LEADING PLASTIC SURGEON HAS 15,000 CLIENTS

Chronicle (Levin), 17 June 1946, Page 7

LEADING PLASTIC SURGEON HAS 15,000 CLIENTS

R.A.A.F. men who wanted their protruding ears corrected and [ broken noses straightened were among the best war-time customers of Swiss-born Charles Willi, one of London's leading plastic surgeons. He charges 50 guineas for each case. In a 35 years' practicc he has had 15,000 clients, including maharajahs, businessmen, actors, some of the world's piost beautiful actresses, society women. Willi is emphatic that his clients come to him, not from vanity, but from a desire- to look well. "I don't | give beauty — I . restore it," he said. However, he removes' double chins, | wrinkles, moles, .drooping eyeiidsi re-models noses. He began his work j as a nose surgeon, gradually j expanding his work as patients asked him to alter other facial features. People who want Jewish noses re-modelled are among his best customers. "Nobody seems to want a Jewish nose — not even Jews," said Willi. . Girls and women all' want snub noees. Boys, he finds, beeome selfconscious about the shape and size of their nose around 18 to 20 years of age. The longest operation Willi has done was a 10-day treatment to remove pufflness under a patient's eyes. He claims the result to be permanent. "Recently, I finished treatment on a 60-year-old actor," he said. "Now, he looks 45, and will" stay like that for 20 years."