Plastic & Aesthetic Surgery
Look like yourself, only rested.
At Palazzo Manzoni in Brescia, plastic surgery starts with a long first conversation, anatomy explained in plain language, and a procedure planned around your face and your life — not around a default operation.
The Plastic & Aesthetic Surgery Department at Palazzo Manzoni in Brescia is led by Dr. Enrico Motta, Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, alongside Dr. Stefano Di Nonno, Dr. Nicolò Manuini and Dr. Luana Salvagni on the surgical team, and Dr. Micaela Cortellessa and Dr. Giorgia Tinti in aesthetic medicine. The department operates as Motta & Partners, the clinic’s unit for aesthetic and reconstructive medicine and surgery.
Face
Breast
Body
Hair Loss
Dermatology
One specialist
From the first consultation through follow-up
Long first visit
A real assessment, not a sales meeting
Day surgery
In a restored palazzo, not a hospital corridor
Procedures performed
23,000+ procedures across face, breast and body
Recognising Yourself Again
You looked again,
and something didn’t quite match.
Maybe it was a photograph. Maybe it was a morning, a bad light, a particular angle. The face you saw didn’t quite reflect the person you feel like inside. Or your body changed — after a pregnancy, a weight loss, a decade — in ways that exercise and patience couldn’t undo. You aren’t chasing perfection. You aren’t chasing youth. You’d just like the outside to recognise the inside again. Wanting that is not vanity. It is one of the most ordinary human wishes there is. The work of a serious plastic surgeon is to listen to it, understand exactly what it is, and decide together with you whether surgery is the right answer — or whether the right answer is something quieter, smaller, or different altogether.
Where to Begin
What brought you here today?
“My face doesn’t quite reflect how I feel anymore”
Eyelids that look tired even when you’re rested. A profile that has bothered you since you were nineteen. A neckline that softened earlier than the rest of you. Face surgery at Palazzo Manzoni covers the eyelids, nose, mid-face, jawline, ears, lips, and chin — each procedure planned for your anatomy, not standardised.
“I’m not at home with my breasts”
Asymmetry. Volume that changed after pregnancy or breastfeeding. A shape that has bothered you for years, or one that changed after a previous operation done elsewhere. Breast surgery covers augmentation, lift, reduction, revision, reconstruction, and lipofilling — all planned with one rule: a result that fits you and lasts.
“My body changed and I cannot reach it back”
A localised pad of fat that genetics put there in puberty and exercise will not move. Skin that lost its elasticity after significant weight loss. An abdominal wall that pregnancy left separated. Body surgery at Palazzo Manzoni includes liposuction, lipofilling, abdominoplasty, diastasis correction, gluteal and thigh contouring, brachioplasty, and lipedema surgery.
“I want to understand what’s actually possible”
You’re not sure whether you want surgery, a non-surgical treatment, or simply a clearer picture. The aesthetic consultation is designed for exactly this: a long, honest conversation about your face or body, your options at every level of intervention, and what to do — including, sometimes, nothing.
Who Leads the Department
Dr. Enrico Motta
Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. Lead of the plastic surgery department.
“A serious plastic surgeon is recognisable by the operations they choose not to perform. My job is to listen to what you actually want, study your anatomy carefully, and propose only what genuinely suits you — even when that means recommending less than you arrived asking for, or nothing at all.”
Why Palazzo Manzoni
A plastic surgery department
built around restraint.
Aesthetic medicine and surgery have been commercialised in ways the profession itself has openly criticised. Procedures get pitched on social media as if they were small, casual choices. Pressure replaces judgement. Patients get pushed into operations that don’t suit their face, their age, or what they actually want. We work the other way. The first consultation is long. The anatomy is explained in plain language. Alternatives — including non-surgical ones, and including doing nothing — are laid out before any operation is recommended. When a procedure is the right answer, it is planned in detail and performed in our own day-surgery suites. When it isn’t, we tell you so.
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A specialist who knows how to say no
Procedures are recommended only when they suit your anatomy, your age, your character, and your actual goals.
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One surgeon, one plan, one follow-up
The doctor who plans your operation is the one who performs it and the one who reviews you afterwards.
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Hospital-grade operating rooms in a palazzo
Sterile, modern, fully equipped — set inside a restored historic building, not a hospital corridor.
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Published expertise across disciplines
Plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery; maxillofacial surgery; dermatology — coordinated under one roof.
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A philosophy of restraint
Restored harmony, not transformation. Gradual, calibrated work that other people will notice only as “you look well”.
Your Journey
How a procedure is planned in Brescia
Step 01
Book your consultation
Call, email, WhatsApp, or write through the form. No referral needed. Allow about an hour.
Step 02
The first visit
A complete assessment: examination, photography, anatomical analysis, your goals heard in your own words, and an honest conversation about what surgery can and cannot do. You leave with a written plan, not a contract.
Step 03
Time to decide
Plastic surgery is rarely urgent. You take the plan home, read it, sleep on it, ask questions, come back if you need to. There is no countdown.
Step 04
Your operation
Day surgery in our own theatre. The surgeon who planned the procedure is the one who performs it. Most patients go home the same day or after a single overnight stay.
Step 05
Follow-up that doesn’t end at the discharge sheet
Scheduled reviews at the intervals your procedure requires, with a direct line to your surgeon if anything concerns you in between.
Have a conversation before you have a procedure.
Book a consultation at Palazzo Manzoni in Brescia. We’ll explain what your anatomy actually allows, what each option would mean, and what — if anything — we would recommend.
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When the Place Is Wrong
The hidden cost
of choosing the wrong place
Aesthetic surgery is a serious medical act. When it is treated as a casual purchase, the consequences are not casual. An operation poorly suited to your face produces a result you will see in every mirror for the rest of your life. A clinic that doesn’t take its time with the first consultation rarely takes its time with anything else. A surgeon who agrees to everything is, by definition, not exercising judgement on your behalf.
You don’t need to feel rushed. You don’t need to settle for a result that is approximately what you wanted. Spending an hour at Palazzo Manzoni costs nothing but your time, and it is the most reliable way to find out whether a procedure is right for you and whether we are the right team to perform it.
Patient Stories
Stories from people
who took the time
Quiet results, described by the people who chose them — across face, breast and body.
Real experiences from patients across face, breast, and body procedures.
I work in client services and I’m on video calls all day. A colleague showed me a screenshot from a meeting and I looked like I was frowning the entire time – I wasn’t. My frown lines were just deep at rest. I’d been thinking about it for two years. The consultation took longer than the treatment itself. Three weeks later, a client asked if I’d had a holiday. I hadn’t.
I broke my nose at fourteen in a cycling accident and the bridge never set quite right. I didn’t hate it – but every photo from the side reminded me of that. I’d thought about rhinoplasty on and off for years but kept talking myself out of it. The surgeon spent an entire appointment just going through what I liked and didn’t like about my nose and explaining what was and wasn’t achievable. The swelling takes longer than you expect. But at six months, I look at side-on photos and I don’t think about the accident anymore.
I’ve been an A cup my whole adult life. When I gained and lost weight, nothing changed there. I tried every push-up bra made. I felt fine in clothes but never proportionate in my own body without them. A friend had had implants and came with me to the consultation, which helped. The surgeon walked through every option without pushing anything. I chose a modest size. Recovery was slower than expected the first week. Three months on, I look in the mirror and I don’t compensate with clothing anymore.
Common Questions
Common questions
about plastic surgery in Brescia
What kinds of procedures does the plastic surgery department perform?
The department covers the full range of plastic and aesthetic surgery: face surgery (blepharoplasty, ptosis correction, ectropion and entropion correction, rhinoplasty and rhinoseptoplasty, cervical-facial lift, temporal lift, zygomatic lift, additive malaroplasty, additive and reductive mentoplasty, otoplasty, facial lipofilling, lip lift), breast surgery (augmentation, mastopexy, reduction, revision, reconstruction, lipofilling), body contouring (liposuction, lipofilling, lipedema surgery, abdominoplasty, diastasis correction, gynaecomastia correction, brachioplasty, gluteal augmentation and lift, thigh lift), hair-loss surgery (hair transplant), and dermatological surgery (scar revision, removal of skin and soft-tissue lesions). Each procedure is planned individually.
How do I know if a procedure is right for me?
That is the purpose of the first consultation. It includes a full examination, a discussion of your goals in your own language, an explanation of the anatomy involved, and a clear assessment of whether — and which — surgery suits you. If a non-surgical alternative is the better answer, we will say so. If no procedure is the right answer, we will say that too.
How long does the first consultation last, and what happens during it?
About an hour. The visit covers your medical history, a clinical examination, photographic documentation, an anatomical analysis, an explanation of options at every level of intervention (from non-surgical treatments to surgery), and an honest recommendation. You leave with a written plan, not a contract. There is no pressure to schedule anything during the visit.
What is the difference between aesthetic and reconstructive surgery?
Reconstructive surgery restores form and function after a medical event — breast reconstruction after mastectomy, scar revision after trauma, correction of congenital differences, removal of skin lesions. Aesthetic surgery refines a feature the patient is uncomfortable with. The two often overlap: an abdominoplasty after major weight loss, for example, can be both functional (treating skin breakdown and limited mobility) and aesthetic. The department performs both.
Will the result look natural?
The department’s stated philosophy is restraint and harmony. The aim is a result other people will notice as “you look well”, not as “you’ve had work done”. This requires accurate planning, conservative dosing of any volume change, and — crucially — the willingness to refuse procedures or sizes that would compromise naturalness. Patients who want a dramatic transformation are usually not the right fit for this team.
Is plastic surgery painful, and what is recovery like?
Discomfort is normal in the first days after most procedures and is managed with prescribed medication. Real pain is uncommon and should always be reported. Recovery time depends on the operation: a blepharoplasty or rhinoplasty needs a week or two of social downtime; an abdominoplasty or breast reduction needs longer. Each plan includes a written recovery timeline so you know what to expect at each stage and when you can resume normal activity.
What are the risks?
Every surgical procedure carries risks, including bleeding, infection, scarring of variable quality, asymmetry, and — for procedures under general anaesthesia — anaesthetic risk. Procedure-specific risks are discussed in detail during the consultation and are listed in writing on the informed-consent document. The department’s preference for restraint, conservative volume choices, and one-surgeon continuity is itself a form of risk reduction.
Will there be visible scars?
Where a procedure requires an incision, scar placement is one of the planning priorities — inside the eyelid crease, inside the nostril, in the inframammary fold, in the groin, in the natural skin tension lines. Scars mature for up to a year and become much paler than they appear in the early weeks. The department gives detailed scar-care instructions and reviews the scar at follow-up. Scar quality is also genetic, and some patients scar less favourably than others; this is discussed openly during consent.
How much does plastic surgery cost?
Cost depends on the procedure, the operating-room time, the type of anaesthesia, any implants used, and the complexity of the case. After the first consultation, once a procedure has been recommended, you receive a written, itemised estimate. There are no hidden fees. The department does not negotiate on price, and does not run promotional discounts on surgery — the work is the work.
Where is Palazzo Manzoni, and do I need a referral?
Istituto Chirurgico Palazzo Manzoni is at Via dei Mille 14 in central Brescia, easily reached from anywhere in Lombardy and from Milan (about an hour). No referral is required. You can book directly by phone, email, WhatsApp, or the online form.
Take the Next Step
An hour, a real conversation,
and a plan you can take home.
At Palazzo Manzoni in Brescia, your consultation is long, honest, and designed to give you a clear plan — including, if it’s right, the recommendation not to proceed.
Address
Via dei Mille 14, 25122 Brescia, Italia
Phone
Hours
Mon-Fri 8:30-18:30 · Sat 9:00-13:00
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Get in touch
Call, email, WhatsApp, or book online.
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Meet your surgeon
A long, personal consultation. No pressure, no countdown.
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Decide on your own time
A written plan goes home with you. The next step is yours.