Albyn Hospital
21-24 Albyn Place, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB10 1RW DirectionsPhone
Opening hours
Mon - Sun: 8am - 9pm
Daily visiting times:
1.00pm to 5.00pm
6.00pm to 8.00pm
Car parking
Yes - 27 spaces
Plastic surgery involves two areas; the reconstruction side, which involves skin cancer, burns, trauma, abdominal wall reconstruction, hand injuries and facial reconstruction.
You also have the cosmetic side.
Our cosmetic surgeons ‘wear quite a broad hat’, says our Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Cosmetic Surgery, offering a wide range of surgeries, including:
- Breast surgery, such as breast uplift, breast augmentation and breast reduction
- Body contouring – for example, ‘tummy tucks’
- Thigh and arm lifts
- Gynecomastia (male breast/chest reduction)
The procedures above fall under ‘body contouring’, particularly in patients that have lost a lot of weight after bariatric surgery or their own dieting.
The clinic here at Albyn also covers facial aesthetic, with non-surgical facial aesthetics (for example, facial fillers) being a key treatment.
Surgical procedures include:
- Face lifts
- Brow lifts
- Upper and lower eyelid surgery
- Pinnaplasty (pinning back the ears)
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 do as part of the consultation process.
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.
- 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.
- You can book an initial consultation online with most of our consultants.
- *97.0% of patients said their overall experience of our service was good or very good.
*During the period of January to December 2023 Albyn Hospital received 2,170 completed Inpatient/Day Case patient surveys
For anyone considering cosmetic surgery at Albyn Hospital, you can book an appointment online with our Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeon or contact our friendly team on 01224 595993
