Dr. med. Markus Handle

Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Personality and individuality come first. Our focus is on achieving aesthetic results in a way that is gentle and safe.

Dr. med. Markus Handle is a specialist in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery with a focus on aesthetic facial surgery. His training spanned over eight years across leading plastic surgery clinics in Switzerland, followed by three years at the Clinica Pitanguy and Instituto Ivo Pitanguy in Rio de Janeiro, and further specialisation in facelift techniques under Dr. Daniel C. Baker in New York. His approach combines South American and US surgical techniques with a refined European sensibility, with particular attention to natural, gender-specific facial proportions.

Education

2001

Dr. med. Univ. — Medical Degree with Dissertation

Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck
2008–2011

Fellowship in Plastic & Aesthetic Surgery

Clinica Pitanguy & Instituto Ivo Pitanguy, Rio de Janeiro
2009–2011

Specialisation in Facelift Techniques

Clinic of Dr. Daniel C. Baker, New York

Memberships

— Court-certified Expert Witness for Plastic Surgery (Austria)
— Accredited Training Physician, Austrian Medical Chamber (Plastic Surgery)

Areas of Expertise

Facial Surgery

Aesthetic Medicine

Approach

Every treatment begins with a conversation.

Dr. med. Handle takes the time to understand what a patient hopes to achieve, to study the individual anatomy in detail, and to define what is realistically possible, before any plan is made. Where it helps, 3D simulation and skin analysis are used so that expectations and outcome are aligned from the start.

The result is a plan that is as medically precise as it is aesthetically considered.

Philosophy

At Clinic Selnau, aesthetic surgery and medicine are approached less as a means of change, and more as a means of alignment, between appearance, function and how a person actually sees themselves.

Every treatment is planned with the same principle in mind: a result that respects the individual’s own features rather than imposing an ideal on them. Discretion, precision and close personal attention are not add-ons here. They are the foundation the clinic is built on.

Clinic Experience

Clinic Selnau was conceived as a calm, private environment for those who value time and discretion in equal measure.

Every space, from consultation room to operating theatre, is considered down to the material and the light, built to support focus rather than distract from it. Nothing about the journey feels rushed or generic.

Each consultation, each procedure, is shaped around the person it’s for, not a fixed template.