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Liposuction – changes in contemporary practice

27 April 2023 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
This article charts the progress and evolution of ‘liposculpture’ over an 18-year period, the surgical journey of over 5000 patients included in the paper. The senior author highlights the technical changes made over the period and how these have led...
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Problems in Periorbital Surgery: A Repair Manual

7 October 2020 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
This is a multi-author textbook directed at oculoplastic and plastic surgeons carrying out and managing aesthetic eyelid surgery. The authors are well-known and commonly cite their mentor, Clinton (‘Sonny’) McCord as the main inspiration behind the textbook. Each section contains...

Effects of orbital decompression

1 December 2017 | | PMFA - Oculoplastic
This is a retrospective review of 319 orbital decompression operations in 169 patients (73% female) with thyroid eye disease. Three wall decompressions were performed in 92 eyes, 2-wall in 206 (medial and floor), and a single wall (medial) in 18,...

Medical racism and the surgical ‘correction’ of the nose in Brazil

3 October 2023 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery
Anthropologist Professor Carmen Alvaro Jarrín has conducted extensive research into plastic surgery practice in Brazil. Here, she explains why social and cultural ideas about race may shape rhinoplasty objectives for patients and surgeons in the country. Health professionals worldwide are...

Living confidently with a distinctive face or body

1 April 2015 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
The visual impact of having a face which has scars from an accident or burns like mine or a birthmark, a cleft lip and palate, a Bell’s palsy or a skin condition is arguably not taken seriously enough by clinical...

Prednisolone and/or acyclovir for Bell’s palsy

1 June 2022 |
Facial nerve paralysis as a consequence of Bell’s palsy can result in devastating long‑term effects on a patient’s appearance. What is the best medical treatment for this condition? Stuart Burrows provides his appraisal of this landmark paper from the New...

In conversation with Harryono Judodihardjo

23 February 2022 | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
We were delighted to catch up with Harryono Judodihardjo, esteemed Dermatologist and Director of Belgravia Dermatology. Can you tell us a little bit about what led you into the field of dermatology and what have been the highlights so far?...

Perceptions and Deceptions a personal blog by the editor 4 May 2016

4 May 2016 |
So in the space of just a few days the Junior Doctors in the UK have engaged in the first all-out strike in the NHS since 1975. I was a medical student then and the issue was pay and conditions....

Body contouring surgery following massive weight loss

1 April 2014 | | PMFA - 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...

Who is Qualified The debate continues

3 December 2013 |
At the beginning of November the Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko reported on the Working Group that was looking at the differentiation between Medical Procedures and Beauty Services. The group had met three times and seven...

The AMWC 2023 awards

16 March 2023 | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Breast Surgery, PMFA - Dentistry, PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Hand & Wrist Surgery, PMFA - Imaging, PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery, PMFA - Oculoplastic, PMFA - Rhinoplasty
In partnership with the Aesthetic Multispecialty Society (AMS), the 2023 AMWC Awards honours physicians for their innovative protocols and techniques, in addition to treatment results in the field of aesthetic & anti-ageing medicine. The ceremony is also an occasion to...

Could epidermal grafting be the solution to vitiligo?

1 February 2017 | | PMFA - Dermatology
Dr Foutsizoglou shares his thoughts on a recent innovation based on epidermal grafting that could be used on vitiligo patients. I attended the ‘Make Better Summit Meeting’, an international surgical congress organised by Acelity™ and chaired by Professor Dr med....