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Consultant Plastic and Transgender Surgeon

Christopher Inglefield is a highly experienced Consultant Plastic and Transgender Surgeon and Medical Director of London Transgender Clinic. He is a member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, the UK Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons and the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.

Christopher Inglefield

18 Jun

Belittling psychiatric assessments are creating a storm of depression and suicide among trans patients

By Christopher Inglefield, plastic surgeon and medical director at the London Transgender Clinic.  Around forty per cent of transgender people have attempted to take their own lives at some point in time.  That’s a shocking, harrowing statistic, supplied by the National …

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Christopher Inglefield

15 May

Why I Support the Government Stance on Textured Breast Implants

In April this year, amid a growing global clamour, the UK Government’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced that it has no plans to ban ‘macrotextured’ breast implants, or breast implants with polyurethane-coated surfaces. And in spite of …

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Christopher Inglefield

23 Apr

Why We Dismiss ‘Breast Implant Illness’ At Our Peril

Breast Implant Illness, or BII, is so far little known in the UK but has exploded in the US in recent months. Large numbers of women are becoming concerned that their breast implants are making them unwell.   And they’re …

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Christopher Inglefield

15 Dec

Why we can’t define human gender at birth

As a surgeon who’s treated many patients transitioning from one gender to another, I know there are myriad complex reasons behind that decision, reasons which are not yet fully understood by science. But what we do know is that those in the trans community often suffer greatly just to get to …

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