Discover Germany | Special Theme | The Beauty Experts – Germany’s Specialists for Cosmetic Surgery 2019
Dr. von Gregory - expert for plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive nose and face surgery.
About the harmony of a face Picasso often painted crooked noses so that viewers were forced to look at them. In real life, however, most people prefer to appear with an aesthetically pleasing, harmonious and discreet nose. TEXT: SILKE HENKELE I PHOTOS: DR. MED. HENNING FRHR. V. GREGORY
“It requires a long time to be able to read a face, to understand its individual symmetries and asymmetries,“ says Dr. Henning von Gregory, owner of BERLIN SPECIALIST PRACTICE FOR PLASTIC, AESTHETIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE NOSE AND FACE SURGERY, thereby underlining his many years of experience as a highly specialised surgeon. Amongst other areas, Dr. von Gregory focuses on nose surgery and reconstruction, of all levels of difficulty. This includes secondary operations as well as the correction of congenital malformations such as cleft lips and cleft palates. The sensitive face area, the most visible part of our body, however, needs to be handled with an extra amount of care, as Dr. von Gregory stresses: “As I restore or reconstruct the harmony of a face, I pay a lot of attention to its unique visual appearance.“ 50 | Issue 74 | May 2019
The fast-growing and fast-moving beauty industry does not always follow this same principle. However, experience, time and empathy is undoubtedly required to reach the desired aim and the optimal result. Here, the patients’ psychological wellbeing is just as important as the individual harmony and appearance of a face, as Dr. von Gregory elaborates: “As a reputable surgeon, my major concern is of course my patients’ well-being and health. I therefore take a lot of time for detailed discussions prior to possible operations in order to understand the respective patient’s motivation for the procedure. And, I also take the liberty of refusing surgery when I feel that a patient is approaching me with unfulfillable expectations.” Dr. von Gregory counts amongst the most renowned surgeons in Germany in the field of plastic, aesthetic and recon-
structive nasal surgery. As his practice is a partner of the University Charité Berlin, he also supports very complex facial operations such as the correction of cleft lips, cleft palates and cleft noses or congenital malformations. “Thanks to technological advancement and special instruments such as ultrasonic tools, nasal surgery has become more and more gentle. Still, or precisely because of this, patients should always take sufficient time to take a close look at the physician to whom they entrust their health and appearance.” Dr. von Gregory’s practice also focuses on eyelid corrections, wrinkle treatments, lifting operations and skin tumour surgery. www.drvongregory.de
Every detail counts for the harmony of the face.