Welcome to the UKAAPS website. This is compiled by our Members , for our Members and has the unreserved and unashamed purpose of promoting safer Aesthetic Plastic Surgery practice to the public. Using modern marketing techniques, cosmetic surgery patients will be made aware of the training and experience required by our GMC Specialty Registered , Plastic Surgeon Members located throughout the entire United Kingdom and even abroad.
The intention is to balance safety by matching a Patient, keen to enquire about Cosmetic Surgery, with the correct local Plastic Surgeon specialist and at a competitive local price, undertaken at a CQC approved hospital. Over the past 3 years UKAAPS has developed a 'Super -Specialist' Aesthetic Surgery training programme that leads the world’s first University based qualification ( MCh in Aesthetic Surgery Practice)
In addition , there are many listed UKAAPS Members , not on this training programe , that are all Fully Accredited, Specialty Registered , Plastic Surgeons offering Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in their own regions around the UK . Patients are encouraged to review their websites referenced in the Surgeon’s section. UKAAPS is the only organisation that is comprised exclusively of Plastic Surgeons.
We feel that informing the public, as well as educating Surgeons, plus introducing modern safer concepts and advances, will minimise risk. Like all trained Plastic Surgeons, UKAAPS Members feel that aesthetic improvements are best made by those with a creative understanding of a potential patient’s wants or needs, balanced with an honesty of approach and realism of expectations and outcomes.

Putting patient safety first

A Statement from the President of UKAAPS

UKAAPS was formed to play a fundamental role in educating the public on the benefits and risks associated with Plastic Surgery. UKAAPS is the only UK Association whose Membership is only available to fully accredited Plastic Surgeons who practice non-surgical aesthetics and aesthetic/cosmetic surgery. UKAAPS emphasis is always on the promotion of patient safety and the role of Plastic Surgeons in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. The support that we are providing our Members, together with their ISAPS Membership, will ensure that not only UKAAPS Member’s knowledge and experience, but over 2,000 International Surgeon’s material and the Aesthetic Journal will be available to our Members to continue their on-going education of new methods and techniques within the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery field. UKAAPS will develop an advisory role in the regulation of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, emphasising the qualifications and experience of UKAAPS Surgeons.You can access our Member’s Directory to find a surgeon within your area.

Professor James D. Frame FRCS FRCS(Plast)
President of UKAAPS
Professor of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford & Cambridge
Consultant Aesthetic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon