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Only the best breast for Angelina Jolie

There has been tremendous publicity surrounding Angelina Jolie’s decision to go public with her decision to have a double mastectomy.  It has helped to increase the profile of breast cancer and the BRCA gene and has empowered women around the world.  So what sort of reconstruction has Angelina Jolie opted to go for?  You would have thought […]

The ‘Jolie Effect’ “ You can still be beautiful and feminine after mastectomy

Angelina Jolie has announced today that she has undergone an elective double mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer.  We are becoming better and better at diagnosing and treating breast cancer to the extent that we can now look at various risk factors, in particular family history and genetic testing, to identify individuals […]

There Will Always be a Need for Tummy Tucks

Tummy Tucks Are Not for Overweight People Some people have got the wrong idea about tummy tucks “ they think that it is a procedure that is for overweight people to help them to lose weight.  This is not the case.  If you are overweight, then you should avoid surgery because your risk of complications […]

Free Consultations or No Free Consultations?

Should We Offer Free Consultations? This is a question that has divided plastic surgeons. The argument for free consultations On the one hand, patients may feel that they may not strike up a rapport with the surgeon or the surgeon may not be able or willing to give them the result that they are aiming […]

How to choose a plastic surgeon

When choosing a plastic surgeon and deciding where you are going to have your procedure undertaken there are important points to bear in mind. Believe it or not, there are surgeons out there performing plastic surgery who are not fully trained in plastic surgery. There are currently no laws against anyone performing your surgery and […]