Dr Rebecca Wyten (MED0001218326) is a Specialist Plastic Surgeon who works with female patients at her Melbourne-based practice, prioritising compassion, education, and client care with all procedures she performs. Dr Wyten specialises in breast and abdominal surgery for women and is a FRACS (Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons) member.
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Dr Rebecca Wyten has been in private practice since 2013. Her practice focuses on information, education and providing realistic expectations of cosmetic and reconstructive procedures and their outcomes. You can rest assured that your care will always be her priority when working together.
She believes that women should feel comfortable throughout their surgical journey. Approaching her work with a high level of empathy and honesty, she ensures that her patients have a realistic outlook on what can be achieved with surgical procedures.
With extensive experience caring for women following significant body changes, such as hormonal growth spurts, pregnancy, menopause, trauma or significant weight loss, her practice centres on helping clients throughout the process of aesthetic or reconstructive surgery.
Dr Wyten, through surgical procedures, can revise the texture, structure or position of normal bodily features. During consultation, Dr Wyten will create a treatment plan and discuss the surgery in detail, the potential risks and outcomes, ensuring every patient has a pragmatic view of what is, and isn’t possible with surgery.
To understand potential risks and recovery times for each procedure, please click the ‘Learn More’ button under the surgery you are researching.
Breast augmentation using implants can alter or increase the size and shape of your breasts and can be used to modify symmetry or add definition and cleavage. There is also an alternative option available that uses fat grafting, which utilises fat from other areas of the body to augment the breasts.
Breast augmentation cosmetic surgery using fat grafting removes fat via liposuction from a patient’s thighs, abdomen, back or hips and injects it into the breast tissue. This procedure may require more than one operation to achieve an increase in breast fullness.
Breast reduction surgery allows women to reduce the weight and size of breasts that may be heavy or uncomfortable and can also address concerns with symmetry, shape and the position of the nipple.
Mastopexy surgery can be performed with or without implants. This procedure can change the fullness, shape and position of your breasts, which may have changed after pregnancy, breastfeeding, the natural ageing process or significant weight loss.
Many women with cosmetic implants may need to replace them after ten years or may choose to do so if the implant has been displaced, ruptured or for personal choice. This procedure can be done with or without new implants being inserted.
Is a surgical procedure that can address excess abdominal skin after significant weight loss, inconjuction with repair separated abdominal muscles (diastasis recti), which can, in turn, strengthen the core muscles.
Liposuction is a procedure that can shape and contour the body by removing small fat deposits in areas such as the stomach, hips, legs, back. This fat may sometimes be used to perform breast enlargement through fat injections. Dr Wyten only performs this as an adjuvant procedure.
You can view some of Dr Wyten’s recent plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures below. Please note that individual results will vary, and your outcomes will be unique.
These photos are presented as a guide only. Patients on our website who have provided before and after photographs of their surgery journey have given Dr Wyten consent for them to be shared.
In addition to her work as a plastic surgeon, Dr Wyten mentors other female plastic surgeons and medical practitioners, sharing her knowledge and experience. She has also given her time to various charitable causes using her plastic and reconstructive surgery skills to help victims of burns in Nepal through Open Heart International and Children First Foundation.
Dr Wyten’s commitment to excellence and compassionate approach, combined with her extensive training and experience as a fully qualified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, enables her clients the assurance of working with a highly proficient and dedicated professional.
She holds current memberships with:
What procedures can Dr Rebecca Wyten assist with?
Dr Wyten is a fully qualified specialist plastic and reconstructive surgeon who regularly performs the following aesthetic and reconstructive procedures:
Where does Dr Wyten consult and perform procedures?
Dr Rebecca Wyten offers services through private consultations and operating in hospitals, allowing her to cater to a wide range of patients with diverse needs.
Dr Wyten Consults patients at the following Melbourne locations:
Dr Wyten operates:
Do I need a referral?
In Australia, seeing a doctor/general practitioner (GP) before booking for all surgery including is necessary.
This consultation will ensure that you are in good overall health and are a suitable candidate for surgery. Sometimes, you may also be referred to additional specialists to complete your management care.
If you are unsure of the best course of action to get started, please get in touch with our team; we’ll be more than happy to help.
What happens during my initial consultation?
Before making any decisions, it’s essential to understand what surgical procedures can achieve and also consider that your motivations and expectations are realistic.
All plastic surgery involves potential risks, which must be weighed carefully compared to potential benefits. If you have spoken to your GP, done some research and feel ready to take the next step, you can book your first consultation with Dr Wyten.
During your initial consultation, Dr Wyten will discuss the surgical procedure, ensure that you are aware of potential risks and benefits and discuss your expectations and what your post-surgery journey will entail. For detailed information, please visit: ‘Your First Consultation’.
A fee of $355 will apply for the consultation which is payable upon booking – this may be partially rebatable by Medicare, depending on your circumstances.
Are Medicare or private health insurance rebates available for plastic surgery?
Both Medicare and private health insurance rebates can apply for certain cosmetic and reconstructive surgeries. This will depend on:
Please contact our team to discuss possible rebates and associated item numbers.
Why is there so much variation in fees for breast and abdominal surgery?
Not only are there multiple types of surgeries that fall under these categories, but there are also many factors that can increase or decrease the costs of the surgery itself – such as if you need an overnight stay in the hospital, post-operative care, the type of implant used and many other possible differences.
It’s vital to research any plastic surgeon you are considering seeing and understand that there is a vast difference in skill sets and what surgery they are performing and level of aftercare.
Always ask for a details list of costings for the surgical journey and how private health insurance or self-insuring can impact your final cost.
