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Plastic surgery and safety issues: a patient perspective

12 October 2021 | | General Plastic Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery
Patient safety in the unregulated world of cosmetic plastic surgery is now an extremely serious global issue. The media is always ready to sensationalise disasters but what can be done to prevent them? One key issue is the concept of...

Recent developments in hyaluronic acid research

5 February 2020 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology, General Plastic Surgery
Hyaluronic acid has a role in many medical specialties, not just aesthetics. Anna Baker takes us through the latest evidence and therapeutic indications. The evidence and demand for hyaluronic acid (HA) based technologies continues to expand and evolve across a...

Old dogs can learn new tricks: the use of an often overlooked treatment modality for pathologically fractured mandibles

1 December 2021 | | Maxillofacial Surgery
Figure 1: Timeline detailing key events in the patient’s treatment. Whilst commonly affecting the feet, spine and hips in adults, osteomyelitis (OM) can also present to the oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) clinic as pathology of the jaws. Case reports...

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...

Post-truth bogus science – cosmetic surgical research concerns support the need for research integrity watchdog in Australia

17 April 2024 | | General Plastic Surgery, Aesthetic Medicine, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
The post-truth phenomenon has become a worldwide problem. The absence of a research integrity watchdog in Australia is causing related concern in aesthetic surgery, with the risk of research misconduct being allowed to prosper and benefit vested commercial interests. We...

A review of plasma medicine

1 February 2019 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology, Oculoplastics
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...

Filler complications: is there a way to prevent vascular compromise with 3D-anatomy?

10 October 2017 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Facial Plastic Surgery, Imaging, Dermatology
The use of facial filler injections has increased dramatically over the last 10 years and so has the incidence of complications. The main and most serious adverse event is vascular compromise. The most feared consequences are devastating: blindness, skin necrosis...

Laser tattoo removal: results and issues

1 August 2017 | | Aesthetic Medicine
The term tattoo indicates both the technique for pictorial decoration on a person’s body [1], and the decoration produced by such a technique. Studies show that in the United States around 5-6% of the general population, 13% of adolescents, 19-35%...

Vascular complications part 2: management

7 December 2020 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology, General Plastic Surgery
- VIDEO CONTENT AT BOTTOM OF ARTICLE - Vascular complications from the use of soft tissue fillers can be devastating. In the second of a two-part series (click here for Part 1), the authors discuss how to manage these adverse...

Vascular complications Part 1: Prevention

7 October 2020 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology, General Plastic Surgery
- VIDEO CONTENT AT BOTTOM OF ARTICLE - Vascular complications from the use of soft tissue fillers can be devastating. In the first of a two-part series (click here for Part 2), the authors discuss how to avoid these adverse...

Why I don’t trust the BMA – and why it matters – 24 January 2017

24 January 2017
Editors Note: This is a guest blog from Ankush Dhariwal. It is a personal opinion and posting it on the PMFA News website is not an endorsement of the opinions. However, for those working in the NHS, and in the...

Laser and light based hair removal

1 April 2017 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Laser hair removal is a popular, and constantly evolving, treatment. Professor Paolo Bonan and colleagues provide us with a comprehensive overview and some ‘top tips’ for how to make the procedure as safe and effective as possible. Hair removal, also...