Patient guides
Writing from the practice
Answers to the questions patients ask before and after an operation — what a procedure involves, how recovery actually goes, and how to judge whether something is right for you. Each piece is written by one of the surgeons and reviewed before it is published.
Articles
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Combining a Facelift and a Brow Lift
A facelift treats the lower two-thirds of the face and a brow lift the upper third. Because they work on the same principles through a continuous incision line, they are frequently planned as a single procedure. -
Can Fat Come Back After Liposuction?
Liposuction removes fat cells permanently from the treated area, and those cells do not regrow. What can change is the size of the cells that remain and where the body stores fat afterwards. This page explains the difference. -
Acne Scarring and Facelift Surgery
A facelift is not a treatment for acne scarring, but repositioning the deeper tissue layers changes how some scar types read on the face. What happens depends on which kind of scar you have. -
Pregnancy After a Tummy Tuck
Abdominoplasty does not involve the uterus or the ovaries and does not affect fertility. What it does affect is the timing of a pregnancy afterwards, the durability of the result, and the planning of a caesarean section. -
Does a Facelift Remove Wrinkles?
A facelift repositions descended tissue and removes excess skin, which softens moderate to severe wrinkles. It does not stop new ones forming. This page explains what the operation changes and how long the change lasts. -
Sleeping After a Tummy Tuck
Sleep is one of the harder parts of abdominoplasty recovery — the abdomen is tight, drains are uncomfortable and lying flat is not an option. This page covers position, support and routine for the first weeks. -
Types of Facelift and Where the Incisions Go
Facelift is a category, not a single operation. Deep plane, mini, traditional and mid-facelift differ in where the incisions sit, which layer is repositioned and how long recovery takes. This page sets out the differences. -
Breastfeeding With Breast Implants
Most women with breast implants can breastfeed. Whether milk supply is affected depends largely on where the incision was made and where the implant was placed — decisions taken at the time of the augmentation. -
Eight Reasons Patients Have Rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty is as often functional as it is aesthetic. This page sets out eight distinct reasons patients are referred for or request nasal surgery, from trauma and septal deviation to polyps and chronic allergic obstruction. -
Which Procedures Patients Choose, and Why They Combine Them
The five most frequently performed aesthetic operations, why patients increasingly ask to combine two procedures in one operation, and what to establish about a surgeon before you agree to either. -
Silicone or Saline Breast Implants?
Silicone and saline implants differ in how they feel, how they behave if they rupture, and how they are inserted. This page compares the two on the criteria that actually differentiate them. -
A Short History of Abdominoplasty
Abdominoplasty began in the nineteenth century as wound coverage for the severely injured, and the technical problem that took longest to solve was the preservation of the navel. This page traces how it became the modern operation. -
Does Weight Loss Change Rhinoplasty Results?
The nose contains no fat, so weight change does not alter its size. What changes is the rest of the face around it — and because rhinoplasty is planned on proportion, that can alter how the result reads. -
The Functional Benefits of Plastic Surgery
Several aesthetic operations have documented functional consequences — breast reduction on musculoskeletal pain, blepharoplasty on the visual field, rhinoplasty on breathing and sleep. This page sets out where those overlap. -
What a Tummy Tuck Actually Corrects
Abdominoplasty is usually discussed as a cosmetic operation, but several of the problems it resolves are functional — ventral hernia, back pain from a weakened abdominal wall, and stress urinary incontinence among them. -
The Different Types of Breast Implant
Implants vary in four ways that matter: fill material, volume, profile and shape, with surface texture following from the shape. This page explains what each variable changes and who each option suits. -
Rhinoplasty Recovery, Step by Step
Recovery from rhinoplasty runs from the first day through to a final result at one year. This page sets out what happens at each stage, the restrictions that apply, and the risks of the operation. -
Sun and Swimming After a Facelift
Facelift incisions are vulnerable to UV for months, and seawater carries an infection risk to healing wounds. This page sets out when it is safe to sit in the sun, when to swim, and what protection to use in between. -
Couples Having Surgery Together
Couples increasingly plan procedures together rather than separately or in secret. The practical considerations are real — overlapping recovery periods, the need for help at home, and the reason each person is having surgery. -
Pain and Recovery After Breast Augmentation
Discomfort after breast augmentation is at its worst in the first three days and largely resolved by two to three weeks, but the breasts continue settling for a year. This page sets out both timelines.