Est. 2001 · Independent · Australian English
No testimonials · No outcome guarantees
A journal of aesthetic and reconstructive surgery
Cosmetic SurgeonsAn independent Australian journal of aesthetic and reconstructive surgery
Science editor
Tom covers implants, devices, reconstructive technique and the evidence base behind common operations — without outcome claims.
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Lasers, intense pulsed light and other energy devices used in Australian cosmetic clinics sit under TGA device rules. Skin of colour, eye protection and the fact that energy is not a substitute for surgery all belong in the consultation.
Tom Hale · 22 April 2025
How Australian teams talk about BCC, SCC and melanoma on the face, the difference between flaps and grafts, Mohs collaboration, surgical margins, and why sun protection is part of the aftercare, not an optional extra.
Tom Hale · 11 February 2025
Immediate versus delayed reconstruction, implant and autologous options described in general terms, the public multidisciplinary pathway, and why this is reconstructive medicine rather than cosmetic advertising.
Tom Hale · 28 January 2025
How Australian rooms distinguish true glandular gynaecomastia from chest fat, why an endocrine and medicine review comes first, and what excision versus liposuction and scar position actually involve.
Tom Hale · 14 January 2025
Staging, nutrition and thrombosis risk after massive weight loss, with belt lipectomy, arm and thigh operations described in general terms, and a plain account of public versus private pathways in Australia.
Tom Hale · 10 December 2024
Why liposuction is not a weight-loss method, how fluid shifts and skin quality limit the operation, and why hospital versus office setting and combination surgery change the risk conversation in Australia.
Tom Hale · 26 November 2024
Why breast-implant revision happens — rupture, contracture, malposition, preference — and how explant with or without a lift is discussed, including imaging and the fact that no operation can promise a return to a pre-implant appearance.
Tom Hale · 29 October 2024
How the TGA regulates breast implants as devices, what registries are for, why BIA-ALCL is raised as a rare risk, and how sizing and screening are discussed in Australian rooms — without advertising a brand.
Tom Hale · 17 September 2024
Genioplasty, chin implants and orthognathic jaw surgery are different operations. This explainer covers occlusion, joint planning with orthodontics, and why a hospital stay is part of the conversation for some — but not all — of these procedures.
Tom Hale · 3 September 2024