Cosmetic surgery
How you feel about the way you look can affect your confidence and happiness. We’re here to provide you with expert support to make sure you make the right decision when it comes to cosmetic or reconstructive surgery.
Cosmetic surgery is an elective procedure performed to help fulfil your desire to change your appearance, such as a breast augmentation or a nose job. Reconstructive surgery is a procedure which aims to reshape or reconstitute tissue in an effort to reclaim previous appearance after an accident.
Learn more about cosmetic surgery at Nuffield Health with our full list of cosmetics articles.
8 tips for facing the world after cosmetic surgery
Worried about how people might react to your new look after cosmetic surgery? Here are eight helpful tips on how to step back into the world with confidence.
Breast enhancement: What really happens during a breast augmentation operation
A step-by-step guide to breast augmentation (or enlargement): the most popular cosmetic surgery carried out in the UK.
When is the right time for a Facelift?
Facelifts are an increasingly popular cosmetic surgery procedure. But what are the risks and benefits, and is there a perfect age for a facelift?
6 signs your big breasts are a big problem
Large and heavy breasts can be a big problem for some women. Here are six signs you should do something about them.
Options for treating scars
Living with the scars of a childhood accident, Mr Jonathon Pleat has dedicated his life to finding the best solutions for treating scars and reducing the impact they have on people’s lives. Here’s what he has found so far.
Comment: Staying safe with breast implant surgery
New measures rolled out to protect patients in the wake of the Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) scandal are a step in the right direction for the medical profession, but patients still need to look out for themselves. Dr Davina Deniszczyc explains.
Whatever your symptoms you should see your GP for a proper diagnosis. Some common symptoms:
Some common conditions and diseases that could match your symptoms:
- Cosmetic veins
- Cleft lips
- Broken and fractured noses
- Flat chested
- Nose deformity
- Facial trauma
- Burns
- Scarring
- Sun damaged skin
- Lesions
- Pigmented lesions
- Skin cancer
We offer a range of tests and scans to help understand your needs. Some key tests and scans include:
Getting treated as soon as possible can be easy. Some key treatments and procedures include:
- Breast reduction
- Breast augmentation (enlargement)
- Maxillofacial / oral surgery
- Reconstructive surgery
- Tummy tuck (Abdominoplasty)
- Ear pinning cosmetic surgery (Pinnaplasty)
- Areola reduction
- Arm reduction (Brachioplasty)
- Body contouring
- Blepharoplasty (Eyelid Reshaping)
- Breast reconstruction
- Breast uplift (mastopexy)
- Brow lift
- Buttock lift
- Chemical peel
- Chin reshaping (Genioplasty)
- Craniofacial reconstruction
- Dermal fillers
- Dermatological surgery
- Eye lift
- Facial resurfacing
- Facial surgery
- Facelift (Rhytidectomy)
- Fat grafting
- Foam sclerotherapy for varicose veins
- Hair removal
- Inverted nipple surgery
- IPL Hair Removal
- Laser hair removal
- Lateral intercostal artery perforator (LICAP) Flap breast reconstruction
- Liposuction
- Mastectomy (breast removal)
- Mohs micrographic surgery
- Mole removal
- Muscle relaxant
- Neck lift
- Non-surgical body contouring and skin tightening
- Otoplasty (ear correction / ear repositioning)
- Radiofrequency (RF) Ablation for Varicose Veins
- Rhinoplasty (or nose reshaping)
- Skin cancer surgery
- Skin grafts for leg ulcers
- Skin rejuvenation
- Skin surgery
- Tattoo removal
- Trauma reconstruction
- Varicose vein stripping
- Endovenous laser treatment for varicose veins