question! I believe you may be correct in thinking the implant base is wider than the breast base. Alternatively, the width may be appropriate but the implant may be malpositioned or displaced out to the side of the pocket (it is difficult to tell if this is the case without other angles of views). I would recommend visiting with your surgeon to discuss your concerns. If the overall cosmesis of your result...
Botched Gynecomastia procedure - Can this be fixed, how long do I need to wait for adjustmen
Gynecomastia Surgey Postoperative Course
Feb 21, 2017
Thank you for posting your pictures. I am sorry that this has been a rough and lengthy course for you. At this time point, you are likely too soon after surgery to stress significantly about the final result. The skin envelope may continue to shrink, and some aggressive scar massage may help with the tethered skin that is causing the indentation. I would recommend visiting with your surgeon to discuss your concerns, as well as starting aggressive massage...
I had gynecomastia surgery 7 months ago and have indents in my right pec.
Revision Gynecomastia Surgery
Feb 21, 2017
This is a good question. And thank you for posting a picture. At 7 months out, the contour deformity that you have likely represents the final result. It is difficult to say without a physical exam, but from the looks of the picture, this may be correctable with liposuction, especially if all the glandular tissue has already been excised. I would recommend seeing your surgeon to discuss revision. I am sure that their ultimate goal is your satisfaction in a...
One side of chest is puffy, soft and the nipple is sunken in. What does this mean?
Gynecomastia Surgey Postoperative Course
Feb 20, 2017
These are good questions. There are always side to side asymmetries during the healing phase. Depending on the technique used (direct excision, liposuction, or combination of both), the healing process can be different based on the procedure. Also, it is not uncommon for there to be an existing asymmetry pre-op that affects the post op symmetry early on. You are still very early in the healing phase, and so, I would remain calm. As for your next post-op...
Follow-up Gyno Surgery Question, if I lower my BF will the fat tissue even out?
Weightloss After Cosmetic Surgery
Feb 17, 2017
This is a very good question. I would say, yes, the asymmetry between the two sides will be less noticeable if you were to lose some weight, but, there is asymmetry present, and weight loss alone will not completely change that. Additionally, there is not only asymmetry in the fullness, there is asymmetry of the nipple position, and that will not be changed by weight loss. Again, I would encourage you to visit your surgeon and have a discussion about your desire for...
lumpy and painful areola 5 months post op
Gynecomastia Surgey Postoperative Course
Feb 17, 2017
The postoperative wound healing course can sometimes be longer than anticipated, and at times, it can be frustrating. I would recommend seeing your surgeon regarding your symptoms. While early progress on the scars and changes are very visible in the first 3 months, wounds change and mature over the course of a year or more. Your symptoms may represent slower healing or re-organization of the scars. They may also represent something such as fat necrosis, where a small...
Keloid scar after Gynecomastia surgery.
Hypertrophic scars
Feb 17, 2017
The wound healing process can be a very frustrating portion of the surgery. At two years, however, I would say that the scars that you have are fully matured, and if they are hypertrophic, or thickened and raised, then it is time to do something about it. The degree of thickening and elevation of your scars looks more like a hypertrophic scar than a keloid. (thank you for posting pictures!) Nonetheless, the treatment is similar. At first, a course...

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