Profile of Katerina C Gallus, Dr

After a successful career as a Navy plastic surgeon, Dr. Gallus founded the La Jolla plastic surgery practice, Restore SD Plastic Surgery, with the intention of creating a welcoming space for anyone seeking cosmetic enhancement. Restore SD Plastic Surgery offers skin care, injectables, laser treatments, aesthetician services, and plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Dedicated to serving others, she began her education with a Bachelor of Science from Duke University while on academic and ROTC scholarships. She pursued her dream of becoming a physician at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, where she met and eventually married her husband. A Naval Academy graduate himself, the newly-married couple set out for a career in Navy Medicine after completing medical school.

Procedures of Katerina C Gallus, Dr ⁽²¹⁾

Procedure	Rank in San Diego	Rank in CA	Rank in US
Breast Lift A procedure that lifts the breast tissue and repositions the nipples to remedy sagging breasts.	Ranked in San Diego: 21	Ranked in CA: 90	Ranked in US: 433
Breast Augmentation Breast augmentation is a plastic surgery procedure that can enhance your breast size and shape.	Ranked in San Diego: 22	Ranked in CA: 92	Ranked in US: 504
Breast Reconstruction Breast reconstruction surgery helps restore a more natural, symmetrical appearance of a breast that has been removed by a mastectomy or altered by a lumpectomy as part of breast cancer treatment.	Ranked in San Diego: 17	Ranked in CA: 40	Ranked in US: 252
Breast Revision Breast revision surgery makes to improve the appearance of breasts that have been previously operated on.	Ranked in San Diego: 4	Ranked in CA: 47	Ranked in US: 143
Mommy Makeover Mommy makeover is a combination of plastic surgery procedures that can help restore your pre-baby body after dramatic changes brought on by pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding.	Ranked in San Diego: 4	Ranked in CA: 96	Ranked in US: 522
Tummy Tuck Also known as an "abdominoplasty” this procedure reduces the size and shape of the abdomen by removing excess fat and skin.	Ranked in San Diego: 15	Ranked in CA: 47	Ranked in US: 34
Drainless Tummy Tuck A drainless tummy tuck essentially combines liposuction with a traditional tummy tuck using a specific layered suturing technique that eliminates the need for postsurgical drains.	Ranked in San Diego: 2	Ranked in CA: 11	Ranked in US: 1
Facelift Facelift surgery tightens underlying muscles, lifts tissues, sculpts fat, and removes excess skin, to give your face and neck a more youthful appearance.	Ranked in San Diego: 23	Ranked in CA: 82	Ranked in US: 483
Liquid Facelift A liquid facelift is a nonsurgical procedure that uses injectables to restore facial volume, reduce wrinkles, and rejuvenate the face and give it a more youthful appearance.	Ranked in San Diego: 4	Ranked in CA: 19	Ranked in US: 10
FaceTite FaceTite is an FDA-cleared facial rejuvenation procedure that delivers radiofrequency energy beneath the skin’s surface to stimulate collagen production, which tightens and firms skin.	Ranked in San Diego: 4	Ranked in CA: 27	Ranked in US: 38
Skin Tightening Skin tightening treatments can firm and tighten excess skin caused by aging or weight loss.	Ranked in San Diego: 3	Ranked in CA: 8	Ranked in US: 13
Skin Rejuvenation Skin rejuvenation treatment options include a variety of nonsurgical techniques and cosmetic procedures that are done to correct fine lines, wrinkles, sagging, and brown spots in order to restore the skin.	Ranked in San Diego: 5	Ranked in CA: 10	Ranked in US: 5
Facial Fillers Facial fillers are synthetic or naturally occurring substances injected into the lines, folds, and tissues of the face to decrease the appearance of wrinkles and restore the facial fullness that decreases with age.	Ranked in San Diego: 3	Ranked in CA: 25	Ranked in US: 482
Photo Facial A photo facial is a laser light treatment which effectively treats men and women to remove brown spots and sun damage while increasing collagen production.	Ranked in San Diego: 1	Ranked in CA: 8	Ranked in US: 101
Facial Rejuvenation Facial rejuvenation is a cosmetic treatment which aims to restore a youthful appearance to the human face.	Ranked in San Diego: 3	Ranked in CA: 12	Ranked in US: 100
Facial Implants A facial implant is a small device (made of silicon or another safe material) that plastic surgeon puts underneath your skin during surgery.	Ranked in San Diego: 16	Ranked in CA: 68	Ranked in US: 171
Laser Hair Removal Laser hair removal treatments use light energy to permanently damage or destroy hair follicles—usually on the legs, back, underarms, or face—with the goal of preventing hair from growing back.	Ranked in San Diego: 8	Ranked in CA: 15	Ranked in US: 72
All Resurfacing & Rejuvenation Lasers Laser skin resurfacing and rejuvenation removes skin layer by layer with precision, the new skin cells that form during healing give the skin a tighter, younger looking surface.	Ranked in San Diego: 5	Ranked in CA: 20	Ranked in US: 7
Halo Laser The halo laser combines ablative and non-ablative wavelengths that simultaneously target the top layer of your skin and the deeper tissue underneath the surface, for a powerful skin rejuvenation treatment.	Ranked in San Diego: 1	Ranked in CA: 4	Ranked in US: 43
Botox Botox works by blocking nerve signals to the muscles, so the injected muscle can’t contract.	Ranked in San Diego: 12	Ranked in CA: 47	Ranked in US: 47
Dysport Dysport is an injectable neuromodulator that smooths lines and wrinkles for up to four months.	Ranked in San Diego: 3	Ranked in CA: 15	Ranked in US: 43