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Lipoedema awareness – the current state of play

5 September 2023 | Clare Anvar | ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery

Why do we need awareness? Around 40% of women in the UK are overweight or obese. Yet, within that 40% statistic, is a sub-set of women for whom that is not the full story. They suffer from a condition called...

OPINION – Cosmetic surgery: a difficult reality with a simple solution

13 September 2022 | Patrick Tansley | ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery

On 1 September 2022, an Independent Review released its long-awaited Report into Cosmetic Surgery in Australia [1]. Its key recommendation reflected the sentiment of our new, peer-reviewed, paper in the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery entitled ‘Cosmetic Surgery Regulation in...

Cautions, contraindications and complications in aesthetics

5 August 2020 | Nestor Demosthenous | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine

All aesthetic practitioners will face complications during their career. It is therefore vital to be prepared. Dr Nestor Demosthenous provides a comprehensive guide to potential complications when treating patients with fillers. A complication during or following a treatment carried out...

Perceptions and deceptions: a personal blog by the editor 4 July 2016

4 July 2016 | Andrew Burd (Prof)

I would like to take this opportunity to share a blog with Chris Day and the other junior doctors to talk about ‘whistle blowing’ and what it means. Typically, it refers to people who “speak out of turn”, “wash the...

Letter from Hong Kong (21 April 2020)

22 April 2020 | Andrew Burd (Prof)

The PMFA Journal co-editor Andrew Burd looks at the impact of SARS on plastic surgery in Hong Kong.

Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 4)

21 July 2021 | Andrew Burd (Prof)

I want to return to the case of Dr Mak, who was, from the available evidence, caught up in a miscarriage of justice that arose because of a lack of effective interprofessional communication in the legal process.

Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 6) - Cosmetic surgery in Hong Kong

15 November 2021 | Andrew Burd (Prof)

There is no formally recognised specialty of Cosmetic Surgery (and / or Medicine) in Hong Kong. Unsurprisingly, there are no formal training programs in cosmetic surgery or aesthetic medicine.

Letter from Hong Kong (6 January 2022)

6 January 2022 | Andrew Burd (Prof)

So now we are entering the third year of this global pandemic. It is changing, evolving and is bringing out the very best and the very worst in humanity. Science and scientists have had a real bashing, but then who by? Quacks, aardvarks and gobbeldygooks. Looking back is looking forward.

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