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Comment – while I agree that men are showing an ever increasing interest in looking their best, and in turn are increasingly turning to cosmetic procedures, a few points relating to this article should be made. Firstly, the male cosmetic patient never wants to look “done”. A far greater stigma persists around the male cosmetic…

Jo Hartley writes in today’s Sydney Morning Herald about her own experiences with breast reduction surgery citing celebrity Ariel Winter’s recent decision to undergone the same.  From a surgeon’s perspective, breast reduction patients are among the most happy in a plastic surgeon’s practice. Patients describe relief from neck, back and shoulder pain, in addition to…

While wrinkles and sunspots offer the most obvious signs of forehead ageing, other features contribute to the impression in more subtle, yet equally profound ways. As a broad expanse on facial skin, the forehead acts like a billboard for the face. An uneven complexion contributed to by freckles and sunspots sets the scene. Transverse forehead…

I read with interest an article published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 19/11/2014 concerning a new breast augmentation procedure being offered by a New York plastic surgeon that has been dubbed “insta-breasts” or “vacation breasts”. For a cost of US$2500-3500, the augmentation lasts 24 hours only so has been touted as a procedure one…

Early non-invasive (non-surgical) treatments delay the onset of irreversible, age-related changes that require surgical correction. As a rule, patients should be 18 years of age or older, but exceptions do exist. In some instances patients younger then 18 will be considered for treatment after paediatric, psychiatric and psychological assessments supporting such a course of action.…