Est. 2001 · Independent · Australian English
No testimonials · No outcome guarantees
A journal of aesthetic and reconstructive surgery
Cosmetic SurgeonsAn independent Australian journal of aesthetic and reconstructive surgery
Independent journal · Australia
The original cosmetic-surgeons.com.au grew from a southern Sydney plastic-surgery practice that listed facelift, rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery, breast operations, abdominoplasty and liposuction for people seeking FRACS-trained care. This rebuild keeps that educational brief and turns it into a long-form journal: titles, consent, regulation and recovery, without testimonials or promised results.
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Lead essay
A practical guide to searching the Ahpra Register of Practitioners, reading registration types and conditions, and treating a clinic website as advertising rather than proof of specialist status.
James Okonkwo · 12 February 2024
How Australian titles, Ahpra registration and informed consent actually work before anyone books a procedure.
Rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery, facelift, otoplasty and jaw procedures explained in plain Australian English.
Augmentation, reduction, lift, revision and reconstruction — implants, Medicare context and follow-up.
Abdominoplasty, liposuction, post-weight-loss surgery and gynaecomastia, including what surgery cannot do.
Skin cancer reconstruction, scar revision and the reconstructive tradition of plastic surgery in Australia.
Anti-wrinkle injections, dermal fillers and energy devices under TGA scheduling and Ahpra advertising rules.
How to prepare, what recovery windows can look like, and when to seek urgent care after a procedure.
Haematoma, infection, pulmonary embolism and filler vascular events are reasons to seek urgent care. This guide separates 000, the surgeon-on-call and Healthdirect 1800 022 222 — without turning a journal into a diagnosis.
Elise Nguyen · 3 June 2025
Recovery after facial, breast and abdominal operations is described in ranges, not promises. Driving, work and exercise return on different clocks. A stranger’s Instagram week is not evidence.
Elise Nguyen · 20 May 2025
The weeks before an operation are part of the treatment. Smoking, weight, medicines, fasting, a support person and time off work all affect risk. They do not purchase a particular result.
Elise Nguyen · 6 May 2025
Lasers, intense pulsed light and other energy devices used in Australian cosmetic clinics sit under TGA device rules. Skin of colour, eye protection and the fact that energy is not a substitute for surgery all belong in the consultation.
Tom Hale · 22 April 2025
Dermal fillers are a regulated health service in Australia. Vascular occlusion is an emergency, visual loss is a recognised risk, and dissolving agents should be discussed as a class — not as a brand — before anyone is treated.
James Okonkwo · 8 April 2025
In Australia, anti-wrinkle injections are prescription-only medicines. Advertising law explains why clinics cannot name the drug, who may prescribe and administer it, and why consent still has to name risks such as eyelid ptosis.
James Okonkwo · 25 March 2025