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I am indebted to one of my patients who recently sent me an honest and personal account of her experience of a local anaesthetic MACS facelift… My 50th birthday didn’t upset me as much as I thought it would. I looked reasonably good for my age, and as people usually thought me as being younger […]

I am delighted to be hosting two open evenings in February – at different locations, so hopefully one of them will be convenient for you! The McIndoe Centre – East Grinstead – 2nd February 2017, 7pm Phone to book on – 0800 917 4922 One Ashford Hospital – Ashford – 21st February 2017, 8pm These […]

I was honoured to be invited to speak at the Inaugural International Meeting of the Spanish Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons in early November. It was a thoroughly enjoyable experience – both for what I learnt, and for how hospitable the Spanish Plastic Surgeons were.   It is always interesting to share ideas and thoughts, […]

I am very excited to be organising our annual Purity Bridge Breast Awareness Event on Wednesday 19th October at 7pm I will be joined by my plastic surgery colleague, Nora Nugent, and breast surgery colleague Haresh Devalia for a thoroughly educational evening. We will be discussing breast health, what to do if you find a […]

I recently had to undergo surgery myself, an old skiing injury came back to haunt me having previously undergone a ligament reconstruction twelve years ago in my right knee. I had to have an arthroscopy to sort out some badly torn cartilage in my knee which was starting to become painful and limit my sporting […]

In my clinic last week I saw yet another patient who had been referred with complications that arose from cosmetic surgery performed in Eastern Europe. We are seeing an ever-increasing number of patients who have gone abroad for surgery, on cost grounds, only to end up with significant problems. The cosmetic clinics abroad are the […]

Many people are quick to judge others who undergo cosmetic surgery as being an active choice purely for vanity. Yet as a Plastic Surgeon we quickly learn not to judge our patients and learn to understand their motivations and reasons for wanting to have parts of their body addressed. There may be many reasons, but […]

If you are thinking about a facelift, it can be bewildering and overwhelming when you start researching your options. You will hear terms such as SMAS, short scar, long scar, full facelift, composite facelift, deep plane, mini-facelift, MACS lifts and many more. To be honest, even plastic surgeons do not universally agree on the terms […]

It is a minefield out there! Confusion is all around, and the media and popular press only exacerbate the problem…what IS the difference between a Plastic Surgeon and a “cosmetic surgeon”?There needs to be clarity about this – a Plastic Surgeon is a truly certified and accredited surgeon, who is on the GMC specialist register […]

Below are the forthcoming public open evenings Mr Pacifico will be hosting in 2016 Purity Bridge Cosmetic Surgery Open Evening Wednesday June 8, 2016 at 07:30 PM I am looking forward to being joined by my colleagues Nora Nugent and Lisa Brendling to host an open evening in early June. We will be discussing a wide range of […]

As a significant part of my private practice is composed of aesthetic breast surgery I decided to launch a parallel website solely devoted to plastic surgery to the breast. This can be found at www.breastplasticsurgeon.net, and I hope by devoting a site purely to breast, breast blogs and breast plastic surgery information, I will be […]

Tummy tucks are still the gold standard operation to reshape the abdomen. But they come at a price, with respect to exchanging the improved tummy shape with a scar. All plastic surgery to an extent is compromise – getting from A to B, but having to accept some sort of drawback – be it a […]