Mr Nick Percival

Consultant Plastic Surgeon

Born in Yorkshire and educated in the UK and USA, Mr Percival graduated from University College Hospital, Medical School London in 1977. Returning to the USA he worked as a Lecturer at Stanford University, in California before undertaking general surgical training at The Royal Postgraduate Medical School and University College Hospital in London, becoming a Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1984. He then decided to pursue a career in plastic surgery and completed advanced specialist training in London, Wales and Edinburgh, gaining his certificate of higher surgical training in Plastic Surgery in 1992

He is registered with the General Medical Council Specialist Register as a Trained Surgeon in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is also a member of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons (BAPS) and is a serving member of the council of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (BAAPS).

Mr Percival undertakes a wide range of cosmetic surgery procedures including Breast Augmentation, Body Contouring, Rhinoplasty and Facial rejuvenation surgery. He has a particular interest in modern face-lifting techniques, including endoscopic brow lift, tranconjunctival and laser blepharoplasty and was one of the first surgeons in the United Kingdom to undertake the new Minimally Invasive (MACS) face-lifting technique and his work on minimal access face-lifting has been presented both in Europe and the USA at Internationally recognised meetings this year.

He travels regularly to the USA and Europe to keep at the cutting edge of the speciality and has developed a couture approach to facial rejuvenation employing differing SMAS procedures, short scar operations and volumetric techniques to produce a result tailored to the individual.

Mr Percival has pioneered the practice of Day Case breast Augmentation using new surgical techniques to reduce postoperative discomfort and ensuring a faster recovery. He has incorporated the use of preoperative computerised patient assessment into his Rhinoplasty practice and has been invited to speak on nasal aesthetics at a forthcoming international Rhinoplasty meeting.

He is a member of the Medical Defence Union and frequently acts as an expert witness in medico-legal cases involving cosmetic surgery.

Degree: MB.BS. University of London - 15th July 1977

Postgraduate Qualifications

FRCS: Royal College of Surgeons of England 8th May 1984

Full Accreditation Plastic Surgery FRCS (T): Royal College of Surgeons of England 1992

Member of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons (BAPS)

Member of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS)

Council Member of BAAPS 2001 – 2004

Member of the British Society of Surgery of the Hand (BSSH)

Registration

GMC Registration and Specialist Register No. 2389271

If you would like to confirm the above Surgeons qualifications, please contact The General Medical Council in London on: 0845 357 8001 or gmc@gmc-uk.org