Aesthetic Medicine

The Department of Plastic Surgery and Medical Cosmetology at Peking University People's Hospital was established in 2008. All department members graduated from Peking University or Peking Union Medical College. The department has independent outpatient and inpatient facilities and is a designated institution in Beijing for training physicians authorized to practice medical cosmetology. Under the leadership of Director Li Guangxue, the department has developed vigorously. It currently has strong technical capabilities and experienced clinicians, including 1 chief physician, 2 deputy chief physicians, and 5 attending physicians.

The department covers both reconstructive and cosmetic surgery, combining a commitment to technical excellence, refined aesthetic expertise, minimally invasive approaches, individualized precision treatment, and first-class service quality. In reconstructive surgery, the department has achieved considerable expertise in wound repair after resection of giant tumors, various flap transfers, Stage I or Stage II breast reconstruction after breast cancer surgery, and the prevention and treatment of neuromas and phantom limb pain after amputation. In cosmetic surgery, the department has accumulated extensive clinical experience and achieved good postoperative results that satisfy patients in liposuction body sculpting, free-fat facial grafting, free-fat breast augmentation, facial rejuvenation surgery, cosmetic eyelid surgery, minimally invasive facial cosmetic surgery, cosmetic breast surgery, correction of gynecomastia, prosthetic breast augmentation, injection cosmetology, laser cosmetology, the diagnosis and treatment of surface tumors with cosmetic surgical reconstruction, comprehensive scar treatment, and other areas.

Adhering to high standards and strict requirements in medical care, teaching, research, preventive healthcare, and management, the department has established a strong medical team and works to cultivate internationally oriented professionals. The department places great emphasis on academic research and exchange and has received multiple awards and grants, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Capital Special Fund, the Capital Development Fund, and Peking University and Peking Union Medical College institutional funds. Department members have published numerous articles in important international and domestic academic journals, have been invited multiple times to speak at conferences in China and abroad, and have obtained multiple scientific research achievements.

To meet clinical needs, the department is equipped with internationally advanced medical equipment, including the Dufner endoscopic system, Carl Zeiss microsurgical equipment, and the Beijing Yanshan liposuction machine.

The establishment of the Department of Plastic Surgery and Medical Cosmetology provides patients in general hospitals with an opportunity to combine procedures into a single operation, avoiding the suffering of a second operation while reducing hospitalization time and costs. Through interdisciplinary MDT collaboration, the Department of Plastic Surgery and Medical Cosmetology assists various departments in addressing postoperative wound coverage and functional reconstruction for all types of patients, and can reduce problems such as phantom limb pain and residual-limb pain after surgery in amputees, thereby improving patients' ability to resume normal life after surgery.