Professional Profile

As a female I can relate to female concerns and expectations. With 25 years of surgical experience as a plastic and reconstructive surgeon comes knowledge to balance expectations with achievable outcomes. My staff and I strive to provide education, support and reassurance in a professional environment at Dr Hertess Plastic Surgery.

Procedure Face:

• Brow lift
• Otoplasty (Ear pinning)
• Blepharoplasty (Eyelid surgery)
• Meloplasty or rhytidectomy (Face lift)
• Facial scar revision
• Forehead lift
• Non-surgical facial treatments
• Laser skin resurfacing
• Cheiloplasty (Lip lift)
• Platysmaplasty (Neck lift)

Procedure Breasts:

• Anisomastia mammoplasty (Breast asymmetry correction)
• Augmentation mammoplasty (Breast augmentation)
• Mastopexy and augmentation (Breast implants with lift)
• Mastopexy (Breast lift)
• Breast reconstruction
• Reduction mammoplasty (Breast reduction)
• Revision mammoplasty (Breast revision)
• Augmentation mammoplasty (Fat transfer and implants)
• Male Reduction mammoplasty (Breast reduction) (Gynaecomastia)
• Nipple enhancement for inverted nipples
• Breast hypoplasia (Tuberous breast correction)

Procedure Body:

• Abdominoplasty: cosmetic or muscle repair post-partum
• Brachioplasty (Arm lift)
• Thighplasty (Thigh lift)
• Torsoplasty (Whole body lift)
• Liposuction
• Monsplasty (Pubic lift or reduction)
• Vaginoplasty (Vaginal surgery)

Procedure Reconstructive:

• Breast
• Hand surgery
• Skin cancer

Hospitals affiliated with:

• Cairns Private Hospital
• John Flynn Private Hospital
• Miami Private Hospital
• Pacific Private Day Hospital

Professional Memberships and Associations:

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
• Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons
• International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons