Mr Bruce Richard is a consultant plastic surgeon offering facial rejuvenation, 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 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 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.
Plastic and reconstructive procedures offered
Mr Richard performs a range of plastic and reconstructive procedures, specialising in child and adult facial reconstruction. Procedures offered include:
- Breast augmentation
- Breast reduction
- Breast uplift (mastopexy)
- Ear correction (pinnaplasty)
- Eye lid surgery (blepharoplasty)
- Forehead/brow lift
- Full facelift
- Line smoothing/filling
- Liposuction
- Male breast reduction (gynaecomastia)
- Mini facelift
- Nose reshaping (rhinoplasty/septoplasty)
- Skin resurfacing (dermabrasion)
- Thread vein treatment
- Tummy Tuck (abdominoplasty)
Professional memberships
Research interests
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.
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
Where can I get NHS and private plastic and cosmetic surgery?
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NHS Base
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Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 6NH
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Birmingham NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, B15 2TH
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Private practice
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Spire Parkway Hospital
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Spire Parkway Hospital , 1 Damson Parkway , Solihull, B91 2P
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Operations and consultations
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Priory Hospital
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Priory Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B5 7UG
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Operations only
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Droitwich Spa BMI Hospital
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St Andrews Road, Droitwich Spa, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR9 8DN
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Tuesday evenings for outpatient appointments (call 01905793333)
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Contact details
Spire Parkway Hospital
1 Damson Parkway
Solihull
B91 2PP
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Tel: (Outpatient appointments)
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0845 850 1451 / 01905793333
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Tel: (Operations)
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0121 242 1615
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Fax:
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0121 246 2319
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Email: brucerichard@blueyonder.co.uk
GMC Number: 2653637 Check this doctor's GMC Registration
Date of registration: 01 Aug 1981
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