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Dr Matthew Starr

MBBS (Hons) BA FRACS (Plast)

AHPRA ID: MED0001197229 Registered medical practitioner, Specialist Plastic Surgeon (specialist registration in Surgery – Plastic Surgery)
A photo of Dr Matthew Starr

Professional Profile

Dr Matthew Starr is an Australian and internationally trained Board Certified Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon. Dr Starr grew up in Wollongong and is in fact the only plastic surgeon exclusively based in the Illawarra and South Coast. Being a local, Dr Starr understands the problems, needs and lifestyles of this great coastal community.

After completing his medical and surgical training in Sydney, Dr Starr travelled to Europe to pursue his passion for breast and body contouring surgery, reconstructive microsurgery and paediatric plastic surgery. Based in London, he successfully completed postgraduate fellowships at the internationally renowned Great Ormond Street and Royal Marsden Hospitals.

Dr Starr has since returned home to Wollongong and opened Coastal Aesthetics – a boutique cosmetic plastic surgery clinic dedicated to excellence in breast and body surgery. Dr Starr also performs eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty, ear surgery and skin cancer surgery.

Dr Starr regularly performs the following procedures at Wollongong Private Hospital
• Breast surgery – breast reduction, breast lift, breast augmentation, gynaecomastia surgery
• Body contouring surgery – abdominoplasty, body lift, arm lift, thigh lift
• Facial cosmetic surgery – eyelid surgery / blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty, otoplasty
• Breast reconstruction – with your own tissue (DIEP flap)
• Paediatric – prominent ear correction / otoplasty, cyst and birthmark removal, scar revision
• Skin cancer and melanoma surgery

Hospital Affiliations

  • Victoria Street Private Hospital
  • Wollongong Private Hospital

Locations

ADDRESS
Wollongong, NSW 2500
PHONE
02 4231 9466
FAX
02 4231 9499

Procedures Offered

Body
  • Abdominoplasty: cosmetic or muscle repair post-partum
  • Liposuction
  • Breast augmentation (Augmentation mammoplasty)
  • Breast implants with lift (Mastopexy and augmentation)
  • Breast lift (Mastopexy)
  • Breast reconstruction
  • Breast reduction (Reduction mammoplasty)
  • Breast revision (Revision mammoplasty)
  • Male breast reduction (Gynaecomastia)
  • Nipple enhancement for inverted nipples
  • Eyelid surgery (Blepharoplasty)
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Breast
  • Skin cancer

Hospital Affiliations

  • Victoria Street Private Hospital
  • Wollongong Private Hospital

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