Board certified · fellowship trained
Welcome
Natural outcomes plastic surgery for people who want to look proportional and feel like the best version of themselves.
We offer a personalized experience in North County San Diego where the conversation starts with your anatomy and goals — and ends with a plan that suits your lifestyle best.
We want you to feel like you belong here. No judgement, just results. Consultations are actually long enough to finish the conversation. Measurements, sizers, and a straight answer about what your frame will and won't carry.
Sometimes that answer is a different procedure, or none at all. You'll leave knowing what to expect, what it costs, and how long recovery really takes until you are feeling the best version of you.
Meet your surgeon
The surgeon who'll talk you out of the wrong size.
Dr. Heather Vande Ven is a board-certified plastic surgeon serving the San Diego area, fellowship-trained in both Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and Cosmetic Surgery.
Training completed in New York, New Jersey and Indiana.
Breast augmentation is her signature procedure — and the reason most of her patients find her.
- Board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery
- Fellowship trained twice — Plastic & Reconstructive, and Cosmetic Surgery
Procedures
Breast and body, proportioned to you.
Every procedure is unique — what it is, who it suits, what recovery actually looks like, and what it costs.
Why patients choose her
Three things you won't get everywhere.
Sizing from measurements, anatomy and goals
Base width, tissue quality and proportions come first. If the size you want won't work on your frame, you'll hear that in the consult rather than after surgery.
Built for how North County patients live
Surfing, running, lifting, carrying kids. Your sport shapes the plan — including a real return-to-training timeline instead of a generic one.
Honest answers and limitations
Projected results and honest limitations, so you're clear on what the procedure can provide.
The practice
One office with not only plastic surgery but also wellness.
Serving Carlsbad, Encinitas, San Marcos and surrounding areas. A single small practice means you see the same surgeon at every visit.
Operating room on site
Procedures are performed in the operating room at our Rancho Bernardo office, where consultations, sizing and follow-up all happen too. Surgery can also be performed at the Carlsbad Surgery Center, where Dr. Vande Ven holds operating privileges.
Getting here
- Carlsbad Village~35 min
- Encinitas~30 min
- Solana Beach~25 min
- Oceanside~35 min
- Poway~10 min
- Escondido~10 min
- 4S Ranch~7 min
The patient journey
Consultations with time for questions and sizing. After this you'll have preoperative and postoperative visits as needed.
16486 Bernardo Center Drive, Suite C-150San Diego, CA 92128
By appointment
What happens next
Four steps, no pressure.
Consultation
History, goals, measurements and sizing. Honest answers about what's best for your frame and expectations.
Planning
Pre-op instructions, medication guidance, and what to arrange at home. We'll tell you exactly what to expect.
Surgery day
Outpatient procedure. Your surgery is in the operating room at the office, and you go home the same day.
Recovery
Scheduled follow-up appointments — access to us whenever needed.