Dr. Per Gunnar Opitz
Jacob Nilsgatan 11 211 21 Malmö, Sweden Tel. + 46 4030 3041 Fax. + 46 4030 3048 mail: info@opitz.se
Plastik surgery clinic
Dr. Opitz first steps into the world of medicine were taken when he finished his education as a dental surgeon from Göttingen University in Germany. This was in 1972 and a year later Dr. Opitz could add "doctor in medicine" to his degrees.
The road to become one of Scandinavia's best known plastic surgeon wound around the University Hospital in Malmö, where Dr. Opitz finished his education as a specialist in plastic surgery in 1982. The next six years were spent on one side to build up his own aesthetic Clinic and on the other to serve at the danish University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, most of the time as deputy chief surgeon.
From 1988 The Clinic has been the sole focus of interest and here Dr. Opitz has proved to be one of Scandinavia's pioneer within the field of plastic surgery. Since 1988 Dr. Opitz has consulted patients once a week in Copenhagen and from time to time he has taken on some interesting projects abroad.
Dr. Opitz has been engaged in research during his whole professional career and is always open for new techniques where they are judged to be effective and secure. It was Dr. Opitz who introduced Sweden for liposuction in 1982 and he was the first to remove fat with ultrasound in 1993. But it's not only the cool technical possibilities Dr. Opitz is renown for. His professional caring manner is maybe what the patients remember best when they look into the mirror and enjoy the genially artistic work of Dr. Opitz.
About cosmetic surgery
Beauty is a multifaceted entity, which can have different meanings in different cultures. The beauty can be restricted to the appearance of the face but also include different parts of the body and their shape and size. Generally speaking it would probably not be wrong to append the harmonic relation and balance of different parts of the body to the meaning of the word. The ideals of beauty between men and women differ too and the meaning of the word becomes even more complex if the symbolic value of size and shape is taken into account.
Beauty cannot be quantified in values or numbers. It is only the aspect of the eyes and the perception of the observer who can decide whether it is beautiful or not beautiful.
With the rapid progress of the information technology and its manifold applications in our daily life the media continuously influences us. We are influenced by famous personalities having changed their appearance by plastic surgeons. Not only rejuvenating procedures but also change of anatomic structures. With the development of finer techniques all this can be done but one should understand that illustrated pictures in magazines and pre- and post-pictures of cosmetic surgeries not always correspond with reality.
One should also understand, that plastic surgery involves incisions. These are placed at inconspicuous sites and so hidden but all surgery causes wounds in the tissues below the skin. The healing process cannot be influenced materially and the following biologic healing process can cause unwanted reactions. In other words, all kinds of cosmetic surgery involve some risks of transient and permanent depravations, which cannot be influenced neither of the experience nor of the skill of the surgeon. One should also understand that the longevity of rejuvenating procedures is time restricted and if one wants to invest money in eternal youth one has to be prepared for a continuos investment. More permanent results are to be expected when the anatomic fundament is changed, like implants or when bony or cartilaginous structures are changed.
One should also know, that cosmetic surgeons in general are specialists within their speciality and they are certainly collecting the knowledge from the same sources. Most techniques are known and probably also used in the same manner all over the world and the results are probably equal independent of the individual surgeon.
The most important consideration a potential candidate for cosmetic surgery has to think about is that one should trust the surgeon you choose and bear in mind, that cosmetic surgery is a kind of handy craft that can have both positive and negative impact on the body. Cosmetic surgery has its place in society today and most patients have experienced great pleasure and happiness but also some disappointments and complications. If you are disappointed with your mirror look, it might influence your mood correspondingly. I think it is justified to moderate the broadcoloured exposure cosmetic surgery has in the media and occasionally in the marketing for cosmetic surgery.