Cosmetic surgery
Consultations that begin with your goals and give a balanced picture of what surgery can and cannot do.
Cosmetic surgeryAbout
Meet Dr Christine Nyabuto
Dr Christine Nyabuto is a plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgeon in Nairobi, Kenya. She loves cosmetic surgery, keeps training in microsurgery and cares deeply about women affected by FGM.
She believes good care starts with listening. She takes time to understand what you want, explains things in plain language and never rushes you into a decision.
Approach to care
Taking each person seriously
For Dr Christine, good surgery starts long before the operating theatre. It starts with understanding the person in front of her: what worries them, what they hope for and what they need to feel safe.
- Time to explain your goals and ask your questions, without pressure to proceed.
- Honest discussion of suitability, limitations, risks, recovery and costs before any decision.
- Respect for your choices, including the choice of another approach, or no procedure at all.
- Referral to, or collaboration with, other specialists where that serves you better.
Interests
Where her work is focused
Reconstruction
Including a particular interest in breast and reconstructive surgery, and the wound care that complex reconstruction often depends on.
Reconstructive surgeryMicrosurgical learning
Continuing training in the detailed, magnified techniques used in parts of reconstructive surgery.
MicrosurgeryCare after FGM
Respectful, unhurried care for women affected by female genital mutilation, centred on dignity and choice.
Care after FGMProfessional journey
Training and milestones
- 2016Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)
University of Nairobi
- Early careerInternship and medical officer posts
Including Kiambu Level 6 Hospital, Nairobi West Hospital, and Medical Officer in Charge at the National Spinal Injury Referral Hospital
- Specialist trainingPlastic and reconstructive surgery
University of Nairobi Master of Medicine programme at Kenyatta National Hospital — Deputy Chief Resident 2023/24, then Chief Resident
- May 2025Part of a world-first operation
Listed among the surgeons supporting Kenyatta National Hospital’s first transhumeral targeted sensory reinnervation (TSR) procedure
- 2025–26SHARE Global Fellow
The Plastic Surgery Foundation
Service and leadership
- Organising Secretary, Wound Care Society of Kenya, and a contributor to Kenya’s first wound care guidelines book
- Member of the Kenya Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (KSPRAS) and its Outreach Committee
- Nairobi Microsurgery Workshop Committee, and an organiser of the annual Microsurgery Workshop
- Organiser of the 2022 Burn Symposium in Nakuru
- Co-author of a study of healthcare workers’ knowledge and satisfaction with wound care services in Kenyan hospitals (Pan-African Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 2024)
These details are drawn from published sources:KSPRAS member profile (opens in a new tab); The Plastic Surgery Foundation — SHARE Global Fellows (opens in a new tab); Kenyatta National Hospital — world’s first transhumeral TSR surgery (opens in a new tab); Pan-African Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (opens in a new tab).
Education and speaking
Part of the professional conversation
Dr Christine has taken part in professional meetings in Kenya and abroad, including the ICOPLAST 2nd World Congress in Dubai, the KSPRAS Annual Scientific Conference and EFSM 2026 in Prague. Making complicated topics easy to understand is something she enjoys.
Consultations
Start with a conversation
You don’t need to have it all figured out. Send a request and the clinic will get back to you to arrange a time.
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