Published Articles

Please find detailed below the most recent published articles by Dr Terrence Scamp, simply click the thumb nail images to load the PDF document.

March 2010
Plastic Surgery: too much of a good thing

While the Gold Coast is commonly associated with bikini girls and breast augmentation there are many women out there with a little too much of a good thing. If your breasts cause you physical discomfort or if you feel awkward with the size of your breasts in comparison to the rest of your body, you could be a candidate for a breast reduction procedure. 

April 2010
See the Light: We investigate laser and light-based therapies

Laser and light-based therapies in medicine have been around for about 50 years. And to be fair, when it comes to treatment of the skin it hasn’t always been a success story. Carbon dioxide laser took the world by storm  in the mid 1990s as it had a remarkable capacity to rejuvenate aged skin and was particularly effective at getting rid of lines.

May 2010
Dr Terrence Scamp discusses breast reconstruction

For many women the fear of deformity after treatment for breast  cancer is almost as great as the fear for their life.  Significant advances in breast reconstruction have been made in both techniques using  implants and techniques using the tissues of the body.  But before  you do anything, ask why? (Even if the answer is only ‘Why not!”). 

June 2010
Dr Terrence Scamp talks about bodies after babies

Who are the body snatchers? Simple. Children. Take a trim taut and terri?c girl in  her 20s, laden her with two or three pregnancies in rapid ?re and see the damage that is wrought. But not all su?er equally. ?e tall girls seem to carry it better but  if you combine a petite 50kg girl with a 110kg husband then you have the recipe for maximum devastation.