From breast reconstruction, skin cancer removal, face lifts, cleft lip and palate repair, plastic and reconstruction surgeons have one of the most diverse jobs in medicine.
This week, Weekend Argus spent some time with plastic and reconstructive surgeon Liezl du Toit, and her team at Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital. Du Toit, 45, performed a cleft lip repair on one-year-old Kaia Nixon, from Strand.
A cleft lip is a physical split or separation of the two sides of the upperlip and appears as a narrow opening or gap in the skin of the upper lip.
This separation often extends beyond the base of the nose and includes the bones of the upper jaw and/or upper gum.
Weekend Argus | 24 October | By Keagan Mitchell