SL_MAPSprofile_0720FINAL_Layout 1 7 / 21 / 20 1 : 23 PM Page 2 C U T F R O M T H E Same ClOTh The partnership between Dr . John - Paul Regan and Christopher Palu brings new levels of artistry and service to Modern Aesthetic Plastic Surgery . Now Palu is returning the favor , by helping Palu has worked alongside some of fashion’s hristopher Palu and John - Paul Regan , Dr . Regan grow his plastic surgery practice . most iconic designers . He has since established D.O . , met face to face for the first time Dr . Regan joined Modern Aesthetic Plastic his own brand , Christopher Palu New York , Cin July 2015 . They forged an immediate Surgery earlier this year , brought on by the designing high - end contemporary fashions connection . practice’s founder , the accomplished plastic for “ the cosmopolitan woman . ” “ We had an instant spark between us , surgeon Robert Skalicky , D.O . Dr . Regan spe - Palu says he would not have been able to and a great conversation from the very begin - cializes in all areas of aesthetic surgery , from succeed in this venture without the ideas , ning , ” Palu recalls of their introduction , in face - lifts and eyelid surgery , to breast aug - support , and artistic eye of his partner , Dr . New York’s Central Park . “ As we kept talking , mentation and mommy makeovers . He’s par - Regan . we discovered that we both had the same ticularly interested in facial reconstruction and “ John - Paul is a fashion designer without drive to succeed and saw a lot of determination rejuvenation procedures , such as rhinoplasty , being a fashion designer , ” Palu says . “ I might in each other , which is very attractive . We where even the smallest details can make a show him a sketch of a garment , and he’ll were very different , in that we complemented dramatic difference . Another area of specialty : see something that I might not , and that starts each other , but we also had a lot in common . breast reconstruction for women whose lives us off on a whole other collaboration . His We got two - for - one martinis at the bar , and have been impacted by breast cancer . perspective is priceless . ” the rest is history . ” “ In the medical world , we’re taught med - Dr . Regan was by Palu’s side during the They have since become inseparable , icine , but the business of it is something we designer’s first interlude with New York Fashion partners in every sense of the word . In fact , have to pick up over time , ” says Dr . Regan . “ I Week — an invigorating yet hugely demanding each is intimately involved in the other’s needed that extra step to push me into being undertaking , to say the least — “ even though career — Dr . Regan , a plastic and reconstructive the plastic surgeon I want to be , and Christo - he had a full - time job and was on call , working surgeon with Modern Aesthetic Plastic Surgery , pher has given me that push . When you’re 24 - hour shifts , ” Palu recalls . which has offices in Newtown and King of looking for someone to be a good business “ That’s where I got my first investor , and Prussia ; and Palu , a designer whose already partner , there’s no better person to have on things have taken off from there , ” he adds . bright star continues to rise in the world of your team than your significant other . No one “ John - Paul helped me launch my brand and New York fashion . will want to build my team more than someone has helped me with every collection . He also Palu’s name may ring a bell , particularly who is already on my team . ” helped me with taxes , legality , paperwork — for fans of the Bravo network’s hit show In an official capacity , Palu will serve as things a creative would have no idea where Project Runway . He starred in the show’s Dr . Regan’s patient care coordinator . In this to start — so I was able to focus on the 10th season and then returned to the spotlight role , he will serve as a direct intermediary designing and put my heart into everything I for Season Three of Project Runway All Stars . between Dr . Regan and his patients — sched - wanted to see . ” A graduate of Fashion Institute of Technology , SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM JULY 2020 | 29