Dr Des Fernandes
 
Tel: +27 21 425 2310   
Fax: +27 21 418 1113
E-Mail: des@drdes.co.za
Website: www.plasticsurgery.co.za.
Physical Address:
822 Fountain Medical Centre
Heerengracht, 8001

I qualified M.B.; B.Ch. at the Witwatersrand University in 1966, worked in KwaZulu-Natal and went to the UK to specialise as a plastic surgeon but ended up training at the London Heart Hospitals as a cardio-thoracic surgeon. I became a fellow of the Edinburgh College of Surgeons in 1973 and came to Cape Town for a year to work with Prof. Christiaan Barnard but ended up staying here and specialising in plastic surgery.

In 1979 I succeeded Dr. David Davies as the head of the University of Cape Towns Cleft Lip and Palate Unit at Red Cross War Memorial Hospital. I held this position for 2l years and also joined David Davies in his Cosmetic private practice.

I only operate at the Shirnel Clinic which is dedicated to plastic surgery. For transparency you should know that I do have shares in the Shirnel Clinic. By this arrangement my colleagues and I try to keep the costs for surgery to the lowest levels possible.

Procedures:

** Scarless forehead lift. To reduce frowning and crows feet. Central scarless forehead lift.
** Upper blepharoplasty
** Scarless midface-lift

** Scarless lower face & neck-lift
** Face & neck-lift
** Rhinoplasty
** Otoplasty
** Lip augmentation/needling
** Chin augmentation
** PCI

My interest in photo-damage lead me to develop the Environ range of skin-care. I realised that in order to really rejuvenate a patient, one needs healthy younger-looking skin as well as a younger structure.
 
Topical vitamin A is method to re-invigorate the genes of your skin cells and make skin younger. Nothing else works as well! If you intend having an operation by me, then please make sure that you start using topical vitamin A either as retinoic acid (e.g. Retin-A, Renova etc) or as retinyl palmitate/acetate or retinol (e.g. Environ thin care products) before your appointment.

Topical vitamin A will restore and improve the elasticity of your thin and help you achieve a better result. Rejuvenating skin has in turn has lead me to anti-aging medicine. What is the value of having young beautiful skin with a youthful appearance if you are decaying inside?

 
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