The Beauty Gurus

Mr. Vik Vijh

Consultant Plastic, Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgeon

Mr Vik Vijh is a consultant that performs reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgery. He recently featured in Extreme Male Beauty on Channel 4 and has worked on many TV programmes such as "10 Years Younger", "Extreme Makeover", "You Are What You Eat", "How Long Have You Got", "Pineapple Studios", to name but a few.

He has also written for many journals magazines and even a national newspaper. Having been Managing director of Cosmetic Surgery for a group of 42 UK private hospitals Mr Vik Vijh is now Managing director of the West Midlands cosmetic surgery fellowship and Editor in Chief of thebodybible.org. Within the NHS Mr Vijh is The Lead Consultant plastic surgeon At The University Hospital Birmingham.

Mr Vijh received his training in London and passed the Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) examination in 1988. After a formal training program in general surgery, he achieved the distinction of becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of both England and Edinburgh in 1992.

Mr Vik Vijh began his career in plastic surgery with a two-and-a-half-year period of research into wound healing and scar management. Following this, Mr Vik Vijh worked as a plastic surgeon in hospitals throughout London as part of a formal and intensive training program. This program was interrupted for six months when Mr Vik Vijh undertook a formal cosmetic surgery fellowship to enhance and augment his skills, and complete his training as a reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgeon. This culminated in his acceptance as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Plastic Surgery in September 2002.

Mr Vik Vijh was appointed as a consultant plastic surgeon in the National Health Service (NHS) in 2002. He then went on a six-month travelling fellowship and visited some of the most accomplished plastic surgeons around the world to fine tune his surgical skills. Presently, he is Chief Consultant Plastic Surgeon in the NHS, At the University Hospital of Birmingham, covering the Birmingham and West Midland areas, as well as the entire county of Herefordshire .

In the NHS, he specialises in breast surgery, including reconstructive breast surgery, as well as skin cancer surgery and general plastic surgery. In the private sector, plastic surgeon Mr Vik Vijh serves the communities of Worcester, Birmingham , Hereford and London offering all forms of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. In addition to his private practice, he is heavily involved in the training of reconstructive and cosmetic surgeons in both London and beyond.

Subspecialties: All aspects of Cosmetic Surgery. Skin cancer, breast reconstruction.
Professional memberships: BAPRS, BAAPS, ISAPS, BMA
Qualifications: MBBS, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Ed), FRCS (Plast)
NHS Hospital: University Hospital Birmingham, Selly Oak, Birmingham

Mr. Sukh Rayatt

Consultant Plastic Surgeon

Mr Sukh Rayatt is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at The University Hospital of North Staffordshire specialising in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Breast and the Head and Neck. He is also clinical lead of the Specialist Skin Cancer team.

He trained at St Thomas' Hospital in London, qualifying with MBBS in 1993. After General Surgical training at The Royal London Hospital (FRCS 1996), he completed his Plastic Surgery training on the West Midlands Plastic Surgery rotation, gaining the FRCS (Plast) in 2005. He has been on the GMC specialist list since 2006. Uniquely Mr Rayatt is also a Qualified Dentist having trained at Guys Hospital in London (BDS). He has experience in Maxillo Facial Surgery and is on the Oral Surgery specialist list and a member of the British Association of Oral and Maxillo Facial surgeons.

Mr Rayatt then spent 6 months further training at the Erasmus Medical centre in Rotterdam, specialising in microsurgery for complex reconstructions following cancer surgery of the Breast and the Head and Neck.

A further 6 months was spent training and perfecting his cosmetic surgery skills at the former West London Clinic, home of TV's ‘10 years younger’, under London's leading cosmetic surgeons. His experience there was featured in the Discovery Channel ‘Plastic Surgery School’ Series. He has also appeared in the ‘Real ER’ ITV series.

His Maxillo Facial training gives him a unique insight into facial cosmetic surgery including Rhinoplasty, facelifts, eyelid surgery and chin surgery. He undertakes all forms of reconstructive and cosmetic surgery of the breast including Augmentation, reduction and uplift using a short scar technique. He also performs liposuction, abdominoplasty, arm reduction as well as thigh lifts and genital surgery such as labial reduction.

Rayatt has written extensively on plastic surgery topics and his work has been published in prestigious British, American and Scandinavian plastic surgery journals. He is a regular reviewer for the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (JPRAS)

Mr. Shivram Singh

Consultant Plastic Surgeon

Mr Shivram Singh, MBBS, FRCS, FRCS (Plast), Dipl. in Hand Surgery (FESSH-Europe), BSSH BAPS, BAAPS, is a consultant Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. His NHS practice includes major reconstructions following Skin and Breast cancer surgeries and trauma. He is a well established microsurgeon and regularly performs microvascular reconstruction.

He received his comprehensive training both in General plastic and cosmetic surgery from well-known Plastic surgery training units in Belfast, Scotland and England. Mr Singh has a private practice in the west midlands and the practise includes a comprehensive list of cosmetic procedures.

Mr Singh qualified from the medical school with a Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree in 1988 and his training involved basic surgical rotation in General surgery, Paediatric Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery. After his successful training he was enrolled as a Fellow of the Royal College of Ireland in 1994.

Mr Singh began his career in Plastic surgery in the reputed Plastic surgery centre in Belfast. He received his higher specialist training in hospitals throughout Northern Ireland, Scotland and England. He gained further expertise both in reconstruction and cosmetic procedures through a six year specialist registrar program. Mr Singh has extensive expertise in micro vascular reconstruction and was a Fellow in Microvascular surgery in a reputed unit in Chelmsford, England. Mr Singh was invited to perform and demonstrate his skills of microvascular reconstruction on Television programmes on several occasions. Mr Singh undertook Breast and Hands fellowships to enhance and augment his skills, and complete his training as a Reconstructive and Cosmetic plastic surgeon. Mr Singh was accepted as an Intercollegiate Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons in Plastic Surgery, Edinburgh in September 2006. Mr Singh was admitted as a Fellow to the Federation of European Society for surgery of Hand and received the Diploma in Hand Surgery from the European Board of Plastic Surgeon in 2008 in Switzerland.

Mr Singh was appointed as a Consultant Plastic surgeon in the National Health Service (NHS) at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 2008 and currently covers the Birmingham and West Midland areas. Mr Singh has since visited some of the most accomplished Plastic surgeons around the world to enhance his surgical skills. Mr Singh specializes in breast surgery, including reconstructive breast surgery, as well as skin cancer surgery and general plastic surgery Including Hand surgery. Mr Singh’s cosmetic procedures include Facelift, Rhinoplasty, and Eyelid correction with a special interest in treating Post Massive weight loss patients. Mr Singh has also trained as a Hair transplant surgeon and performs this service in Hereford, Warwickshire and Birmingham.