Plastic Surgery Ideas and Opinions:
Dr Campbell-Lloyd's personal blog.

What is the cost of breast reconstruction?

What are the costs of breast reconstruction in Australia? It is a question worth asking.

Hybrid Breast Reconstruction with fat grafting: The “other” option?

Breast reconstruction: Who wants it? Who gets it?

It may seem logical that any woman who has a mastectomy would want a breast reconstruction. But, overwhelmingly, we know..

ALCL data

The most up-to-date data on ALCL has been presented...

Are breast implants really associated with cancer?

Breast augmentation remains one of the most popular aesthetic surgical procedures. But a recently described form of cancer called breast implant...

Plastic Surgery Fees: an open discussion

Plastic surgery fees in Australia remain frustratingly obscure. We think that needs to change.

Cosmetic surgery: It’s still surgery

Cosmetic surgery is back in the media, with a young woman going public after suffering complications following a cosmetic breast augmentation...

Breast reconstruction with implants: do you need a Plastic Surgeon?

Breast reconstruction with implants may not sound as complicated as a DIEP flap, but don’t let yourself be fooled into thinking it is a simple operation...

Plastic Surgery & Social Media

Do me a favour and google “breast augmentation instagram”, then come back to this post. There is a slightly troubling side to Plastic Surgery...

Do thin patients have a choice? What about DIEP flaps in thin women?

The usual trope is that thin women with a low or even a normal BMI may not be the best candidates for DIEP flaps. Fortunately,...

Bumps & bulges: DIEP flap donor site morbidity

DIEP flaps are the gold standard against which all other breast reconstruction should be measured. The “best” breast may be the goal, but...

A quick word about “cosmetic” surgeons

There has been (more) media attention recently about events at a Sydney “cosmetic surgery” clinic. I think it is worth...

What’s driving trends in breast cancer reconstruction?

A diagnosis of cancer is a life changing moment. One of the main goals of breast reconstruction is to allow the restoration of normality...

Seeing is believing.

No matter how many pictures I draw, no matter how many photos a patient is shown, no matter how much research my patients do, there always...

Pre-operative CT scans for DIEP flaps: better, faster!

CT angiograms have had a huge impact on the way in which we perform DIEP flaps. By providing a clear idea of the position and quality of vessels...

The Breast Reconstruction Series #7: Alternative free-flap reconstructions

Options other than the DIEP flap for breast reconstruction are considered “secondary” choices, and with good reason. but...

Microsurgery and reality: what happens when DIEP flaps fail

I am a microsurgeon. In my hands, I believe that a DIEP flap can offer the best reconstruction possible. But what happens when it all goes wrong?

What women want?

Who is really making the important decisions when it comes to breast reconstruction?

Breast implants: when they work, and when they don’t.

Much of the focus when discussing breast reconstruction is on the DIEP flap. However, for some women, implant based reconstruction ...

The Breast Reconstruction Series #6 - benefits of the DIEP flap

The DIEP flap is the accepted “gold standard” in Breast Reconstruction. Whilst there are circumstances in which a DIEP is the wrong procedure for some pati