Plastic Surgeon Waseem Saeed Joins the Team at Spire Hospital.

URMSTON, U.K. - April 20, 2013 - PRLog -- Spire Hospital Manchester are delighted to welcome leading plastic surgeon Waseem Saeed as a consultant.  

Since starting training to become a plastic surgeon in 1992, Mr Saeed has witnessed a revolution in how the ageing process is tackled. Mr Saeed has developed a three-pronged approach to non surgical anti-ageing which he explains in a recent interview.

Cosmeceuticals

“Patients often visit my clinic complaining that they look old and tired. When we analyse exactly what is making them feel like that, they will often pinpoint their skin quality. I typically prescribe a combination of cosmeceutical products, containing vitamin C, Retin-A and natural plant phytates, which all speed cell turnover and improve levels of collagen. “

“After about six weeks the patient can see a noticeable improvement in the skin's condition and we haven't gone anywhere near a scalpel. “

Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy

“Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy for anti-ageing is a relatively new treatment that is not currently being offered widely.  It is on offer in some clinics in London and the US.  I have been carrying out this treatment for just over a year and I'm really excited to be introducing this innovative treatment at the Spire Clinic in Hale. The Hale Clinic is perfect for these sort of walk-in, walk-out treatments; good facilities and great staff in a relaxed environment.”

Fat Transfer

“To restore youthful contours to the face you need to replace that volume, either in the form of temporary dermal fillers or, my particular favourite, fat transfer. You harvest a small amount of the patient's own fat in a relatively painless procedure and inject into key areas, such as the temple and mid-face. The aim is to replace what has been lost, not add more than was there in the first place, so the result is very natural and subtle, with relatively few side-effects as you are using the patient's own tissue. “

The surgical option

“Surgical procedures themselves have gone through a revolution since I first started practicing plastic surgery; traditionally facelifts involved stretching and pulling the skin and removing any excess tissue. We now understand that you have to reposition the muscle fat layer with sutures in key areas to keep it all in the right place and then redrape the skin over the top. The aim is to produce a more natural, longer-lasting result.”

Mt Saeed on The future of surgery

“I am passionate about anti-ageing and look with great interest at the field of non-surgery and what it will bring, either in the form of standalone treatments or how it can benefit and improve the results of cosmetic surgery.”

Emergency Appeal

As well as running a busy plastic surgery practice, Mr Waseem Saeed has been heavily involved with developing the UK's emergency response to devastating earthquakes occurring around the world

I first got involved after the Pakistan earthquake. I went with a few like-minded surgeons and doctors to Pakistan to help and while we were there I was shocked to see surgeons amputating limbs that didn't necessarily need to be amputated. The implications in that part of the world for someone who loses a limb can be disastrous for them and their family.

When we returned we joined forces with Tony Redmond, Professor in Humanitarian Medicine at Manchester University and joined his charity UK Med to form a team that specialised in earthquake relief.

The China earthquake soon followed and the Chinese authorities were looking for a team that specialised in treating crush injuries. We were very gratefully received there by the Chinese government and the next year were invited to be guest speakers at a large emergency medicine meeting they held in Beijing.

After China, we started working with the UK Government's Department of International Development and many of the emergency relief groups such as Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières to try and establish a benchmark in the level of care that should be delivered after a crisis.

This came to a head at Haiti. We were the first British team there and our team stayed there for three months on rolling rotas of two weeks.

Internationally, there is now a consensus that there should be a benchmark in terms of quality of service offered and specialist training to underpin this. In August, we are holding a surgical training course at the Royal College of Surgeons; my main role at this will be how to carry out limb salvage.

Our aim is that the team that goes from Britain is well trained, qualified and backed up with right equipment for a wide range of eventualities.

About Spire Hospitals

Spire hospitals have been providing private medical care in the UK for 26 years. With a network of 27 hospitals and leading consultants in cosmetic surgery and solutions they aspire to be the best provider of surgical and non surgical healthcare in the UK.

For more information visit http://www.spirehealthcare.com/manchester