Updated TGA Guidance March 2024
Update from from the Therapeutic Goods Administration regarding advertising cosmetic services.
Postpartum Abdominoplasty is back from July 01, 2022!
UPDATE FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS (ASPS) regarding an MBS item number for postpartum abdominoplasty:
Breast Reduction
Read the latest article on breast reduction here.
National BRA Day!
It’s National BRA (Breast Reconstruction Awareness) Day. 18th October 2017.
The Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons say they “launched BRA Day Australia in 2013 to raise awareness about breast reconstruction so all women, no matter where they live, have the same access to information. Read more
Thinking of cosmetic surgery?
Are you thinking about cosmetic surgery?
Did you know that it can take on average up to ten years from the initial thought of having cosmetic surgery to getting the procedure done?
The Vice President of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons talks about cosmetic surgery on the ABC Nightlife programme with Philip Clark and Sarah MacDonald.
To listen, click on this link:
The Stem Cell Story
Below are five pages on the feature article of The Stem Cell Story by Professor Guy Maddern, and published in the Surgical News Journal.
Dr Damien Grinsell speaks about Breast Reconstruction on the radio
Listen to Dr Damien Grinsell on the ‘Life and Style’ program with Rob Richardson on Wyn FM on 23rd Jan 2017.
Dr Grinsell and along with his patient Danielle Willox were speaking about the benefits of breast reconstruction.
Benefits of preventative mastectomy
FAQs for Members on information about Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL)
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has recently provided updated information regarding breast implant associated-anaplastic large cell lymphoma. The TGA has been posting updated information about this condition since 2011 and this updated alert was been generated following a recent expert advisory panel in view of additional generated from research performed by a joint BIA-ALCL task force with representatives from the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, New Zealand Association of Plastic Surgeons the Australian Breast Device Registry and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Read more
Now Medibank is onboard with not requiring SEF forms.
Of course until the hospitals stop requesting them, we will still have to issue them from the hospitals point of view. Read more
