I had a breast augmentation and fat grafting done at Hunter Plastic Surgery, and I couldn't be happier with my experience. From the initial consultation to the post-operative follow-ups, the entire team was incredibly supportive and knowledgeable. Dr. Moncrieff took the time to understand my goals and provided expert guidance on choosing the right size and type of implants. The procedure went smoothly, and I felt comfortable throughout. Recovery was surprisingly easy, thanks to the aftercare instructions I received. My results are beyond what I could have imagined—natural-looking and perfectly proportioned. I highly recommend Hunter Plastic Surgery to anyone considering breast or body procedures. Their professionalism and dedication to patient satisfaction truly set them apart!
I came up to Newcastle from Sydney to meet Dr Moncrieff after my friend had a great experience and results. I also loved his before and after photos on social media and booked in. I found the simulation really helpful, as well as being able to 'try on' actual implants. The whole team from reception to nurses were so kind and lovely. And after having a tummy tuck and breast implants I can truly say it is #MoncrieffMagic. Thanks Dr Moncrieff and the girls for giving this mum her confidence back!
Ok so when I started researching surgeons for breast augmentation, I was absolutely OVERWHELMED! I found the reviews on real self really helpful so I decided to document to process in my review in aim of helping others out there! To start with, I did a lot of research. I live in regional NSW where a plastic surgeon only visits once a month & had a long waiting list for that reason. After looking at that surgeons before & after pics, I decided he wasn’t worth waiting for. I expanded my searches to Sydney & Newcastle & that’s when I found Dr Moncrieff. I absolutely loved his before and after gallery, but what I loved most was the ability to email in your pictures & receive a rough quote & recommendations from Dr Moncrieff..FOR FREE!!!! Given it was free, I expected it would take a while & wouldn’t be detailed, but I was wrong! Within 48 hours, I got a lovely email about what the Dr recommended & an approximate cost! I was so happy with the response that I rang and made a consult for the Vectra imaging asap. I think I had to wait maybe 3 weeks to get a scan, but that’s basically nothing compared to what I’d have to wait to meet with the surgeon that visits locally. 27 September 2023 I made my way to Newcastle for my Vectra consult. From the second I worked into the waiting room, I knew I’d come to the right place. All the staff are so incredibly lovely & welcoming. It would be impossible to be sad in that place. I didn’t have to wait for long & I was taken straight through for my Vectra scan & to discuss what result I was after. I felt very heard when I expressed my desire to have big fake round boobs! It helped having pics of what I wanted, so I highly recommend creating a boob album on your phone to take with you! I felt so comfortable & respected in that appointment that I booked a surgery date (without even meeting the Dr). I am not normally so impulsive, but it just felt right! I kind of lucked out because a cancellation in Dr Moncrieffs schedule had popped up in two weeks, so I was booked in for that so I could talk with the Dr one on one & he could give me the run down on what he could do to help make my big boob dreams come true! 11 October 2023 Two weeks later and I was back in the road to Newcastle! Again, as soon as I stepped into the office, I felt at home. All the staff welcomed me back & made me feel at home! I was quickly greeted by the wonderful Dr Moncrieff who took me into his office to talk about the fun stuff! We discussed size and shape & he listened to everything I wanted non judgementally. He measured me up & took into consideration everything I’d said before making his recommendations. I felt like he knew exactly what I wanted & I felt safe that he will achieve that. I left his office absolutely beaming & I cannot wait for the surgery! I’ve booked in for January but I was told I’d have another appointment before that. I plan on updating this review as I go, but for now, good luck with your surgery journey & I highly recommend Dr Moncrieff! Updated on 15 Jan 2024: So it’s been a week since I had my breast mentation with fat grafting. Yes I am in pain, but the pain is nothing compared to the joy I feel having had the surgery and prioritised myself for one of the first times ever. It’s too early to tell in the healing process whether or not, they are the boobs I’ve always dre reamed of. But the nurses are showing me that the nipples will return to their original position once the swelling and bruising grows down. Now I just have to wait and see. I am so grateful for Dr Moncrieff and all the staff at Hunter plastic surgery, as well as Charlestown Private Hospital. Especially the anaesthetist who was hilarious.
I wanted to share my experience getting a boob job to pay it forward a little as it is so much harder to find examples of mini boob jobs on the internet and those on here that I could find were literally a godsend. I’m currently 23 years old and I’ve wanted a boob job ever since I was in high school and began to realise that the size my boobs grew to in primary school was the size they were going to stay. I’ve never owned a bra that fits me, but going off the fact that my 10A bras are too tight in the band and gaping massively in the cup I would be a 12AA. Flat as a board as you can see in my pics. I love the look of small boobs, just not NO boobs. I just want to be a bit more in proportion, I want to feel feminine, I want to feel sexy when I take my clothes off, I want my clothes to fit me, I want to stop basing all my clothing purchases on whether I can alter the bust, tape it so it doesn’t gape, sew in padding or fit a sticky bra. I just want to feel more normal. I don’t want them to be so big that anyone really notices a difference unless they know me super well (since I never go out without some form of boob padding currently), I don’t want boobs that are gonna make people notice them. Oh and I also really wanted the Motiva Ergonomix implants as I had seen how soft and natural they looked and felt, and I loved the idea that they moved with gravity. I definitely thought this would be a very simple request but it turned out to be more difficult than if I had asked for DDs. I consulted with the first surgeon back in May this year. He has a very prominent social media presence due to the fact that his work does look flawless and I was pretty set on using him. At the consult however, over the hour that I was there in the room, he was probably in the room with me for maybe 10 minutes total? He was pretty dismissive, didn’t ask me for what I wanted or for pictures, just went straight into trying on sizers. When I had asked he’d immediately ruled out the motiva implants as they move around too much due to their smooth exterior and become easily displaced, especially in someone as active as me (I weightlift 5 times a week on top of rock climbing and at the time I was working a physical labour job). He would only use the mentor anatomicals on me he said. Anyway I tried on the 225cc, 255cc and 275cc in moderate plus profile. I liked the 225cc best although they still were bigger than I wanted, but they said due to my BWD (12.5cm) the minimum I could do was 255cc, but I should do the 275 anyway, and that I would get used to it once I got them. Overall I just didn’t feel very listened to and didn’t feel great about entrusting my body to him on the operating table. After this I did some research of my own. First I looked at every boob job I could find with the 255cc mod plus implants but 99% of them all looked way bigger than what I wanted. Then I started researching different profiles. It feels silly now that I didn’t have a good grasp on all of this before the consult, but I didn’t expect to have to figure it all out on my own and I just expected the surgeon (who does a lot of ‘mini’ boob jobs) to be on the same page as me. Anyway, long story short I worked out that 255cc was not my only option, as the profile was not the lowest I could go, and therefore not the smallest. If I went with a lower profile, the implant would be flatter and wider so I could go with a smaller amount of CCs. My main issue with the 255cc after photos was more how large they looked from the side anyway, and not how they looked from the front. Updated on 5 Sep 2023: So after a lot of thinking I booked two more consults with two different surgeons, the first one Dr Moncreiff in Newcastle and the day after another surgeon in Sydney. I forgot to mention that I’m from Adelaide, SA, and we do not have much in the way of high quality breast surgeons here, so every consult I did required me to fly interstate. The consult with Dr Moncreiff and the girls there felt so much better. It definitely felt like they were more there to get me the look I wanted, no one said “if you go any smaller you may as well not even do the surgery” which I heard from the other places. I felt way more confident that we were on the same page. He also doesn’t like using the Ergonomix implants, but we settled on the Mentor anatomicals again in 245cc this time, moderate profile. I know I know, it’s not that different to the 255cc that I hated so much, but apparently mentor has discontinued it’s low profile implants due to not enough demand, so this is literally the smallest implant I can do without switching brands. I felt a lot better about this though, as it was still a lower profile than before, and that was my biggest issue I think. Plus he seemed convinced it would give me the look I want, and I trusted him more. It included a 3D vectra scan which wasn’t super helpful but I’m still glad I did it. It measured me to be half an A cup lol. Another thing I forgot to mention before is that I was wanting to get fat grafting in addition to the implants to try and soften the edges and fix the lower cleavage line, which as you can see from the before pics deviates outwards a lot. The first PS said definitely do it, as did Dr Moncreiff. As I have pretty much just skin and bone on my chest, he said he’ll place the fat around the outside of my boobs in kind of two back to back C shapes, fanning along the top of the breast. He said ideally I’d gain a couple kgs so he could harvest as much fat as possible from my inner thighs to give it the best chance of staying there, as not all the fat grafted on will stay there once healed. The surgeon I saw the next day also said the minimum I could do was the 245cc so that helped make my mind up about that. He ALSO said he doesn’t love using the Motiva implants, this time giving me a better explanation on why. I might butcher this a little as this was almost a month ago now, but he basically said that he would do them if I want, but I would have to be okay with them probably being wider set with a bigger gap in the middle. He said he was part of the initial trial for them and a large number (I can’t quite remember but it was something big like a third) of the women needed a revision, as the time for those implants to settle into place due to their super slippery surface was much longer than the nano textured implants and it was very likely for them to migrate. Even then, he said, there was a high likelihood of them moving around once healed anyway. On top of this, he said that the stats for the Motiva implants (lower rates of like, every type of complications than other implants) are slightly misleading as Motiva is a relatively new brand and the studies done by other implant brands like Mentor have been done over longer timescales than Motiva has even been around, so of course their stats are going to look amazing. This is not to try and discourage anyone from getting them, I got to have a squeeze and goddamn they are so soft, I really wish they could have worked out. I tried on some sizers here, which I’ll add pics of. One side I have the 255cc and one the 225. He said the 245 will look somewhere between those two. They are hard to see in the pics though as the top is black. After all that, both surgeons were gonna be the same price pretty much and both had agreed on the exact same implant, so I basically just went off who I felt better with, and that was Dr Moncreiff. The only surgery date free until late September was the 28th of August, 20 days away. I booked this is as I really wanted to do the surgery as far away from summer as possible so I could get away with covering up for a while. Updated on 5 Sep 2023: So surgery’s booked on Monday the 28th, but I had to fly over Friday the 25th so they could take pre op photos, which was a bit of an annoying waste of time and money but oh well, it gave me time to set up the apartment I’d be staying in until Monday the 4th, when I would have my post op check up and fly home. My partner would be arriving on the Sunday and he would stay with me for the week. Things I got for surgery: A wedge pillow off Amazon (you can get nice ones but I just got a cheap one, was like $50). I had this shipped to a friend in Newcastle a week or so before. Supplements: Panadol/nurofen Hydralyte (tons) Movicol (big box) /non stim laxative - because painkillers Liver detox (Swisse) - liver health, bloating/indigestion High strength C (Swisse) - immune health obv Grape seed gold (Herbs of Gold) - antioxidant, blood vessel, cardiovascular and capillary health, connective tissue and skin health Live probiotic capsules - so the antibiotics don’t fuck up my gut Food: (I bought other food too obviously but these are what I specifically bought for the purpose of healing) 2 whole pineapples (bromelain anti inflammatory, helps with swelling, bruising, healing etc) Lots of citrus fruits (whole bag of oranges) and berries for the vitamin C and antioxidants Lots of tofu and tempeh (protein is important after surgery and tempeh is great for gut bacteria) Turmeric (anti inflammatory) Specifically for gut health repair during and after antibiotics: Lots of greens - spinach/silverbeet + micro greens Artichoke Bananas HUGE jar of kimchi + sauerkraut (has to be the refrigerated one or the live cultures are dead) Miso Broccoli Raspberries About a week leading up I tried to up my water intake (I’m so bad with drinking enough water) and about 3 days before I went REALLY hard on drinking heaps of water and avoiding super salty stuff. I aimed for 3L a day. I mixed these with Hydralyte so they tasted better (I hate tap water) to make me keep drinking. Also 3 days before I took 3 Movicol sachets a day with water too, to try to minimise the upcoming constipation via oxy. I also started taking 1 probiotic capsule per day a couple days before and focussed on eating good gut food (and lots of it as I had to gain a bit of weight for the fat grafting). Updated on 5 Sep 2023: Okay I’ve finally gotten to the day of surgery. My surgery was booked early morning so kind of just woke up, showered and left. Surprisingly I didn’t get nervous at all really, I think I experienced all the nerves when I booked in and paid for the surgery, but after that I was just excited. I’ve never been under general before so I wanted to see what it was like having them count down till you pass out but the anaesthetist didn’t even let me know he was about to do it and I went from being wheeled into the room to waking up after it was over. I woke up feeling pretty normal but my whole body was violently shaking from being cold. I got another hit of morphine from the drip and then was like can I leave now and they said not yet. I just remember being SO desperate to walk around and stretch my legs, like they had that feeling you get when you wake up from a nap in a cooked position like on a couch and your legs are all dead and sore. They made me sit in a chair and eat a sandwich but I had zero appetite so I ate half, then eventually the nurse who was watching me clearly just looking very uncomfortable in the chair trying to stretch my legs out came over and said I could get up while she took out the cannula. Then the meds arrived and I was out! I probably was there for maybe 30 minutes after I woke up. My boyfriend said when i came out my whole lips and under my eyes were blue haha. Got back to the apartment in an Uber, took some more pain meds and slept for most of the evening. I ate a tiny bit of the stir fry and cut fruit I had prepped earlier but didn’t have much appetite. I finally understand now what everyone means when they say their chest feels super tight and like something heavy is on you. It felt like someone was standing on my chest. My legs where they took the fat from felt veryyyy tender too. All I could do was slowly hobble around kind of hunched over, kind of like a goblin. I had zero ability to sit up on my own. I definitely underestimated how completely incapacitated I would be. Because of the fat grafting, I have to wear these insanely tight compression shorts that go down to the knee, as well as the surgical bra and a stabiliser band. These have to be worn 24/7 for 6 weeks. These shorts meant that ever time I had to pee, i had to get my poor boyfriend to come and pull them down and then pull them back up again every time. Which for the first two nights was like 3 times a night. Because I needed them to sit tightly against all of my thighs, he would have to get his hand inside at both the front and the back and try and pull them up. This is all well and good for my boyfriend to do, but just let this be a word of warning for anyone considering bringing their friend or mum along for a hybrid breast aug: just make sure you’re comfortable with them putting their hands down your pants. If it was just the boobs though and I was just wearing pjs I would have been most likely fine doing it myself. Also side note - I had SO much air trapped under my skin all down my belly and along my chest. I could move it around with my fingers and it would be super loud and crackly. I have no day of boob pics as my garment doesn’t open at the front and there was no way I was going to try to get that off haha Updated on 5 Sep 2023: Monday (day of surgery) and Tuesday were pretty much the same. Wednesday I was so insanely nauseous from the painkillers for most of the day, it was the worst day yet. Then I forced down some food and perked up a lot, even got my pants up and down by myself once that night. I also took my first shit yay. (I took 4 Movicol a day following surgery until I was off the painkillers. I highly recommend, I barely got constipated). Thursday I was a lot more mobile, went for a tiny walk down the road, was really just taking the pain meds for fun at that point, I only needed panadol. Friday I took no pain meds at all just panadol. I went to the shops and the cinema but I was overheating so bad from all the layers I was wearing I regretted it. Opening the car door in the Uber was still too hard. Saturday didn’t even take panadol anymore, though still took 2 Movicol a day just since I wasn’t moving around too much. Occasionally the right side of my inner pec would feel like it was cramping. My right boob was still sitting higher with more swelling, but that’s most likely because I’m right handed. My belly was a lot less bloated, swelling there was going down too, and the bubbles were mostly going away. Legs were still insanely bruised and swollen. Monday I had my post op appt. Everything looks great apparently, and they’re dropping way faster than usually expected for someone so flat originally. I was given all the stuff I would have gotten at my 3 week, 6 week and 12 week appointments if I lived locally, and I got the all clear to go home. Carrying all the bags round the airport was a struggle, poor man had to wield two massive suitcases, an overfilled gym bag and a backpack while I could only really hold his laptop bag and my little tote bag. I looked like the laziest girlfriend ever haha. Updated on 5 Sep 2023: Not sure if the photos from my previous post uploaded so I’ll put them here again in case. It’s making me do 200 characters so I guess I’ll mention what the legs feel like. My PS warned me they would hurt more than the boobs but to be honest it just feels like really intense gym soreness. The skin on my inner thighs is kind of numb but also sensitive to touch. The ports are so fine, they never really hurt too much. Updated on 5 Sep 2023: OKAY I’m finally up to date. I’m currently 9 days post op, feeling pretty good. I drove for the first time yesterday, it was a little sketchy particularly doing 3 point turns and parking etc that take big arm sweeps but I managed. I went into the city to pick up some things, spent a lot of the day walking around. Even though it is way too early I couldn’t resist trying on a bra. Though the implant is still sitting too high to fill the cup at the bottom, it seems like I’m a 12B at this point. I’m actually surprised, I thought B cups would be smaller than what my boobs are right now but I’m happy with that. My boyfriend is convinced they’re bigger than a B cup though. My guess (and they agreed at the post op) is that the size probably won’t change too much from here as they drop and fluff due to how much swelling I have from all the fat grafting. I’m definitely hoping they don’t get any bigger. They’re a bit bigger than what I originally wanted but I’m not losing any sleep over it as they were the smallest size I could have gone for my BWD and I would take these boobs over what I had before any day. The size is great naked but probably slightly too big in clothes. But that’s okay, even though they’re still a lil fucked up looking I already love how I look topless so much more, I feel like my arms look slimmer and I look so much better proportioned. I’m so excited to start wearing lingerie and bathers and dresses and tops with no bra on. I still can’t shower or even have a shallow bath until 3 wpo. I can’t wait for that, I feel so grotty. And then after that it’s another 3 weeks of wearing these compression shorts, bra and stabiliser band 24/7. Praying it doesn’t get too hot in that time. Midi dresses with baby tees underneath might have to be the uniform for a while. The shorts feel a little too long to just style as bike shorts, but who knows I might do it. I’m going to return to work tomorrow, it will be a little sketchy but I think I’ll manage. I’m going to cook up a story about how I was going for a bench PR and got a pec strain. Grade 2 to be exact. Those last a few weeks and can hurt. Grade 3 means surgery, grade 1 is a couple days recovery. Leading up to leaving for surgery I’d been wearing SO much padding in my tops (like 2 bra pads and a sticky bra) so hopefully the difference isn’t noticeable. Plus I started working my current job this winter so I might be in the clear. Updated on 26 Sep 2023: Okay finally updating at about 4 and a bit weeks post. Safe to say I was not loving life weeks 2 to 3. I wasn’t allowed to shower until week 3, and I was (and still am) wearing the compression shorts and bralette and stabiliser band 24/7, so I was getting SO itchy under all the garments, my legs were getting hives and overall I just felt so dirty and uncomfortable. My skin was peeling like a sunburn from not being properly washed in a shower for 3 weeks and I wanted to jump out of my skin. Then to make it worse I caught sight of my bum in the mirror and was horrified to see how much the muscle had atrophied in just 2 weeks. It was flatter than it had been in years, and I started feeling so stir crazy not being able to workout like normal since physically I felt well enough to. Soooo I did start going to the gym (very carefully) from the end of week 2. I did use weights but was super slow and controlled and did not involve any upper body at all. At 1 month post op I’m now going to the gym like 3 days a week and doing lots of walking/stair master outside of that. Feeling pretty good, definitely not using any upper body for anything yet. From 2 weeks PO to end of week 3, my skin and nipples were SO sensitive. Like pre period sensitivity on steroids x 100. Even the tiny vibrations driving in a car hurt my nipples and the seatbelt on my skin drove me crazy. And all over my boobs I’d get random tickling, like bugs all over my skin. I think it was just the nerves waking up. Anyway luckily over the last week that’s all died down like 80% I’d say. I still can’t touch my nipples though. Boobs are softening up a bit too but I think it’s more that the swelling is going down heaps. There’s still a bit to go but my boobs are getting smaller now from it which is nice. Left one’s dropping a little faster than the right but they’re both looking better and better, still a little way to go though. The right one has a lot more swelling still that seems pretty stubborn, mostly on the cleavage side around the top. Bruising is all gone from my legs and boobs too. My legs sometimes feel a little stiff on the inner thigh and they’re still a bit tender but I barely notice it. Anyway; overall at 1 month post op I’m feeling a lot better, counting down the days to the 6 week mark when I can wear my normal clothes again though. I realise I kinda made my 4 week update about how shit the weeks before it were but oh well, less to talk about at this point which is a good thing I’d say haha Updated on 2 Oct 2023: Thought it might be helpful to add some pics of the boobs in different clothes! Not wearing a bra or any form of padding underneath in any of the photos. I took all these photos today as I’m meant to be selling all these clothes but trying them on with boobs made me wanna keep a couple of them hahah they look so much better than before Updated on 14 Jan 2024: Getting close to 5mpo now, thought it was time for an update! Over time they definitely have kept looking more real, even though most of the dropping was done a couple months ago. I’d say they look 90% real in real life, most of the time they look completely really but occasionally in certain clothes they look borderline. I probably chose a bad spot to take these pics as for some reason the lighting at this mirror highlights the outline of the implant around the top that isn’t normally visible haha I’ve been using scarsil silicon strips on my scars at night and the scarsil gel on them during the day. The silicon strips completely softened and flattened them in one night, they went from hard and raised up to completely imperceptible to touch the next morning. I have to use a mirror to do the gel now cos I can’t feel where they are. I’m maybe 70% back to full range in the gym. Yesterday I hung off a bar with my feet off the ground for the first time since surgery, felt a little iffy and couldn’t do it for long but I’ve been completely unable to do it until now. Lat pulldowns aren’t great, but a I can do any kind of row movement. Bicep and shoulder stuff is mostly fine, I tried Arnolds and it felt super weird and unstable, like there was no muscle there to hold my arm extended above my head. Oh and if I’m lying down and have my arms extended above my head, the action of taking my arm straight over my head to by my sides is super uncomfortable still. In terms of softness - not ideal, they are pretty firm. Not rock hard but not boobs. But it’s a price I’m willing to pay since I’ve happy with everything else so far
After losing over 100 kilos and being only 25, I knew that skin removal surgery was the next step in my fitness journey. I spent hours researching surgeries and surgeons. After seeing Hunter Plastic Surgery appear in other peoples weight loss journeys on Insta and after pouring over their website and reviews, I flew to NSW for a consult. Best decision ever. Dr Moncrieff and his team made me feel so comfortable and after talking through different timelines and options for the best recovery and results, I knew that I wanted to have them be a part of my journey. I love how body positive and supportive the entire team is, and how professional and confident Dr Moncrieff is in his areas of expertise. And my scars are proof of how amazing his work really is. I lost so much that I knew I would be wanting skin removed from most of my body. Dr Moncrieff suggested a staged approach to allow for healing and to give the best results in the long run. I did a breast reduction and uplift in 2022, at the same time as an abdominoplasty. Recovery was great, from the moment I came out of surgery I was in loveeee with my results. I can’t believe Dr Moncrieff was able to accomplish so much in the first surgery. I didn’t want implants after my skin had been through so much during my weight gain, and my request was for my reduction to make my boobs as small as possible. How he removed so much skin from my breasts while keeping a feminine curve, I don’t know! I am in love with my new shape! My abdominoplasty was just as amazing, my scar line is so neat and thin. I had an apron belly and the abdominoplasty was everything that I dreamed it would be. Once I was recovered, I was finally able to enjoy wearing bikinis and living life on the beach. This April, I had my arms done and a back lift and I will forever be in awe of Dr Moncrieff’s surgical abilities. This time knowing how great the nurses and support is at Hunter Plastic Surgery, I stayed a little longer before flying back to Qld. Now that I’m home, everyone has been gushing over the scar lines. They really are so neat and the arm scar line curves into my breast reduction scar and it’s almost pretty. Which isn’t something most people say about massive scars! My back line joins back around on my hips and I’ve already tested the bikinis, the scars can hidden (also love showing them off) and I am so appreciative of the effort that Dr Moncrieff puts into his surgeries. I can’t wait to be ready to do my thighs. No regrets in choosing Hunter Plastic Surgery and the money and recovery is so so worth the love that I have for this body. Scars and all! I highly recommend anyone considering surgery because of mass weight loss or just wanting to be more confident in their body, to visit Hunter Plastic Surgery for a consult!
My breast adventures have been long. I had my first implants at 35, tear drop sub glandular with a partial lift through base of the nipple, by a plastic surgeon in Adelaide. I share my story with you because I wish I had gone to Dr Moncreif. I was in Adelaide & instagram was just getting off the ground. Don’t get me wrong I did love my implants & had wanted it done since I was 15. However 3 years on I discover Hunter Plastic Surgery on Insta gram & end up with plastic surgeon envy. I couldn’t believe the amazing boobs & body transformations that were reversed weekly. I admired the way HPS really lifted women up & changed their lives to make them feel better about themselves not just skin deep. The photo shoots, the empathy in every interaction from the team, it was bloody admirable. 7 yrs after my surgery I found that my implants had been recalled. No immediate response was required but when you dug deeper some woman were developing cancer or experiencing ruptures. I had an ultrasound & mine were ok but I felt uncomfortable. There was only one person that I would trust. Dr Moncreiff of Hunter Plastic Surgery. I was still in Adelaide at the time & I booked my consult. Unfortunately covid happened & this put a 2 year hold on my consult. To make things more challenging I had moved to Perth for work. I could have chosen any number of plastic surgeons in Perth or anywhere in Australia really. I could have gone to Korea even (the plastic surgery capital) BUT I chose the best breast plastic surgeon in Australia. I flew to Newcastle 5 times for consults & surgeries. To say I trusted Dr Moncreif is an understatement. On first consult Dr M suggested removal of the implants & I wanted smaller nipples so he said an areola reduction & lift with internal bra (no foreign materials used) BUT I would have to wait 9-12mth & come back for the implants. My heart sank & I immediately thought of my embarrassment of having small breasts for 12mths & what would my partner think & how will I look in clothes etc. it was a lot to consider. Dr M said it’s the only way to get the best results & that’s what I do here. You know what, that was why I was there, it was why I flew across the country to see the best. So I trusted him & started the adventure. I returned 3mths later for the implant removal, uplift & areola reshape & internal bra technique. Private health covered my hospital stay as I have gold cover & I got a small amount back from Medicare for the removal. The Lingard Private Hospital was great. With gold cover it allowed me to stay in hospital for 3 nights. It was advised I stay locally for up to 5 days which I did. So a further 2 nights in Charlestown at the Best Western Plus Apollo International (see my Google review). I had a post op appointment with Dr M & his nurse Leesy before I flew back to Perth that day. A long day but it was ok & worth it. Recovery was fast for me. HPS have easy to follow guides to recovery step by step. Even being across the other side of the country I felt safe, considered & well cared for. I booked in with my GO for the week 3 bandage removal & I had nurse leesy on speed dial if necessary. Photos were taken then re bandaged. I stuck to a high protein diet to help fast skin recovery as well as taking zink, pro biotics for skin health etc which all helped. By week 12 I was back at Pilates & gym. I won’t lie I really wanted the second surgery by the 9th month. I visited for a consult & Dr M said “Sal, the scars are just not ready yet” he was right & I knew it. But at 11 mths I went back for surgery 2. I had 375 anatomical implants placed with a specialised dual plane technique, sculpted with fat grafting from my inner & outer thoughts. This was a day surgery at Charlestown private surgery (see my Google review). I am at week 6 & I am happy. I am patiently going through the drop & fluff stage. The nipples still need to drop & implant drop into the pocket & swelling subside as well as shape really take place. What I mostly want to share is that, there is no better surgeon or plastic surgeon clinic for your breast adventures or body make over.Dr Moncreif is very gifted & you are in very safe hands. He is very relaxed called me Sal from the get go & is a cool cat so to speak. I loved his honesty & that he was happy to say, well we only do it the way that gets the best results. There was no pressure just a job done to its most meticulous results. Jasmine & Emma in customer service are exceptional in their roles. I felt safe, respected & cared for by them both. Nothing was ever an inconvenience for them. The smiles they beam through the phone to Perth made me feel special. Jessica the practice manager is so organised, sassy & funny! This woman knows exactly what she is doing. Jess made me feel confident about my choices & when I was standing naked in-front of a camera some how it was not a big deal. Leesy what can I say… best nurse ever! I had weekend & day off phone calls with her & I never once felt an imposition. So knowledgeable & empathetic. I got so much confidence from my scheduled phone chats with Leesy. I look forward to my final results & my 6mths in room visit for final pics. Thank-you to the HPS team & Dr M
Dr Moncrieff and the Hunter Plastic Surgery Team went above and beyond for me. I have had large boobs from an early age, but never felt comfortable to have them reduced until I discovered the Dr Moncreiff and his team. I stalked their Instagram page and contacted a number of their followers who recommended them, so I decided to give them a call. From my initial call, right through to my final appointment, I felt safe and well looked after. My new boobs are amazing and I wish I had met Dr Moncreiff and his team years ago. Not long after my surgery I went travelling and the team still stayed in contact with me remotely, which was so caring and thoughtful. I would recommend Hunter Plastic Surgery to anyone.
Dr.Moncrieff and Hunter Plastic Surgery are 5 stars and MORE. From start to finish it was an INCREDIBLE experience! In fact, if I could do it all over again I wouldn’t even think twice! It was a mind blowing experience from my very first interaction with the beautiful receptionists on the phone 2 years ago to my 4 months Post Op last month! My first interaction I will never forget. I was searching the web for surgeons specialising in breast lifts and it was overwhelming how many doctors and practises came up on the web in my area! I am from Sydney, so I was on the phone to many receptionists and I was asking questions and honestly, they were not welcoming at all. They sounded fed up that I was asking questions. I’ve had many consultations with many doctors across Sydney and I was just not satisfied, it was not warm and it was not personable… it just felt like a transaction and they were not cheap! So, I wasn’t happy to proceed with them. I thought.. I need to spend my money elsewhere. I kept searching around Sydney and I was getting a little upset I couldn’t find the perfect doctor for me. I decided to expand my search to the broader New South Wales and even looked around Melbourne and Queensland. I was calling and calling different clinics until I came across Hunter Plastic Surgery and… I will never ever forget this phone call I had because it was so special and such an amazing interaction. Jasmine and Emma answered all my questions with so much detail and so much warmth I felt excited to meet everyone at my first consultation. I felt welcome, happy and extremely comfortable. At my first consultation, the beautiful receptionists welcomed me with open arms, they were warm, smiling, happy and super approachable about any concerns I had. Their practise is also so clean and bright! I helped myself to a nice cup of coffee and some nibbles while I waited for my first interaction with the doctor. Dr.Moncrieff… all I can say is from the moment I met him I immediately LOVED him! He was so lovely, beautiful BUBBLY and happy and sooo down to earth! Did not feel like my other interactions with other doctors, he was extremely funny, happy and so easy going I was thinking YES LETS DO THIS! Sir, please take my money! It was brilliant! My entire body was like don’t you dare look for another doctor! He is the one! Every appointment, every interaction, since that moment, Dr.Moncrieff has always made me so happy every time! I just can’t explain.. words cannot explain my experience because it was magical, it was fun, it was awesome it was just unforgettable and I cannot recommend him enough. You won’t want to look elsewhere. It is #MoncrieffMagic for a reason because he performs magic! Miracles! I had deflated breasts… from years and years of fluctuating with my weight, my breasts were no longer breasts.. they were just loose skin with nipples. Breasts that were looking sad all the time. The nipples were looking down. Literally. I couldn’t look at myself in the mirror anymore… of course first, I needed to learn how to have a proper relationship with food.. how eat properly so I don’t fluctuate in weight again. I lost all the weight I wanted to lose and all that needed to be done was to give my breasts a second chance and give them a beautiful LIFT! Doctor.Moncrieff explained in detail what would need to be done. He was extremely detailed, full of knowledge and gave me advice on what to do from there moving forward to maintain my weight and what to do after the surgery. I felt safe in his hands. I felt EXCITED! He was soo funny too! Such a great consultation we had. I could go on and on forever about how great I felt after. I left with confidence and god, I was extremely excited for my surgery. If I could have that feeling again… I would do this surgery all over again. Words cannot explain how excited I was to be doing this surgery. Let’s lock this in ! We said. and then I met the beautiful Jessica, the practise manager, she was so wonderful and bubbly as well and extremely helpful! I was overwhelmed and happy with all the gorgeous people in this clinic. I was so thankful I found Hunter Plastic Surgery! Please don’t look elsewhere! Hunter Plastic Surgery will make you feel like you are HOME. Everyone at Hunter Plastic Surgery made this experience an unforgettable one. Once we locked in dates with Jessica, all we had to do was wait for that date! We received everything we needed to prep for the surgery and then on surgery day, Dr.Moncrieff made me feel extremely relaxed and I just knew I was going to look BEAUTIFUL! I knew he was going to change my life. I couldn’t wait. To have that feeling again… I would do anything. It was a feeling to remember. It is a life changing experience when you know that what you were saving up and waiting for years is finally happening. To be able to have this surgery is just beyond words and I am so lucky. I am grateful. Best investment in this world. After the surgery, Dr.Moncrieff came into my room and checked on me. Thank you Doctor, you are incredibly caring and very warm hearted. Doctor gave me tips on how to recover safely and comfortable. Even if it was 5 minutes interaction post surgery, it meant the world to me. Thank you doctor. I had a 2 stage procedure because my breasts were so deflated like pancakes. That was my first surgery and after 1 year, I decided to get implants because his other patients look INCREDIBLE! And I wanted to feel that excitement all over again! And I did! MY GOODNESS! I didn’t think my boobs could look better than they already did after the lift! After the lift, my breasts were PERFECT! But, after this second surgery they are ABOVE PERFECT! I don’t think I can find a word that’s above perfect! I was thinking “hang on, they are so perfect now after the lift.. you’re telling me they will look better ?! No way!! Let’s do this!” I just had to. And I’m so glad I did!!!! MY GOD!!! Sir, you have changed my life! My breasts are looking INCREDIBLE! Perfect!! FLAWLESS! From what they were before! Pancakes to PERFECTLY shaped breasts! I can’t. I still can’t believe it. Dr.Moncrieff delivered. He delivered above expectations. He delivered above perfection. He is a life changing angel on earth. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. For the rest of my life, I will be thanking Hunter Plastic Surgery for my overall experience I could cry. 100000/10. The nurses are incredible as well. They checked on me after the 2 surgeries and gave me a lot of really useful information and advice on how to heal properly. They were full of knowledge and so helpful with all my questions on what to do and not to do. When to take my tapes off, when I can shower comfortably and when I am able to wet the incisions, when to start exercising, when to sleep on my side comfortable as well, etc. Thank you Alicia and Michaela and the other nurses I had interactions with, you made a huge impact on my recovery and all the questions I had, I had an awesome recovery. Thank you… I cannot recommend Hunter Plastic Surgery enough. Please don’t look elsewhere. Travel far! It’s worth the travels!! You will not find a better experience. I will be returning for sure to get a retouch! Not sure when maybe I’ll never need a retouch but in case I do, I know where to go! I’m so glad I did my research and expanded my search farther than Sydney. I’m glad I did not go elsewhere. Dr.Moncrieff and Hunter Plastic Surgery deserve all the recognition in the world. The photos are proof and I hope many people see the magic in the transformation and use as inspiration.
I can’t recommend Dr Moncrieff and the team at Hunter Plastic surgery enough! The care and process from the first phone call through to the post op care was faultless.I genuinely felt so well cared for and nothing was ever to much trouble. And the results!! Well they speak for themselves. Life changing to say the least! I would happily give them more stars if I could! Don’t wait, book your consultation today.
10/10 in all aspects of the whole experience. From the moment I met with Dr Moncrieff I knew I was in the right hands. Last week I saw my scars for the first time and I’m over the moon by the straight and thin lines. He truly is a leader in his field.
Thanks for your question.I advise my patients that they can certainly wear compression after CoolSculpting if they feel more comfortable with pressure on the area, however I do advise them that this is not a requirement of the treatment and will not enhance the result.The treated area will naturally swell during the inflammation process of CoolSculpting, so this extra compression does help patients with this.
