My Art & Craft

Life stories, life experiences, tragedy, funny: What Dr. Colette C. Camenisch hears every day in her consultation hours as a plastic-aesthetic surgeon has made her the person she is today. Moving stories that have shaped her as a person and as a physician. She is grateful for that. In her book My Craft Plastic Surgery, Dr. Colette C. Camenisch, plastic-aesthetic surgeon and senior physician at the Clinic Beethovenstrasse in Zurich, writes about her work. But their patients also have their say. It is important to her to do away with the idea that aesthetic interventions are only a privilege of the upper class. She sees her task as fulfilled when patients can identify with their body and accept themselves again. An impressive text/picture book full of life stories and life experiences.



Colette Carmen Camenisch is a Swiss surgeon, raised in the mountains of Switzerland, who captivates with her charm and authenticity. Alongside her renowned career as a plastic and aesthetic surgeon, she is also a successful businesswoman, admired for her charisma and heartfelt dedication.

Fluent in several languages and fascinated by different cultures, she spent much of her youth traveling the world. Today, she lives in Zurich, where she continues her dual role as a plastic surgeon and entrepreneur. Her work is defined by empathy, precision, and an unwavering commitment to her patients, values that mirror both her professional excellence and her personal journey.

Throughout her life, Colette C. Camenisch has faced and overcome many challenges, pursuing advanced training both in Switzerland and abroad.

In her book, she shares her path to becoming a plastic surgeon, the obstacles she encountered along the way, and what moves her most: accompanying her patients into a new chapter of their lives. With great humanity, sensitivity, and skill, she reveals what has always been at the heart of her vocation, the well-being of her patients.



About this book



Instead of a Foreword: A Commitment



Part 1 – My Calling



A Surgeon in the Making—Anatomy of a Childhood Dream

Indian Lessons—A Formative Journey

Difficult Years in Emergency Medicine

Stockholm calling—Memories & Mentors

Independence in Practice

Colette C. Camenisch – Interview: Behind the Scenes—My Clinic



Part 2 – My Patients



Christina, 28 – Tummy Tuck / Arm Lift: "I have not truly settled into my new body yet"

Anna, 54 – Lipoedema: "After the operation, I felt sexy"

Silvia, 60 – Breast Implant Exchange: "Looking good makes you happy"

Mark, 67 – Eyelid Surgery: "Eyes Wide Open"

Carmen, 45 – Tubular Breasts: "Remaking the Mirror"

Mia, 23 – Labiaplasty: No Sports for Four Weeks—A Small Price for Happiness

Andrea, 61 – Breast Reduction: "Freedom at last"



Acknowledgements

Imprint



'For me, aesthetic medicine means bringing the outside into harmony with the inside. Only when both are in harmony does true beauty emerge' Colette C. Camenisch