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
Editor
Clare edits Cosmetic Surgeons and writes on surgical regulation, consent and the public language of cosmetic medicine in Australia.
Bylines on this site are journalistic. They are not a claim of medical registration. See our editorial standards.
Plastic surgery in Australia grew from trauma, burns, hands and cancer reconstruction. The old cosmetic-surgeons.com.au practice listed reconstructive work beside aesthetic operations because the same fellowship training covers both.
Clare Whitfield · 11 March 2025
When another registered practitioner is useful, how to request records and use a GP referral, and why a second opinion is not a search for the first person who will say yes.
Clare Whitfield · 20 June 2024
Consent is a process, not a signature. How material risks, alternatives including no surgery, and the cosmetic-surgery cooling-off rules work — and what a first visit cannot legally rush.
Clare Whitfield · 9 May 2024
A working list of consultation questions on facility accreditation, the anaesthetist, revision policy, cooling-off and photographs used for planning rather than advertising — written so you can take it into the rooms.
Clare Whitfield · 18 April 2024