As 2023 draws to a close, I’m forced to pause and reflect on the year that has gone by. 2023 is a year I would not want to relive at any price but as we enter the festive season of thanksgiving and gift giving, I...
Dr Toogood describes how breast cancer can affect your nipples. Most commonly patients tell me they first became aware of a potential problem with their breast health when they felt a painless lump in their breast tissue during self-examination. Another large group of women I treat...
If you have had a breast augmentation and experience any one of the symptoms listed below, you may have a ruptured and/or leaking prosthesis. - change in shape (slow and progressive or sudden deflation) Sudden painful breast/s A red, painful breast/s Painful armpit glands with...
It is a common misunderstanding that the word “plastic” in plastic surgery means fake, artificial or references the implants used eg. “plastic boobs” (FYI no implants contain plastic). But in this context, the word originated from the Greek word plastikos, which means to mould or...
Patients consult me about 3 things that concern them about the lower eyelid: Eye bags – the only effective way to treat this is with a surgical procedure called a lower lid blepharoplasty (What to expect from eyelid surgery - Dr Jonathan Toogood (doctortoogood.co.za)) Tear...
My training in medicine started at Tygerberg hospital where I was an undergraduate at Stellenbosch university from 1990 until 1995. It is a commonly understood fact that South African doctors graduate with great medical and surgical experience because of the amount of severe trauma patients admitted...
When thinking of Plastic surgeons, sometimes the general public ignore the fact that we are, first and foremost, medical doctors. The health and wellbeing of our patients is paramount. Not everyone is a good candidate for elective cosmetic surgery especially if they have underlying health...
People come to me for a variety of reasons. It is a fallacy that people who seek aesthetic improvements are in some way fundamentally unhappy and are seeking to make internal improvements by working on the external. It is also a misplaced justification that women...