Cosmetic surgery in Aberdeen

Although the terms are often used interchangeably, cosmetic surgery and plastic surgery are not the same.

Cosmetic surgery refers to procedures carried out to enhance or alter your appearance rather than to treat a medical condition. While these procedures are elective, they can have a meaningful impact on your confidence, self-esteem, and overall physical and emotional wellbeing.

Treatment may focus on areas such as body shape, facial features, or changes that occur over time. This might include concerns related to significant weight loss, ageing, asymmetry, or physical changes following life events.

Plastic surgery focuses on reconstructing, restoring or improving form and function. It is often performed to treat conditions caused by injury, illness, burns, cancer treatment, congenital conditions or previous surgery. The aim is to restore appearance while also improving function and quality of life.

At Albyn Hospital, cosmetic surgery is approached with careful planning and clinical precision. The focus is always on achieving results that look natural and in proportion, rather than dramatic or overcorrected changes.

Albyn Hospital provides a comprehensive range of cosmetic surgery procedures, with surgeons experienced in:  

• Breast augmentation (enlargement)
• Breast reduction
• Body contouring – for example, ‘tummy tucks’
• Thigh and arm lifts
• Gynecomastia (male breast/chest reduction)
• Labiaplasty

These treatments are often chosen by patients following significant weight loss or changes in body shape.

• Brow lifts
• Upper and lower eyelid surgery
• Pinnaplasty (pinning back the ears)
• Rhinoplasty (nose job)
• Facelift

When visiting our clinic, our Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeon will take a full medical history, before asking you about your areas of concern and what you’d like to change about them. You may wish to change your face or body for a functional reason, or for a cosmetic reason.

Two Consultations

It is now regarded best practice, that for all cosmetic surgery, patients should have two appointments. You will visit us for their first appointment, before having a ‘cooling-off’ period to decide whether treatment is for you. Your second appointment will be scheduled for two months later.

The first appointment follows a ‘fact-finding’ approach, to allow the Consultant to find out what your needs and expectations are. He will assess the you and see whether he agrees with what you believes the issue is. An examination will take place and our Consultant will work out if your request can be met.

This is driven both on what can be offered, and your wished– and whether the expectation [from the patient] is realistic, or if there are any other issues which need to be factored in before surgery.

The Second Consultation

At your second appointment, the Consultant will go through the process again. Our Consultant answer any questions you may have, go over what has been discussed at the first appointment and reassess to see if you are still keen to go ahead with treatment.

In some instances, other psychological components may drive the your desire for a particular treatment. This may mean our Consultant will need to seek the opinion of a psychologist and determine whether it is ethically correct to offer the surgery and to evaluate any potential vulnerabilities you may have.

Diagnostics

In terms of diagnostics, there are several things our Consultant may require to assess your health. 

For breast reduction surgery, he may check you are within the correct age group and would consider a mammogram. For revision implant surgery, he may need to look at scans or learn more about previous implant surgery.

Those with abdominal wall hernias may require imaging of the abdominal wall, while weight loss patients often need blood tests, to check they are not nutritionally depleted.

(Please note that any diagnostic test required are charged in addition to the initial consultation fee)

• Expert assessment from an experienced Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeon. You will see the same same consultant throughout the entirety of their treatment journey.
• A multidisciplinary clinic. Your consultant is supported by a number of other healthcare professionals such as nurses and psychologists.. This multidisciplinary team approach ensures you will receive support and treatment from the most appropriate specialist throughout your time with us.
• Our state-of-the-art imaging facilities include Xray, CT, MRI and ultrasound.  These diagnostic imaging procedures can all be easily arranged if required.
• Treatment plans tailored to meet your individual health needs.
• Fixed-price surgery packages.

To book your initial consultation with one of our cosmetic surgeons near you, use our online booking system, or give us a call on 01224 595993 and one of our dedicated advisors will help you find an appointment time that suits you.