Dr. med. Christian Schrank

Plastic surgeons of international reputation

Dr. Levy, specialist in surgery/plastic surgery, and Dr. Schrank, specialist in plastic and aesthetic surgery, have many years of professional experience. Dr. Levy is the only "Master Member" of the Society for Aesthetic Surgery to date. He headed the renowned Garmisch Partnach Clinic for Plastic-Aesthetic Surgery for 24 years. It was there that he met and appreciated his younger colleague Dr. Schrank, who has been a specialist in plastic and aesthetic surgery with a focus on facial, breastand body contouring surgery since 2003. Dr. Schrank heads the section on aesthetic surgery at the facelift and facial surgery.

Both doctors have participated in numerous national and international congresses throughout their careers, also organizing them and conducting live pre-operations with video transmission. In addition, they train guest doctors in theory and practice in the field of aesthetic surgery at their own clinic. The two doctors regularly publish their experiences, results, problems, and advancements in the field of aesthetic surgery in professional journals. The medical layperson gains deeper insights in the book “Becoming, Being, Staying Beautiful – Art and Philosophy of Aesthetic Surgery” by Dr. Yoram Levy (Edition Edis).

A perfect facelift must look natural

The surgical team now looks back on a whole decade of collaboration. What unites them besides their high professional qualifications is the passion for aesthetic surgery and the desire to be artistically creative. "The most important prerequisites for our profession are a well-founded specialist training, a pronounced sense of beauty of the surgeon, and many years of professional experience," explains Dr. Levy, who has now performed over 4000 facelifts.

And these, his colleague adds, are the supreme discipline of creative surgery: "We have set ourselves the goal of implementing beauty concepts. A facelift is only perfect if it leads to complete aesthetic harmony and at the same time creates a natural, unoperated appearance," say Dr. Levy and Dr. Schrank. To achieve this, "the muscles must be provided with new dynamics," explain the doctors, "a requirement that the so-called SMAS lift meets." SMAS stands for "Superficial Muscular Aponeurotic System," a technique that has been used for 30 years and has been further developed and perfected by Levy and Schrank. The technique is still "state of the art" today.

Comprehensive care in the practice clinic

The treatment spectrum of the practice clinic includes face-shaping procedures such as various facelift methods, Eyelid-, Noses- and ear corrections as well as injections with botulinum toxin A, autologous fat and fillers. Body-contouring procedures like Belly-, Thigh-, upper arm- and buttock lift, liposuction (liposuction) and skin surface correction. Breast shaping procedures such as breast enlargement, -reduction and –tightening.

In the field of reconstructive surgery, surgical corrections are performed on pre-operated and stigmatized patients. The medical team is considered a contact point for patients who were not satisfied with the result of an operation performed elsewhere. In the operating room, the two surgeons are supported by four anesthesiologists and three nurses. Up to 20 patients can be admitted to the practice clinic and also cared for postoperatively overnight.

Open and trusting relationship between doctor and patient

Anyone who comes to the practice clinic will find that the experienced surgeons treat each patient – whether during a consultation, a preliminary examination, or later during the surgical procedure – as if they had a close person in front of them. "We always want to advise and operate as if it were our own mother, sister, or wife."

Therefore, it is important for both surgeons that there is an open, sympathetic relationship between doctor and patient from the first conversation to the operation. “The search for perfection to achieve a natural, unoperated appearance, and the pursuit of maximum durability, painlessness, and complication minimization – these are the goals,” say Dr. Levy and Dr. Schrank, “and the most important thing of all is consensus with the patient.”