Bruce Richard: Consultant Cosmetic Surgeon, Birmingham
Consultant Cosmetic Surgeon, Birmingham: Bruce Richard
Mr Bruce Richard is a consultant plastic surgeon in Birmingham who specialises in facial cosmetic surgery and many other procedures. He offers facial rejuvenation, rhinoplasty, breast surgery, body contouring and correction for foot drop as a result of nerve damage. He has expertise in adult and children's facial reconstruction, especially cleft lip and palate, ear deformities (e.g. bat ears) and nose reconstruction.
Mr Bruce Richard MB,BS, FRCS, MS, FRCS (Plast) is a
Consultant Plastic Surgeon at
Birmingham Children's Hospital and
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust. Mr Richard’s NHS clinical work involves treating children, young people and adults with facial deformities as a result of cleft lip and palate or other birth defects. He also carries out muscle transplants for re-animating the face to create a smile after facial nerve paralysis.
Mr Richard attracts patients from a range of locations, including Solihull, Coventry, Redditch and Central Birmingham.
Experience and qualifications as a facial cosmetic surgeon
Mr Richard qualified in 1980 from St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London and then completed six years of general and plastic surgery training. Mr Richard has a commitment to improving health in less developed countries and spent nine years in Nepal setting up a department of plastic and reconstructive surgery for the Government of Nepal. On returning to the UK he completed a further three years of higher plastic surgery training, passed the Intercollegiate College Exam in Plastic Surgery and gained a Master of Surgery degree for his research thesis on the facial nerve. He now visits Nepal regularly in his role as lead educator for the postgraduate plastic surgery programme at Kathmandu University.
Cosmetic, plastic & reconstructive procedures offered
Mr Richard performs a range of plastic and reconstructive procedures, specialising in child and adult facial reconstruction. Procedures offered include:
Facial cosmetic surgery including rhinoplasty and face lifts
Cosmetic surgery: Breasts
Cosmetic surgery: Body
Specialist interest in plastic surgery for children: Facial surgery in Birmingham
Mr Richard has a specialist interest in the treatment of children and carries out his main NHS practice at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. For his private practice Mr Richard sees children at Spire Parkway and carries out all children’s surgery at Spire Parkway.
The majority of plastic surgery cases that Mr Richard carries out on children are facial reconstructive
procedures, for example facial deformities or birth defects such as cleft lip and palate. Ear surgery for prominent ears is also a common operation undertaken in childhood.
Mr Richard also runs a supra-regional multidisciplinary facial paralysis service for children at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and he would be happy to see children privately if the parents choose to do so.
Treatment of facial deformities
Facial deformities in children are often a result of birth defects, although they can also be caused by trauma or the treatment of tumours. Children with facial deformities may suffer psychological consequences as well as functional problems and often undergo surgery to improve these features.
Research interests in facial cosmetic surgery
Mr Richard carries out clinical research into the cause and treatment of facial deformity especially cleft lip and palate and he holds an honorary senior lectureship at the University of Birmingham in order to supervise some of these research projects.
Experienced cosmetic surgeon in Birmingham: Operations and treatments
Rhinoplasty (nose job) - 40 a year
Face lifts - 15 a year
Prominent ears - 40 a year
Blepharoplasty - 30 a year
Mr Richard reports no infections. Approximately 10% of patients have some dissatisfaction with the outcome of the rhinoplasty and seek a re-do procedure.
Areas covered for cosmetic surgery
Mr Richard practices in the West Midlands and often receives patients from the following areas:
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Solihull
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Coventry
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Redditch
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Central Birmingham
Costs for private cosmetic surgery with Mr Richard
- Face lift: £5750
- Neck lift: £3770
- Brow lift: £3980 - £4540
- Eyes: £2240 - £3990
- Nose: £4000 - £4700
- Breast augmentation: £4665
- Breast uplift: £4500 - £6200
- Inverted nipples: £2090 - £2700
- Tummy tuck: £3700 - £5150
- Liposuction: £2600 - £5000
GMC Number: 2653637 Check this doctor's GMC Registration
Date of registration: 01 Aug 1981
Accreditation and admitting rights at private hospitals
Mr. Bruce Richard is an accredited consultant for the UK's leading private healthcare providers and private hospitals including Spire Healthcare
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