Yuba City patients looking for a plastic surgeon will find Summit Plastic Surgery about 2 hours north, at 1800 Buenaventura Blvd, Suite 200 in Redding. The route is roughly 120 miles up CA-99.
This page is about body contouring, and at Summit that work is surgical and done by the surgeon himself. Dr. Max Malotky, a board-certified plastic surgeon, performs liposuction, body lifts after major weight loss, tummy tucks with muscle repair and mommy makeovers. Loose skin after significant weight loss doesn’t respond to exercise, so that’s the work worth the drive.
Monday – Thursday : 8am – 5pm
Friday : 8am – 12pm
Saturday, Sunday : CLOSED
Closed for lunch daily : 12pm – 1pm
Liposuction removes pockets of fat that haven’t responded to diet and exercise, through small incisions with a thin cannula, under general anesthesia. It suits people at or near their ideal weight who want to refine the abdomen, thighs, hips, arms, flanks or neck. It is not a weight-loss procedure. For one or two small areas such as the chin, arms or knees, focused-area liposuction is done in the office under local anesthesia.
A body lift solves a different problem: skin that hangs loose after major weight loss or bariatric surgery. An upper body lift treats the upper back, bra line and chest. A lower body lift treats the abdomen, flanks, buttocks and thighs. If you’re comparing body contouring options in Yuba City, ask at consultation whether liposuction, a lift or both fits your skin.
A tummy tuck removes excess abdominal skin and fat and repairs separated muscles (diastasis recti), which exercise can’t close. A mommy makeover pairs that tummy tuck with breast augmentation or a lift, sometimes with liposuction, in one operation. Taylor described the starting point: “After having two beautiful babies I was left with extra skin and deflated balloons! I worked so hard to loose extra fat trying to get my stomach to look somewhat normal! Well it wasn’t working for me!” Taylor went on to have a mommy makeover with Dr. Malotky. Face and breast procedures are listed under all surgical procedures.
The first trip is a consultation in Redding, where you and Dr. Malotky agree on a surgical plan. Tummy tucks, body lifts and full liposuction are done under general anesthesia in an accredited operating room. After a tummy tuck, most patients go home the same day or after a short observation period, wearing support garments. Liposuction patients wear compression garments while swelling settles.
Follow-up visits are scheduled to check healing. With about 2 hours of driving each way, line up a driver for surgery day and ask how the follow-up visits can be timed. Christy Standifer, the practice’s medical assistant, works with patients through the surgical process.
Contact the office with scheduling questions.
Dr. Maximilian Malotky started Summit Plastic Surgery in Redding in 2017 and is a board-certified plastic surgeon. Before opening the practice, he completed more than 14 years of higher education. That included a 6-year integrated plastic surgery residency at Wright State University, where he performed over 4,000 procedures.
His cosmetic practice covers the face, breasts and body. The body side is what Yuba City patients will find on this page: liposuction, tummy tucks, body lifts and combined procedures. Outside cosmetic surgery, he performs breast and skin cancer reconstruction, pediatric plastic surgery, craniofacial reconstruction and hand surgery. Meet the team to see who you’ll work with. The before-and-after gallery has tummy tuck, mommy makeover and massive weight loss categories, with after photos taken at 12 weeks post-op.
Yes. Summit offers Juvederm and Restylane fillers, Botox, CO2 laser, RF microneedling, laser hair removal, scar revision and lesion removal, and PlasticsMD skincare. Nurse injector Chelsey Lutz, RN, BSN, CCRN, handles the injectable and laser treatments at the Redding office. See non-surgical services and financing.
Yuba City to Redding is about 2 hours, so a Monday–Thursday appointment (8am–5pm, closed 12–1pm) gives you the most room; Friday hours end at noon. Call (530) 638-8868 or book a consultation. Cherry, CareCredit and Alle payment plans are explained on the patient financing page.
