Entries by NZIPCS

Should I go Overseas for my surgery?

Jonathan Wheeler writes in response to a common question asked of him by both patients and medical professionals:   Cosmetic Surgery Tourism: sand and surgery don’t mix. It is well known in New Zealand and Australia that people who seek high cost cosmetic elective procedures can obtain treatment overseas with significant savings. There are risks […]

Plastic Surgery Nurses Symposium 2016

The NZ Institute of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery is delighted to be a sponsor of this year’s Plastic Surgery Nurses Symposium 2016 to be held at the Langham Hotel in Central Auckland on the weekend of the 11th and 12th of June.   The program has a great balance between professional lectures and patient’s presenting […]

What Do Patients Want After They Have Experienced Massive Weight Loss?

In a recent study published in the Australia New Zealand Journal of Surgery looked at what symptoms patients experienced from massive weight loss following bariatric surgery. Over one hundred patients at least two years out from bariatric surgery replied to a mailed out questionnaire. An overwhelming number of patients experienced day to day problems with […]

Polyurethane Coated Breast Implants

A recent article in Forbes Investment journal 2015 discussed the ‘Business of Beauty’ and focused on the Brazilian implant company Silimed. Silimed manufactures the polyurethane coated cohesive silicone gel implants that since 2010 have been the primary choice of implant for Mr Januszkiewicz’s breast surgery. Before that he had used textured cohesive silicone gel implants […]

Affiliated Providers For Southern Cross Healthcare

We are pleased to confirm that Mr Janek Januszkiewicz, Mr Glenn Bartlett and Mr Jonathan Wheeler are now Southern Cross Affiliated Providers. We can continue to offer our comprehensive levels of care and expertise for the diagnosis, treatment and removal of skin lesions for patients covered under this Affiliated Provider scheme. We will ask you […]

Mr Jonathan Wheeler Plastic Surgeon Volunteers His Time With Operation Smile

Jonathan has just returned from a charity surgical mission in Hunan province in China. He spent two weeks working with Operation Smile donating his time and expertise treating children and young adults born with Cleft Lip and Palate. Operation Smile is a large charity organization specialized in managing surgical missions around the world. It has […]

Janek Januszkiewicz Accepts The Prestigious Raymond Villain Award

Mr. Januszkiewicz receives the prestigious Raymond Villain award for the best international presentation at the ASAPS’s annual scientific meeting in 2012, held in Vancouver. He is seen here with the President of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons’, Dr Leo McCafferty, MD. The presentation which was given in May 2012, dealt with issues of […]

Janek Januszkiewicz Discusses The Advantages Of Using Polyurethane Coated Implants In Breast Augmentation

While attending the Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery Conference & Workshop in Melbourne, 2013 Mr Janek Januszkiewicz with fellow attendee Dr Dennis Hammond, USA and conference organiser Mr Graeme Southwick, Australia were interviewed by Cosmetic Surgery & Beauty Magazine on implant capsular contracture following breast augmentation, prevention techniques to help avoid this and surgical treatment […]