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Mr Christopher Glenn Wallace MB ChB, BSc(Hons), MRCS, MS, FRCS(Plast)

Regions: West Country
Interests: Body surgery, Botulinum toxin injections (Botox), Breast surgery, Eyelid Surgery, Facelifts, Facial Surgery, Lip enhancement, Liposuction, Mole Removal, Reshaping Chins and Cheeks, Rhinoplasty and Setting back prominent ears

About me:

Mr Chris Wallace is a highly trained sub-specialist Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeon who performs a full spectrum of modern Aesthetic Plastic Surgery for the breasts (breast augmentation, revision augmentation, breast reduction, breast uplift), face (face lift, forehead/brow lift, midface lift, full face/neck lift), eyelids (upper and/or lower blepharoplasty), nose (cosmetic rhinoplasty, septorhinoplasty), ears (set back, reshaping, cosmetic pinnaplasty), structural facial contouring (chin, cheekbones, jawline definition) and body (tummy tuck, abdominoplasty, mini-abdominoplasty, fleur-de-lys abdominoplasty, thigh lift, arm lift, brachioplasty), and is also an expert at non-surgical aesthetic treatments such as non-surgical rhinoplasty using dermal fillers.

 

From 2014 to 2021, he was the lead Consultant Head and Neck Reconstruction Specialist at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital and at Torbay Hospital in the Head and Neck Cancer Multidisciplinary Team providing services to Devon and Somerset. He is now a full-time specialist Consultant Aesthetic Plastic Surgeon based in Devon and also now in Berkshire, which is where his patients can travel more easily to see him from around the country.

 

Academic Background and Training

Mr Wallace was educated at Tonbridge School, Kent, and the University of Edinburgh Medical School. He qualified in 2000 with Bachelor Degrees in Medicine, Surgery, and in Science with Honours. He was awarded Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2004. His Plastic Surgery training began in Edinburgh and continued in the prestigious Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead. In 2005, he was competitively selected for Microsurgery Fellowship at the renowned Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, where he was personally trained by the world-famous Plastic Surgeon, Professor Fu-Chan Wei, and achieved his Masters degree with medal. He returned to England in 2008 for further Specialist Plastic Surgery training and gained Fellowship to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in Plastic Surgery in 2012. He undertook subspecialist fellowships encompassing complex plastic surgery for face, nose, head and neck, craniofacial and aesthetic plastic surgery. In 2014, Mr Wallace was appointed Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeon at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, with an Honorary Consultant appointment at Torbay Hospital. He led the Plastic Surgery service for facial, head and neck reconstruction, providing special expertise in microsurgery to reconstruct complex defects caused by cancer treatment and trauma affecting any part of the body. In 2021, Mr Wallace became a full-time private Consultant Aesthetic Plastic Surgeon specialising in aesthetic surgery for the breasts, body and face.

 

Mr Wallace is extensively published (>120 peer-reviewed papers; >3000 international citations; 16 textbook chapters), lectures internationally and has won national and international prizes for his work. His academic track record was acknowledged by the University of Exeter Medical School with an Honorary Senior Clinical Lectureship. He has served on several Editorial Boards for Plastic Surgery Journals and served as a quality outcomes reviewer for “Smile Train”, the world's largest cleft lip/palate charity.

 

Professional Memberships

British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS)

British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS)

International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ISAPS)

Rhinoplasty Society of Europe

European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in Plastic Surgery

General Medical Council Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery

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Addresses

Main Private

c/o Nuffield Health
Wonford Road
Exeter
Devon
EX2 4UG
United Kingdom
NHS Region: West Country

Phone: 01392 949041

Email: cgw@cgwaesthetics.co.uk
Website: www.cgwaesthetics.co.uk