SERVICES AVAILABLE AT AUCKLAND PLASTIC SURGICAL CENTRE

Cosmetic

Breast
Augmentation with saline or silicone cohesive gel implants
Reduction for women, Gynaecomastia reduction for men
Lift (Mastopexy)
Reconstruction after breast removal (Partial or complete mastectomy)

Face
Thread lift
Brow lift – endoscopic or open
Temple tightening
Cheek lift – mini, ‘S’ lift, deep ‘SMAS’, or subperiosteal lift
Cheek and chin implants
Cheek or neck liposuction/sculpture
Neck lift – usually deep plane ‘SMAS’
Face lift (Rhytidectomy or Meloplasty)
Combinations of the above

Facial Lines & Wrinkles
Injectable ‘fillers’ – Restylane, Juvederm, Dermalive, Hylaform, Collagen
Muscle Weakening (frown lines, crows feet) - Botox

Eyes
Upper and/or lower eyelid lifts (Blepharoplasty)
Correction of ptosis (droop)- Congenital, Post traumatic, age related.

Ears
Prominent ear correction (Otoplasty)
Congenital deformity correction
Removal of ear ‘tags’

Nose
Reduction (Rhinoplasty); improving profile, shape & size
Straightening broken or deviated noses
Airway (breathing) improvement

Lips
Enhancement/Augmentation with –
  Injectable fillers (temporary or permanent)
  Teflon or other ‘off the shelf’ implants
  Your own fat/collagen (autologous)

Abdomen
‘Tummy tucks’ with –
Mini abdominoplasty (small scar)
Full abdominoplasty
Any of the above combined with liposuction

Hips, Thighs & Buttocks
Liposuction/liposculpture
Thigh and/or buttock lift, with or without liposuction

Knees & Ankles
Liposuction/liposculpture

Calves
Liposuction/liposculpture
Calf enhancement with implants

Liposuction/Liposculpture
Small areas – local anaesthetic, large areas – general anaesthetic.
Tumescent ‘Klein’ technique
Ultrasonic (UAL)
Post Bariatric/ Weight loss surgery- Body contouring, excess skin reduction.

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Traumatic Conditions

Primary treatment is in a public hospital, with secondary correction and revisions done through ACC and insurance in private practice.

Facial Fractures
Nose, cheek, jaw, orbital fractures

Facial Lacerations
Scar Revisions

Hand Trauma
Tendon & Nerve Injuries, Fractured hand bones

Scar Revisions
After orthopaedic or general surgery – Z & W plasties

Reconstruction
Contour defects – local and free flaps

Microvascular Free Flap Reconstruction
Free tissue transfer for complex defects e.g., Lower limb tissue loss following MVA's

General Skin Repair/Reconstruction
Skin Graft – Split Thickness, Full thickness
Skin Flaps – Transposition, Rotation, V-Y
Muscle Flaps, Skin & Muscle Flaps, Free Microvascular Flaps
Fascio-cutaneous Flaps

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Skin Tumours

Benign and Malignant. Excision and closure, skin graft or skin flap repairs

Haemangiomas and vascular malformations

Malignant
Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)
Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC)
Melanoma (MM)
Rare Sarcomas

Benign
‘Moles’ - Compound and Intradermal Naevi, Pigmented, Hairy, Junctional Naevi
Fibromas, Lipomas, Sebaceous Cysts

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Scar Management

Keloids and Burn scar contractures

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Congenital Conditions

Childrens operations

Dermoid cysts
In brow/nose/neck or other site

Birthmarks
Vascular malformations and haemangiomas (most slowly resolve – some need surgery)

Ear Tags

Congenital Ear deformity
‘Microtia’, Prominent, Cup or Stahl ears

Cleft lip & Palate
Cleft lip & palate repair, Pharyngoplasty for speech defects, cleft nasal deformity correction, bone grafting of top jaw cleft, correction of disproportion of jaw (in
conjunction with Maxillo Facial Surgeon)

Cranio Facial Deformities
Deformational Plagiocephaly (‘Flat heads’)
Cranio-synostoses – Coronal, Sagittal, Lambdoid, Metopic, Multi Sutural
Syndromes – Crouzons, Aperts, Pfeiffers, Treacher-Collins, Hemi facial Microsomia,
Pierre Robin Sequence
Cranio Facial Clefts – Tessier 1-14 Clefts, hyper and hypo–telorism
Neuro-fibromatosis
Fibrous dysplasia and rare tumours

Hand Deformities
Webbed fingers (Syndactyly), Extra digits (Polydactyly)

Skin
Vascular Malformations (‘Strawberry Naevi). Pigmented lesions (giant hairy Naevi etc), dark moles

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Hand Surgery

Bone surgery (osteotomies, joint surgery),
Contracture release (skin grafting e.g. after burns),
Dupuytrens Contracture (progressive fibrous bands in palm and fingers),
Ganglions/cysts,
Neuromas,
Tendon sheath tumours,
Tendon & Nerve repairs and grafting,

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