Category: Our View

The new year continues to keep us all busy in the practice. Grace has joined the team to help Clare with the back office side of things when the office gets busy. Louise is continuing to add all these updates to the website as well as do all of our bookkeeping. As for me – […]

It has been a very busy Christmas season in the practice with no signs of things slowing down! I think people have been taking the opportunity of some time off over the holidays to recuperate from surgery, and the short days and long nights also seem to lend themselves to post-surgery recovery in the New […]

The autumn and winter months always bring with a flurry of new referrals for facial rejuvenation. Perhaps it’s the fact that people spend more time indoors, but “facelift season” is once again upon us at the practice. A facelift remains the gold standard operation for comprehensive facial rejuvenation; addressing the jowls, the cheeks and the […]

Through my established relationship with the team at the Melbourne Institute of Plastic Surgery in Australia, I now plan to start offering Dermaclear Vitamin E cream to my patients, to be used as part of their scar care regime. For every Practice Update I send out, I will send one registered reader one free tube. […]

Amongst several plastic surgery websites I feature on, two particularly stand out for their benefit to patients: Both Realself and Estheticon are sites that allow patients to ask questions to high level plastic surgeons from around the world, and to discuss concerns, worries and doubts they may have. I do my best to answer questions […]

The first rule of being a doctor is to do no harm. Elective plastic surgery, particularly aesthetic or cosmetic surgery is unique amongst the disciplines within surgery. It is performed on otherwise physically well people, who therefore volunteer for the surgery to be performed. As a result, I am highly sensitive to the importance of […]

Its been a busy summer at the practice: several national and international plastic surgery meetings (ISAPS, BAAPS and others) followed by a seemingly endless stream of enquiries after the summer holidays! Being busy is a good problem to have, but I am always aware of ensuring that I am able to devote the right amount […]

Over the last few months I have started getting more involved in the on-line plastic surgery community. Some really informative websites exist which I feel are hugely helpful for people thinking about plastic surgery or for those with concerns after surgery. Realself provides direct access to top plastic surgeons worldwide, enabling members to ask questions, send […]

The latest edition of the international plastic surgery journal JPRAS has just arrived on my desk. Two articles I have been a part of are published in the same issue, which is very rewarding. The lead article in the journal is a review of the stem cell related background on the safety of fat grafting […]

Everyone who comes in for a cosmetic surgery consultation clearly knows what it is that bothers them.  However, many also have an idea about what is needed to achieve their aims.  One of my roles as a consultant plastic surgeon during the consultation is, to a degree, educating the patient about themselves and about plastic […]

A very busy and exciting spring and summer to look forward to in the practice – lots of open events and patient education evenings (all welcome!).  I am in the process of updating the presentations I plan on giving, and will not only concentrate on before and after pictures and discussions on individual procedures, but […]

A very busy couple of weeks in the practice.  One poor PIP patient had previously had banned Trilucent (soya) breast implants taken out and replaced with PIP implants several years ago, only to find herself in the same position.  A very difficult consultation, but one in which I was able to spend time discussing all […]