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How I Do It - Approaches to non-surgical face lifting
1 April 2018
| Martyn King, Paolo Bonan (Prof), Nicola Bruscino, Vesna Tlaker
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PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
PDO threads By Martyn King Polydioxanone or poly-p-dioxanone (PDO, PDS) is a colourless, crystalline, biodegradable polymer of multiple repeating ether-ester units and has been used in many disciplines of surgery as subcutaneous and cutaneous stitches for over 30 years. It...
Preferred upper / lower lip ratio and perception of naturally looking lips, a study across generations and genders
2 February 2024
| Elena Makropoulou, Ana Cristina Diniz Silva
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PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
Introduction ‘Beauty is in the eye of the beholder’. Although it sounds true, most often some beauty patterns or preferences can be innate or intuitive [1]. When it comes to the ideal lips, how much of their features can be...
Anatomy of the ageing lip
1 December 2016
| Sotirios Foutsizoglou
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PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
With lip augmentation an ever popular option for those seeking more youthful looks it is vital that practitioners have a proper understanding of anatomy. In the first of our two-part special focus (see here for Part 2) on lips Dr...
In vivo animals model shows no disadvantages of osteosynthesis with pins compared to titanium screws for condylar fractures
10 February 2014
| Sampath Chandra Prasad
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PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
The advantages of resorbable pins have been proved in craniofacial surgeries. Here the authors extend its use to fractures of the condylar head, which are surgically challenging. The authors aimed to compare in vivo, the stability of fixation of condylar...
Vivacy introduces ground-breaking commercial policy
12 June 2024
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Research & Development
The Vivacy Loyalty Scheme in a nutshell: great prices for high-quality products all year round. We constantly check our prices across the whole market and we are confident that we offer great value and...
Plastic surgery and safety issues: a patient perspective
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...
The effect of skin graft contracture when using artificial dermis
3 June 2015
| Zeeshan Sheikh
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PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
This is a report of a prospective clinical trial performed in a single centre in Seoul, South Korea. The group attempted to observe the change in size of skin grafts applied to an artificial dermal substitute (matriderm). Two groups of...
How I Do It - Postoperative care following aesthetic breast surgery – augmentation, reduction / mastopexy and augmentation mastopexy
The first aspect of postoperative care is to prevent or pre-empt potential problems; two main concerns are bleeding and infection. Towards the end of the procedure, I always undertake an antiseptic or saline washout before closing and check the blood...
Extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma in the head and neck
1 June 2014
| Sunil K Bhatia
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PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
The authors present a retrospective single institution review of patients with a very rare variant of non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL). They report on the occurrence, clinical course and outcomes of their patients with natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (NKTCL) nasal type. Sixty-three patients...
In conversation with Emanuele Bartoletti (2024)
We were delighted to catch up with Dr Emanuele Bartoletti, President of Società Italiana di Medicina Estetica (SIME), about the latest news from the society. You have been involved with SIME for many years now; what have been the highlights...Dermoscopy: an update and personal view
1 April 2018
| Stephen Hayes
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PMFA - Dermatology
With skin cancer now at epidemic levels, early diagnosis is essential. Specialist Stephen Hayes advocates the use of dermoscopy as a triage tool and explains how to interpret the data. Melanoma skin cancer is now the UK’s fifth most common...
Letter from Hong Kong (3 November 2020)
3 November 2020
| Andrew Burd (Prof Rtrd.)
It is seven months since I wrote the first ‘Letter from Hong Kong’. The message then was simple: “Fear is okay, panic is not and wear masks”. It is one month since I wrote the last letter and that message? “Life goes on and will go on no matter what.”
