Dr. med. Hans-Hermann Wörl

How I came to plastic surgery

As a former competitive athlete, I actually wanted to become an orthopaedic surgeon. Things turned out differently – as so often in life. I learned my profession from the ground up and gained a broad background, from burns and reconstructive surgery to aesthetics.

Stages

1. Kantonsspital BaselJunior assistant (Unterassistenz) in the 1st and 2nd trimester.
2. Krankenhaus München BogenhausenTraining in the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery with a burns centre under Professor Wolfgang Mühlbauer. Initially with a focus on the treatment of acute burns and the reconstruction of burn sequelae under Dr. Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck.
3. Klinikum rechts der Isar of the Technical University of Munich (TU München)Training in microsurgery and replantation medicine under Professor Dr. Edgar Biemer.
4. Head of craniofacial surgery as senior consultantProfessor Mühlbauer entrusted me with heading this highly specialised sub-department as senior consultant – my particular clinical and scientific focus.
5. 25 years in private practice14 years of clinical work were followed by 25 years in my own practice.
6. plastetikToday I make my experience from almost 40 years in the profession available to plastetik – in Switzerland through plastetik GmbH, based in Feusisberg.

A broad training

Alongside burns surgery, the classic procedures of plastic surgery were an integral part of my training: breast reconstructions and all aesthetic breast operations, body-contouring procedures such as body lifts and abdominal wall reconstructions, upper arm and thigh lifts, liposuction – for medical reasons in lipoedema as well as in aesthetics – and complex hand surgery procedures.

Craniofacial surgery – my school for the face

Craniofacial surgery corrects complex changes to the bones and soft tissues of the skull and face. Typical applications are congenital malformations such as premature closure of the cranial sutures or cleft lip and palate, severe accident injuries and the reconstruction of bone and tissue structures after tumour operations.

This work demands very precise knowledge of facial anatomy. For me, it is an important foundation for all procedures on the face: from the mini-lift to the classic deep-plane facelift, through midface and neck lifts, forehead lifts, eyebrow as well as upper and lower eyelid corrections and bags under the eyes, to aesthetic-medical injection treatments.

My approach

For me, an aesthetic operation is not a single event. I accompany you from the first conversation through the procedure to aftercare. I give honest and clear advice, address risks and limits openly and will also advise against a procedure if it would not help you. My aim is results that suit you – and that nobody can tell you have had.