The 13 Best Plastic Surgeons in Paris

Visitors arranging surgery from abroad will find an English section written for international patients on Dr Michael Benoilid's website. A former chef de clinique of the Paris hospitals, he trained at Saint-Louis, Gustave Roussy and Georges Pompidou. His list covers facelifts, eyelid surgery, breast implants and lifts, abdominoplasty and post-bariatric surgery. Botox and filler injections, including a non-surgical facial lift, are offered at the office near Trocadéro.

Patients considering breast reconstruction or intimate surgery will find both handled here alongside cosmetic work. Dr Mohamed Derder is qualified in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery and holds the European EBOPRAS diploma. He was chef de clinique in the plastic surgery department of Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, where he still operates, mainly on DIEP flap reconstructions. Consultations on the quai in the 7th take place on Thursdays and Saturdays.

Patients who want a choice of where they are operated on will find several options with Dr François Petit, who works at Clinique de l'Alma, Clinique Étoile and Clinique Sainte-Geneviève. A former chef de clinique of the Paris hospitals, he did research on composite tissue transplantation at Harvard. Many procedures are done as day surgery. The website is available in English and Arabic, and questions can be sent on WhatsApp.

Women whose concern is the breast, whether cosmetic or after cancer, are the natural patients of Dr Benjamin Sarfati. He operates at Gustave Roussy and founded the MIB Center, devoted to minimally invasive breast surgery. His MIA augmentation uses a short incision away from the breast, often under local anaesthetic. Reductions, lifts, implant changes and DIEP reconstruction are also handled, and a first contact can be made by teleconsultation.

Patients who want surgery and non-surgical skin treatments from the same practice will find both with Dr Christelle Santini in the 16th. She is qualified in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery and is a former chef de clinique of the Paris hospitals. Her work spans facelifts, rhinoplasty, breast augmentation with implants or fat, and Vaser liposuction. Operations take place in a private clinic accredited by the Haute Autorité de Santé.

Its strength lies in range: Dr Vincent Nguyen covers face, breast and body surgery as well as reconstructive cases such as tuberous breasts and Poland syndrome. He held a senior post in the plastic surgery department of Hôpital Saint-Louis. The practice near Trocadéro also handles Asian blepharoplasty, abdominal etching and hair transplants. Quotes are given only after a consultation, and the website has an English version.

Women weighing augmentation, a lift or reconstruction after cancer will find a practice devoted entirely to the breast with Dr Samuel Struk. He is an attached practitioner at Institut Curie and previously worked at Gustave Roussy. Cosmetic surgery takes place at Clinique Ambroise Paré in Neuilly, mostly with Motiva Ergonomix implants. Reconstruction options include DIEP and PAP flaps, and some procedures may be partly covered by social security.

Body contouring is where Dr Vincent Hunsinger puts most of his emphasis, from liposculpture and body lifts to buttock augmentation. He is a former chef de clinique of the Paris hospitals, where he focused on breast reconstruction and microsurgery. He still performs silhouette surgery at Hôpital Antoine-Béclère. Patients can see a 3D simulation of the expected result, including the choice of breast implants, and teleconsultations also use 3D.

Those who prefer a clinic with several doctors under one roof can look at 4Hoche Esthetics, founded by Dr Yohann Derhy near Étoile. He has been qualified in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery since 2006 and was chef de clinique at Hôpital Saint-Louis. Abdominoplasty is performed only with a high-tension technique, and breast augmentation can use implants, fat or both. Assistants help patients coming from abroad prepare their stay.

International patients will find plenty of material in their own language here, as Dr Franck Benhamou's website comes in English, Portuguese and Russian as well as French. He holds the French specialist diploma in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery and completed fellowships at Mount Sinai in New York and Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston. He operates at Clinique Eiffel Carré d'Or and Clinique La Muette, near his Trocadéro office.

Two plastic surgeons sharing one practice means patients can see the colleague whose focus matches their request. Dr Yaël Berdah concentrates on facelifts, including the deep plane technique, while Dr Marc-David Benjoar focuses on ultrasonic rhinoplasty. Both trained in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery at the Paris faculty of medicine. Breast, body and reconstructive work such as DIEP flaps completes the list, and the website has an English version.

Rhinoplasty is the procedure Dr Jerry Levy develops most, with both preservation and ultrasonic techniques on offer. He previously worked in the plastic surgery departments of Tenon and Trousseau hospitals before setting up in the 16th. Beyond the nose, he handles composite breast augmentation, abdominal etching for men and Renuvion J-Plasma skin tightening. FUE and FUT hair transplants for men and women are part of the practice too.

Anyone set on rhinoplasty alone should consider Dr Christophe Gaillard, a facial plastic and ENT surgeon whose practice is devoted exclusively to the nose. He combines ultrasonic bone sculpting with preservation techniques on cartilage, an approach he calls hybrid rhinoplasty. Because he is also an ENT surgeon, breathing problems can be treated with septoplasty in the same operation. Consultations near the Champ de Mars include photos with a digital simulation.