A FERMANAGH-born surgeon has released his latest memoir.
‘Doctor to the stars’, Dr. Patrick Treacy is a Garrison native, and spoke to the Impartial Reporter ahead of the release of his new book, ‘The Needle and the Damage Done.’
It has been described as part travelogue, part thriller, part celebrity tell-all, with the memoir a whirlwind of adventure as it provides a fascinating insight into the colourful life of Dr. Treacy.
It’s one of six books he has written during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of which are medical books focusing on his practice of cosmetic surgery.
His book follows his journey from 2012 on, and will give readers some background on innovations which helped Dr. Treacy be crowned Top Aesthetic Practitioner in the World (USA) in 2019, as well as Top Aesthetic Medical Aesthetic Practitioner in the UK in 2019.
Dr Patrick Treacy
Speaking of some of these innovations to The Impartial Reporter, Dr. Treacy said: “ There is a bit of research but not anything that the normal person in Belleek or Lisnaskea couldn’t understand.”
In a relaxed interview he spoke on some of his work to reverse damage from derma fillers and his work to use Botox for migraines.
This book serves as an update to Dr. Treacy’s 2015 memoir, ‘Behind the Mask’, which focused on his early life growing up in Garrison, training to be a doctor and his relationship with pop singer Michael Jackson, for whom he served as his dermatologist for many years.
Many people in Fermanagh have noted the rise in the use of aesthetic medicine in the county and across the world, with Dr. Treacy revealing this is not a new practice.
He said: “Surgery and aesthetic medicine only crossed over into Britain, Ireland and America in the last 200 years, but 1,500 years before Our Lord was born, people were doing chemical peels or using belladonna in their eyes to make them look wider.
“All that has changed is the technology has got better, and we can do more now.”
The Needle and the Damage Done by Dr Patrick Treacy
Dr. Treacy is looking forward to the future, including the launch of a skincare brand, and he is also looking into opening new clinics in major cities around the world.
The Impartial Reporter asked if Dr. Treacy would ever bring a skin clinic to his native Fermanagh, and his home village, Garrison.
Dr. Treacy laughed and replied: “The people of Garrison are too good looking for my services.”
The Needle and the Damage Done is out now, and can be purchased from all good book stores.
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