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
Features writer
Priya writes long-form explainers on facial, breast and body procedures for readers preparing for a specialist consultation.
Bylines on this site are journalistic. They are not a claim of medical registration. See our editorial standards.
A journalist’s explainer on pannus versus muscle separation, hernia, drains and early walking after abdominoplasty — and why Medicare criteria exist in Australia without promising a rebate.
Priya Menon · 12 November 2024
How a mastopexy differs from a reduction and from an implant, what scar patterns are discussed in general terms, why gravity and ageing continue after surgery, and why combining a lift with another breast operation adds risk.
Priya Menon · 15 October 2024
Reduction mammaplasty is discussed for symptoms as well as for appearance. This explainer covers that split, the existence of Medicare criteria without treating a website as an assessor, scars, sensation, and why breastfeeding after reduction cannot be promised.
Priya Menon · 1 October 2024
How Australian consultations discuss prominent-ear surgery in children and adults — timing, cartilage, head-band aftercare and the return to school or sport as matters for the operating surgeon, not a website timetable.
Priya Menon · 19 August 2024
A journalist’s guide to how Australian rooms discuss facelift candidacy, SMAS versus skin-only approaches, neck work, anaesthesia and haematoma risk — with recovery described as ranges, not promises.
Priya Menon · 5 August 2024
Upper and lower lids, dry eye, vision assessment, and the Medicare rules that apply only when clinical criteria are met. No promised look, and a reminder of when eyelid symptoms need urgent care.
Priya Menon · 22 July 2024
Functional and aesthetic aims, the airway, grafting, why revision is a different operation, and recovery described in general terms — without a promised shape.
Priya Menon · 8 July 2024