Mr Peter Hodgkinson

I have recently been awarded the Certificate in Cosmetic Surgery by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. This has been achieved in all three areas - facial surgery, cosmetic breast surgery and trunk surgery - and I was the first surgeon in the northeast of England to achieve this.  This high level award follows high level training but also scrutiny of my cosmetic surgery practice an recognition of a practice utilizing reflective techniques to concentrate on safety and high quality outcome with a low complication rate. My consultant practice began in December 1996 and I have been a Plastic and Cosmetic Surgeon since then. My training in plastic surgery was in Manchester, Newcastle, south Wales and South Australia at the prestigious Australian Craniofacial Unit. I have published extensively within the plastic surgical literature, most recently reporting on the safety of day-case surgery. I have lectured and presented papers internationally.

Within the NHS I have a subspecialty interest in surgery for cleft lip and palate, operating on babies, children and adults with this condition. Outside the NHS I have an extensive Cosmetic Surgery practice including specialist and complex rhinoplasty, facial rejuvenation (facelift, blepharoplasty, neck lift), cosmetic breast surgery and abdominal rejuvenation and repair. I have a particular interest in day-case cosmetic surgery and the use of tissue glues in surgery. This has allowed me to develop many techniques that have safely reduced the burden of surgery and the down-time after surgery. For example, facelifts are performed using tissue glue allowing patients to do without drains and bandages, leading to minimal blood loss and allowing surgery to be performed often as a day-case, whilst at eh same time achieving the highest standards of safety and low complication rates