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Lymphoedema surgical treatment: myths and facts

1 February 2017 | | General Plastic Surgery
Lymphoedema is a common condition that has a major impact on quality of life. Surgical treatment can help affected patients and produce good results, but there is no consensus on which surgical procedure is the most effective. The authors review...

The Challenge of Renaissance, not Reconstruction: the aftermath of an acid attack

1 December 2013 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Facial Plastic Surgery
What madness makes a human being perpetrate a crime that is so horrible, so evil that makes it a capital offense (in Bangladesh) even though the death involved is of a person who remains alive? The motivation behind an interpersonal...

Management of the eye in facial paralysis

16 June 2016 | | Facial Plastic Surgery, Oculoplastics | Ectropion, Eyelid reanimation, Facial palsy, Facial paralysis, Lagophthalmos, Lower eyelid tightening, Upper eyelid loading, Upper eyelid weight
Ocular prevention is the first and foremost priority in the management of the patient with facial paralysis. John J Chi presents a review on the management of the upper and lower eyelid in cases of the paralysed face. In the...

Repair of the supernumerary nostril

5 August 2014 | | Facial Plastic Surgery, Rhinoplasty
The supernumerary nostril is a rare challenge, first reported by Lindsay in 1906. It has been suggested that they may develop from an accessory nasal pit or from a fissure in the lateral nasal process to create a double nostril....

Stability of lateral canthal position following endoscopic forehead-midface-lift

1 December 2013 | | Facial Plastic Surgery
The paper is a retrospective study of the changes on the lateral canthal area following endoscopic forehead-midface-lift in a series of 40 patients operated by the same surgeon. Four different parameters (horizontal width, vertical height, palpebral fissure width and angle...

Body contouring surgery following massive weight loss

1 April 2014 | | General Plastic Surgery
There are many different perceptions about what defines the term ‘overweight’. The reality is however that, for many, being overweight is a condition that brings with it significant health and social problems. It is estimated that almost two thirds of...

CO2 laser treatment of rhinophyma

7 December 2020 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology, Facial Plastic Surgery, CPD - The PMFA Journal, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
This article has been verified for CPD. Click the button below to answer a few short questions and download a form to be included in your CPD folder. The authors describe their technique and experience of treating rhinophymas with a...

An epidemic of lower limb gunshot injuries

18 June 2020 | | General Plastic Surgery, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact upon us all, the author, a reconstructive plastic surgeon, provides a thought-provoking account of a different type of epidemic that is having devastating consequences. The Oxford English Dictionary defines an epidemic as “a...

Rejuvenation of the forehead: correction of the frontal concavity

1 June 2016 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
During the ageing process, many different anatomical changes contribute to the aged appearance of the face [1]. Focusing on the forehead, typical age-related changes are regression of the hairline, solar damage, skin laxity, dynamic wrinkles, reduction of fat and bone...

A study of chronic refractory tibia osteomyelitis treated with surgery and adjuvant hyperbaric oxygen

19 August 2020 | | General Plastic Surgery, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Introduction Chronic tibial osteomyelitis is a difficult problem to eradicate and often fails to respond to surgical treatment. Orthopaedic surgeons find it difficult to treat these infections which reside as a nidus in dead bone. There is always a risk...

Non-invasive lip and perioral rejuvenation with 1550nm non-ablative fractional laser

26 March 2024 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Lips play a significant role in our facial aesthetics and are often considered a focal point of beauty and sensuality [1,2]. Over time, factors like ageing, sun exposure, and lifestyle choices can effect the appearance and condition of our lips....

Raising the bar for safer cosmetic surgery in the UK – part 1

1 August 2018 | | General Plastic Surgery
In part one of a two-series article Professor James Frame, from the Anglia Ruskin University, gives us his opinion on what needs to be done to improve cosmetic surgery and patient safety in the UK. Cosmetic surgery is most easily...