Somerset Surgery offers an optimal surgical experience – from pre-op consultation to post-op care. Patients receive excellent treatment in a comfortable and friendly facility, designed with the patient’s needs in mind. Confidentiality, privacy and discretion are key aspects of this...
Come early. Try to arrive a day or two before your consultation date so that you can arrange a hire car and familiarize yourself with the location of our facilities and other amenities you may find make your stay more comfortable...
You asked…What is it like to have an “eyelid lift” AKA: Blepharoplasty (BLEF-uh-roe-plas-tee) is a type of surgery that removes excess skin from the eyelids Or Bleph for short A real patient answers: Why did you decide you needed a bleph? I started to noticed that...
Breast reconstruction is one of my favourite aspects of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Walking a path back to wholeness with a patient who has been diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening disease is certainly one of the most rewarding experiences one...
Receiving the news that you have breast cancer will always be a shocking experience. At this time it is important to know that you will not need to fight this dread diagnosis alone. We are especially privileged to have a...
Life has left its mark on you. You may have scars on your face that you keep hidden under thick layers of make-up or scars on your body that you hide under long skirts and pants. You may have broken...
My staff tell me they receive many enquires about “mini facelifts”. It has taken a while for us to understand what the caller is actually requesting because, clinically, there is no such thing as a “mini facelift”. And what each...
You've been there – half-naked on the exam bed, feeling rather vulnerable. And while you're eager to share your reason for being in this somewhat compromising position, it's those 'little secrets' you don't want to share that could harm your...
In the month of May, we celebrate both Nurses Day (12 May – Florence Nightingale’s birthday) and Mother’s Day. All the nurses we employ at Somerset Surgery are mothers. This got me thinking about the similarities between nursing and mothering...
We may be experiencing some form of “withdrawal” during this time. We are missing family, friends and social interaction, our regular gym classes, walks or runs. We are also certainly missing our hairdressers, nail techs and skincare therapists too. Here are...
Somerset Surgery and all its subsidiary’s (Day Hospital, MASC laser Clinic, Recovery Retreat and Dr Toogood’s consulting rooms) are taking precautions in our public areas during the Covid-19 pandemic. We are sanitizing each person’s hands upon entering our premises as...
This year marks Somerset Surgery’s 10th anniversary! To celebrate, we hosted a wonderful event on 17th September at one of our favourite venues – Laurent at Lourensford Estate in Somerset West....