Mr Alexander Armstrong
Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon in Plymouth
BMedSci(Hons) BMBS MSc(Burn Care) FEBHS FRCS(Plast)
GMC: 7045233
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Professional statement
Mr Alexander Armstrong is a certified and highly skilled consultant plastic, reconstructive and hand surgeon based in Plymouth. He has a decade of experience in plastic surgery. He provides skin cancer and mole removal, adult and paediatric hand surgery, hypospadias surgery, and gender reassignment (FTM) top surgery. Mr Armstrong is certified by the Royal College of Surgeons in all areas of Cosmetic Surgery. He specialises in cosmetic surgery for the face, breast and body.
He is also offers services as expert witness and in medicolegal work.
Mr Armstrong originally qualified from the University of Nottingham, with intercalated BMedSci and BMBS degrees. Following his initial appointments, including a registry year in Australia, Mr Armstrong completed his core surgical training in Exeter and his higher plastic surgery training on the prestigious Oxford Rotation. This included instruction in the renowned plastic surgery units of Exeter, Chester, Oxford, Portsmouth, Liverpool, Stoke Mandeville, and the famed Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
Internationally, Mr Armstrong successfully undertook specialist training in Australia as well as in the USA, before joining a charitable plastic surgery mission to Cambodia. Upon his return to the UK, Mr Armstrong accomplished a subspecialist fellowship at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, where he focused on hypospadias, limb differences, vascular anomalies and skin lesions in children. Mr Armstrong was awarded a travelling fellowship later on to further his expertise in hypospadias surgery in seven units in England, with the support of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons.
Committed to high-quality care, Mr Armstrong is also involved in the regulation, legislation and improvement of surgical and non-surgical cosmetic services in the UK. He has previously sat on the British Associations of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons professional standards committee, is on the board of the Joint Council of Cosmetic Practice, and is also a founding trustee of the Cosmetic Practice Standards Authority, which notably developed the criteria for non-surgical cosmetics. Additionally, Mr Armstrong has served as an advisory specialist for the Care Quality Commission since 2017.
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A B. Verified Patient
26/04/2024
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I had a concern about a lesion on my face and Mr Armstrong was very reassuring and did a biopsy, Mr Armstrong personally advised me of the results, I would highly recommend Mr Armstrong to anyone wishing to have have cosmetic/plastic surgery
S G. Verified Patient
26/04/2024
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Mr Armstrong is a great clinician, calm, approachable and excellent knowledge. Post op i've had zero complications.
P K. Verified Patient
25/04/2024
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Superb treatment from start to finish, I had a tricky day patient nose skin graft, With a piece taken out of my neck Mr Armstrong was brilliant, and the aftercare from the staff around was out standing,no waiting, all very efficient!
L A. Verified Patient
25/04/2024
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I’m very grateful to have been treated by such a caring and expert surgeon for several skin cancers. Alex explained everything very clearly, and I had a very positive and comfortable experience both times in theatre. Fantastic cosmetic result and follow up.