Professional Profile

Mr. Richard Zinn is a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon with special interest in breast reconstructive and cosmetic surgery. He is passionate about offering the highest level of care and expertise for his patients. Richard completed his undergraduate medical training at the University of Cape town in 2003 and postgraduate training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 2013. Richard then completed a Masters degree in Lipodystrophy. He completed the prestigious Royal Melbourne International Microsurgery Fellowship in 2015, and Royal Perth fellowship in 2016, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2016. Richard offers treatment in both public and private centres. He is actively involved in training of junior surgeons through participation at the Northern Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. He has an interest in research and has published in prominent International, Australasian and South African peer reviewed journals.

Procedure Face:

• Otoplasty (Ear pinning)
• Blepharoplasty (Eyelid surgery)
• Meloplasty or rhytidectomy (Face lift)
• Facial scar revision
• Autologous fat grafting (Fat injection)
• Forehead lift
• Non-surgical facial treatments
• Cheiloplasty (Lip lift)
• Platysmaplasty (Neck lift)
• Rhinoplasty
• Scalp expansion
• Scalp reduction

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)
• Gluteal augmentation (Brazilian butt lift)
• Fat transfer (Fat grafting)
• Gender affirming surgeries
• Gluteal augmentation (Buttocks lift)
• Thighplasty (Thigh lift)
• Torsoplasty (Whole body lift)
• Liposoft (liquid liposuction)
• Liposuction
• Monsplasty (Pubic lift or reduction)
• Phalloplasty (Penile surgery)

Procedure Reconstructive:

• Breast
• Burns and scarring
• Gender affirming surgeries
• Hand surgery
• Skin cancer
• Trauma

Hospitals affiliated with:

• Masada Private Hospital
• Peter Maccallum Cancer Centre
• St Vincent's Private Hospital East Melbourne
• The Avenue Private 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