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As a member of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), this physician is among a select group of board-certified plastic surgeons who have attained the highest level of achievement in cosmetic surgical training, continuing education and clinical experience.

Philosophy & Practice Info

Practice Philosophy

By incorporating the full services of a spa into a plastic surgery practice twenty years ago, Dr. Wilkinson's Cosmetic Surgery Center & Spa has earned the reputation as an emulated and much copied example of the integration of patient care with surgical care. Fully trained aestheticians and office staff provide pro-operative and post-operative care, skin and body rejuvenation programs as well as the personalized service that our patients have come to expect. Celebrities, patients from other states and countries and many San Antonians attest to the excellence of care, the innovative procedures that are applied, and the ongoing clinical research into such areas such as coblation and non-surgical face recontouring. The majority of patients in our practice are referred from other physicians in plastic surgery across the nation and internationally and from satisfied and enthusiastic patients and clients of our spa. Our clinic has also earned the reputation as a center for repair of unfortunate poor results that can occur in plastic surgery.

Dr. Wilkinson is a member of the Innovative Procedures Committee of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, a frequent lecturer to national and international plastic surgery organizations, and author of two current and one pending textbook on plastic surgery techniques. He has been involved in evaluating and improving many new standard plastic surgery techniques including external ultrasound for facial recontouring, an effective and inexpensive tattoo removal program that is now a state wide entity sponsored by the Attorney General of Texas, and is credited as the originator of techniques including lip enhancement, "the limited incision tummy tuck", the internal breast lift and more recently, internal repair of the damaged breast.

Practice Specialization

As the national editor of Technical Forum, the official bulletin of the International Society of Clinical Plastic Surgeons, Dr. Wilkinson as editor for 20 years has access to plastic surgeons on the cutting edge of our specialty. His own contributions in conjunction with colleagues include many changes in procedures that are widely accepted or should be. These include the “French line” small incision abdominoplasty combining external ultrasound assisted liposuction, the submental “tuck” in conjunction with facelifting, the mid-face lift now performed with external ultrasound, non-surgical “facelift” for certain candidates with external ultrasound alone (no surgical intervention), breast augmentation procedures and breast augmentation repairs with the “internal bra”, operation especially for individuals with severe damage from previous breast surgery. Dr. Wilkinson is preparing a new textbook for publication in 2002 entitled Atlas of Liposuction which will further promote the standards of the profession. Dr. Wilkinson’s clinic was one of the first in the country to incorporate skin care as a preparation for facial surgery, the less invasive skin peel procedures for facial rejuvenation and a full service spa with before and after care in body and breast sculpturing.

Payment Options

The Cosmetic Surgery Center and Spa has an arrangement with a financial group who makes very reasonable terms for a patient to finance all or part of their surgical procedures, the initial consultation with Dr. Wilkinson and all subsequent visit so that patients may feel free to call or come in for advice.