Dr Lip Teh

Dr Lip Teh is a consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon.  Following 4 years of surgical experience in General and Vascular Surgery, Dr Teh commenced his specialist training in Plastic Surgery at Royal Perth, Sir Charles Gairdner and Princess Margaret Hospitals. He was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in the beginning of 2007.

Dr Teh's special interests include cosmetic facial surgery, head and neck surgery, all aspects of breast aesthetic and reconstructive surgery, hand surgery, microsurgical perforator flaps, microfat grafting and liposculpturing. He has worked under the tutelage of the pioneers and world experts of the MACS facelift and DIEP flaps for breast reconstruction in Belgium. In addition, he has completed fellowships in hand, breast, craniofacial and cosmetic surgery at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in the United Kingdom; the Universitäts Spital Zürich in Switzerland; the Mannheim Beauty Clinic in Germany; the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam and the Scheveningen Cosmetic clinic in The Hague.

Sub Specialty Interests:

• Breast Reconstruction with DIEP/SGAP free flaps
• Short scar face lifting (MACS lift), facial augmentation with fat grafting and fillers
• Breast lifting, breast augmentation and short scar breast reduction
• Body contouring surgery - arm lifts, abdominoplasty, thigh lifts and liposuction (ultrasonic and power assisted)
• Microfat grafting in replacing lost volume and correction of depressed scars
• Microsurgical perforator flaps for traumatic reconstruction
• Hand and microsurgery

Dr Teh is actively involved with the teaching of surgical trainees, hospital residents and medical students and he has been the principal investigator in a number of surgical publications. He is the regional Training Chair of Plastic Surgery for WA.