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From female genital mutilation to female genital reconstruction

1 April 2014 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
The demand for reconstruction of mutilated female genitalia is increasing in Europe due to the empowerment of immigrant and naturalised women from Africa. Their wish for reconstruction is more than a matter of surgery, as these women still have to...

Do implants assist rehabilitation following mandibular reconstruction?

1 December 2016 | | PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
The gold standard for the reconstruction of the mandible is a free bony flap, the fibula being commonly used. Following reconstruction optimal function and aesthetic rehabilitation is the goal. There is no doubt that patients consider chewing, swallowing and speech...

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

1 December 2013 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - 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...

Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 23) - Snoring

8 April 2022 |
We all know what snoring is, but do we understand what snoring means?

How I Do It - Surgical upper lip lift

4 December 2023 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery
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 shape and volume of the lips are highly significant features when...

How I Do It - Using Nd:Yag laser for correction of vascular anomalies

14 November 2023 | | PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery
Vascular anomalies are the most common lesions that can often lead to disfigurement of a child's appearance. Due to the complexity of diagnosis and individual specialists’ understanding of their pathological process, these young patients often undergo many unnecessary tests and...

Bone augmentation for dental implant surgery

1 October 2016 | | PMFA - Dentistry, PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
Crawford Gray, Dental Implant Clinician in Aberdeen, demonstrates how the development of grafting materials and techniques has allowed an improved aesthetic outcome from dental implant surgery. The provision of dental implants has become an accepted part of patient care, encompassing...

Exosomes: everything you always wanted to know and questions to ask your exosome provider

4 December 2023 | | PMFA - CPD, PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
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. What are exosomes? Exosomes are just one subset of extracellular vesicles (EVs),...

How I Do It - Approaches to non-surgical face lifting

1 April 2018 | | 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...

Rediscovering the Lost Art of Endonasal Rhinoplasty

1 October 2013 | | PMFA - Rhinoplasty
The invention of modern rhinoplasty by Joseph transformed our understanding of nasal anatomy and surgery. His endonasal technique soon spread from Europe to the USA and dominated the surgical culture of the 20th century. The excessive removal nasal support structures...

How I Do It - Non-surgical skin cancer treatment: topical photodynamic therapy

1 December 2015 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
The incidence of skin cancer is rising exponentially in the UK; in particular non-melanoma skin cancer, yet the current statistical data surrounding exact figures is thought to be underestimated. Topical photodynamic therapy (PDT) provides a non-invasive, safe and efficacious modality...

A review of plasma medicine

1 February 2019 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - Oculoplastic
The author investigates the efficacy and tolerability of plasma treatments and asks what the future might hold in this field. Plasma medicine, a new and revolutionary technology to aesthetics, utilises the physical process of sublimation for therapeutic purposes. Non-surgical clinical...