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How I Do It - Approaches to acne treatment: LED therapy

1 August 2018 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
The complexity of acne stems both from its pathogenesis that involves a series of events, including follicular hyperconification, increased sebum production, colonisation of Propionibacterium (P) acnes, and inflammation [1] and its range of symptoms that are unique to each individual....

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...

How I Do It - Using the AURA 3D imaging system to bring a new shared visual language to the consultation process

4 December 2024 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery
Technology now allows us to go to a higher level of detail in evaluating the characteristics of patients. Up to now, the acquisition of patient images has been carried out with 2D cameras. Unlike 2D photographs, 3D imaging devices provide...

A short overview of the evolution of botulinum toxin type A formulations

1 June 2023 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
Botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) is a potent neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum [1]. BoNT-A has been used for various therapeutic and aesthetic purposes, including the treatment of muscle disorders, chronic pain and facial wrinkles [2-4]. Over the...

Opinion: Non-health groups and facial cosmetic injections: When prophecy fails

1 April 2017 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
It was in the late 1950s that the Psychologist Leon Festinger first developed his theory to explain how members of a cult were persuaded by their leader, Dorothy Martin that the earth was going to be destroyed by a flood...

A new treatment for genitourinary syndrome of menopause

1 December 2015 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) [1] is defined as a collection of symptoms and signs mainly associated with the progressive decrease in oestrogen levels. The lack of hormones, usually produced by the ovaries in fertile age, may lead to genital...

Thread veins and varicose veins: medical or aesthetic?

1 June 2015 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
I was recently attending a national aesthetics conference when I got talking to a very well-known opinion leader in the aesthetics world. During the conversation, I was astounded to be asked: “What do you think now that NICE has agreed...

The Bottom Line: buttock augmentation

1 February 2014 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
The first use of silicone implants for buttock augmentation was by Bartels et al. in 1969 [1]. We must acknowledge the innovative and imaginative brilliance of the Brazilians and the descriptive detail of other surgeons, but especially Mendietta for the...

Face to Face – facial reconstructive surgery mission in Ukraine

15 June 2023 | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
Photo featuring Ivanna Nebor, MD, Vitaliy Panchenko, MD, Manoj Abraham, MD, John Frodel, MD, Augustine Moscatello, MD, Gregoriy Mashkevich, MD, Bruce Moskowitz, MD, Ryan Winters, MD, Boris Chernobilski, MD, Mykola Syniuk, MD, Serhiy Spivak, MD. In April 2023, a group...

Auricular reconstruction: flip-flop flap

1 June 2022 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
Describing an approach to the straightforward and reliable flip-flop axial flap for reconstruction of the conchal bowl subunit of the auricle. The ‘flip-flop’ flap describes an axial subcutaneous island flap lying between the auricular sulcus and mastoid process. The flap...

Is patient masking leading to an increase in post-op infection after eyelid surgery?

21 October 2020 | | PMFA - COVID-19, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Oculoplastic
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of facemasks or face coverings in the clinical setting has become necessary. It is important to recognise that facemasks can be a source of infection after eye surgery and consider ways to minimise...

How to establish a successful practice in aesthetic medicine

1 February 2015 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
It is no secret that today’s aesthetic patients tend to seek non-invasive, non-surgical solutions as opposed to invasive treatments. According to the latest statistics published by the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (www.surgery.org), there were over 11 million surgical...