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Risks and benefits of sunlight exposure

1 December 2016 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology | Sunlight, Sun protection, Vitamin D, Sunburn, Skin cancer, Tanning
The author provides a timely summary of recently published National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) (2016) guidance regarding the risks and benefits of sunlight exposure and capturing the challenges which face healthcare professionals in communicating key messages focusing...

Treating individuals who identify as transgender

6 April 2016 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology | Transgender, Hair removal, Gender identity, Consultation
An interesting oversight of a specialised area of aesthetic medicine concerning hair removal for male-to-female transgender individuals. The author discusses the definition of ‘transgender’ with reference to The Gender Identity Research and Education Society, to guide aesthetic nurses to this...

Nanotechnology and regenerative therapeutics in plastic surgery

6 April 2016 | | General Plastic Surgery | Cyborg tissue, Nanoelectronics, Nanoengineering, Nanotechnology, Plastic surgery, Theranostics
This review is focussed on how novel nanotech therapeutics can apply to modern plastic surgery. The review does not pose a specific question and, therefore, does not base the review on a particular hypothesis to whether nanotech carries an evidence...

Measures against female hair loss

1 December 2013 | | General Plastic Surgery | Alopecia, Donor site, Female hair transplantation, Female pattern hair loss, Recipient site, Scalp, Telogen effluvium
The author presents a detailed, well-structured review about female hair transplant surgery. Female hair pattern loss usually differs from male hair pattern loss, resulting in regions of the scalp where hair density falls without complete alopecia. Surgery for female patients...

A comprehensive proforma for maxillo-facial trauma

1 October 2013 | | Maxillofacial Surgery
The authors begin by emphasising the importance of complete medical records in maxillo-facial trauma by pointing to the fact that the records not only provide the necessary clinical information but also provide legal protection of both the patient and the...

Delays in oral cancer

2 December 2019 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | Oral cancer, patient delay, professional delay, squamous cell carcinoma, treatment delay
This is a review from Canada where they attempt to relate the delays in oral cancer presentation to treatment and the impact on stage, diagnosis and survival. They recognise that potentially the most significant delay is between the patient first...

Obituary: Michael Felix Freshwater, MD 1948-2016

17 October 2016 |
Revelation By Robert Frost (my favourite American Poet) WE make ourselves a place apartBehind light words that tease and flout,But oh, the agitated heartTill someone find us really out. ‘Tis pity if the case require(Or so we say) that in...

Ointment related granulomas post-blepharoplasty

5 October 2015 | | Oculoplastics
This is a retrospective review of eight patients who developed granulomatous masses after lower lid blepharoplasty. All patients had sutureless bilateral trans-conjunctival surgery, and lubricating ointment was instilled into the inferior fornix postoperatively for two days. Painless lower lid masses...

Blindness after orthognathic surgery

1 June 2018 | | Oculoplastics, Maxillofacial Surgery | anaesthesia and controlled hypotensive complications, orthognathism surgery complications, orthognatic surgery ophthalmic complications, perioperative visual loss
This is a case report and review of the literature of this rare, but well recognised alarming complication. The authors discuss the possible mechanisms, suggesting that it does not arise from a direct injury to the optic nerve and is...

Melanoma skin cancer: how can we improve early detection in the UK?

1 April 2020 | | Dermatology
With melanoma rates increasing globally, should there be screening of high-risk groups? Stephen Hayes takes a look at how Australia has reduced its melanoma mortality and asks whether a similar model should be adopted elsewhere. In Britain, some 16,000 new...

Smile Train Spread Smiles in Edinburgh

12 July 2022 |
Smile Train, the world’s largest cleft charity, set up a billboard in the heart of Edinburgh to raise awareness about cleft as part of Cleft Awareness Month.

Plastic surgery and safety issues: a patient perspective

12 October 2021 | | General Plastic Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery
Patient safety in the unregulated world of cosmetic plastic surgery is now an extremely serious global issue. The media is always ready to sensationalise disasters but what can be done to prevent them? One key issue is the concept of...