Dr Steven Liew is an Australian consultant plastic surgeon whose dynamic approach to facial transformations has helped shape the aesthetics specialty across the globe.
Dr Liew originates from humble beginnings. He was born in a tiny village of only 100 inhabitants in the heart of the Malaysian jungle. At 16, his parents sent him to Sydney alone to pursue his education.
He didn’t fall into medicine right away, in fact quite the opposite. “I love watching people in the sense that if I’m on the bus, I can tell you what everyone was wearing, especially if it’s striking. That translated into me wanting to be a fashion photographer.” However, his family did not approve, and he settled on becoming a surgeon instead, “without truly knowing what it meant,” he says.
He started studying at Sydney University in 1986 where he found that he had the technical skills to tackle surgical training, but did not fall in love with the routine,
body-focused surgeries he was being taught. Luckily, near the end of his training, he was asked to cover for a plastic surgery colleague, and he found his calling. He felt the creative side of the…
