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Focus on Plasma: The application of plasma devices in aesthetic medicine
AESTHETIC FOCUS Plasma: An ionised gas consisting of positive ions and free electrons in proportions resulting in more or less no overall electric charge, typically at low pressures (as in the upper atmosphere and in fluorescent lamps) or at very...
Regenerative Medicine in Aesthetic Treatments: Stem cells, Stromal Vascular Fraction, Platelet Rich Plasma and Platelet Rich Fibrin
30 March 2022
| Parisha Acharya
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PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
This book is a thoroughly informative and enjoyable read. The demand for integrative and regenerative medicine is rocketing and this book is a fantastic introduction to the subject. It is comprehensive yet a fairly comfortable read, easy to navigate and...
The Dallas Rhinoplasty and Dallas Cosmetic Surgery Dissection Guide
16 December 2021
| James ET Wokes
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PMFA - Rhinoplasty
Although this is the book review section, the first thing to note is that the book isn’t the main event here. This publication is a video and photograph dissection guide, produced from the world-renowned Dallas Rhinoplasty and Cosmetic Surgery Course....
Seasonal impact in burn profiles
19 September 2019
| Katie R Hilder
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PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
This study provides a seven-year retrospective review of burns management in one burns unit in Portugal. Particular focus is given to the cause (including whether or not the burn was work related or domestic), anatomical location and depth of burn,...
Postoperative antibiotics after a free flap surgery – is one dose enough?
1 August 2017
| Sunil K Bhatia
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PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
Major head and neck surgery with ablation of oral cancer, neck dissection and free flap reconstruction is a well-established part of maxillofacial surgery. These patients however already have significant co-morbidities and together with a long operation, large wounds open for...
Lateral canthal position after lateral orbitotomy
1 August 2016
| James Hsuan
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PMFA - Oculoplastic
This is a retrospective photographic study of changes in the lateral canthal position following a lateral orbitotomy performed via a lateral canthotomy and cantholysis of both upper and lower limbs of the lateral canthal tendon. Reconstruction of the lateral canthus...
Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 1)
31 May 2021
| Andrew Burd (Prof)
On the 8 December 2020, Justice Judianna Barnes sentenced Dr Mak Wan-ling to three and a half years in prison. The charge for which she was found guilty was gross negligence manslaughter (GNM). She had injected a contaminated blood sample into a patient and the patient had died. The conviction was fundamentally flawed.
The use of electrolysis in acne treatment – sebaceous gland ablation
Sebaceous gland ablation (SGA) offers a long-term solution to persistent acne. This is an exciting new treatment which is bringing hope to acne sufferers everywhere. What is acne? Acne is an unsightly skin condition which causes thickening and inflammation of...Plastic surgery founding father Ivo Pitanguy on life, learning and legends – remembering a giant
30 July 2020
| Lee Seng Khoo, Vasco Senna-Fernandes
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PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
World renowned Plastic Surgeon Ivo Pitanguy passed away on 6 August 2016 at the age of 93 just a day after carrying the Olympic torch for the Rio Games. Read on to learn about the life of this giant of...
In conversation with Dr Emanuele Bartoletti (2019)
1 March 2019
| Emanuele Bartoletti
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PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
We were delighted to catch up with Dr Emanuele Bartoletti, President of Società Italiana di Medicina Estetica (SIME) about this background and his thoughts on the importance of medical education. Dr Emanuele Bartoletti Can you tell us a bit about...
Introducing ReSurge Africa
16 April 2014
| Martyn Webster
I have just stepped down from the chairmanship of the charity ReSurge Africa. First of all a bit of background... This charity was founded in 1992 by JC Mustarde, a well known ophthalmic plastic surgeon, working at Canniesburn Plastic Surgery...
The Need for Informed Opinions
2 May 2014
| Andrew Burd (Prof)
It is important not to take sides too soon in any debate and let the various parties present their arguments. In this context, I mean ‘argument’ as a structured rational to support a specific position. With regard to aesthetic medicine...
