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How I Do It - Lip augmentation: lip tenting technique

5 August 2020 | | Aesthetic Medicine
Lips are one of the main features that can make a face attractive; non-surgical augmentation using injectable fillers has been in demand for several decades and is becoming more popular every year. On the other hand, ill-shaped or over filled...

Perceptions and deceptions: a personal blog by the editor 15 December 2016

15 December 2016 |
A Death in Hong Kong: an evolving essay and insight into medicine and the law in contemporary Hong Kong (part six) I presented my ‘sanitized’ statement to the Hospital Investigation Panel. They had already interviewed Dr David Wong. I discovered...

Real-world use of telemedicine – a picture is worth a thousand words

1 December 2017 | | Facial Plastic Surgery, General Plastic Surgery, Breast Surgery, Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology, Maxillofacial Surgery, Hand and Wrist Surgery, Imaging, Rhinoplasty, Oculoplastics
Recent advances in mobile phone camera technology and app software design have allowed photos of patients and their wounds to be sent from any smartphone to a secure NHS database, which can then be accessed by the relevant clinician with...

Botulinum toxin (BoNT) for depression: A review of the mechanism of action and its potential place as an adjuvant treatment

3 August 2021 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
BoNT is becoming a recognised efficient treatment for depression, endorsed by several disciplines including psychiatry. Clare Amrani examines the potential mechanism of action and explores the appropriate place of BoNT in the therapeutic armamentarium for depression. How did BoNT become...

When a patient asks for your insurance details…

1 April 2015 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Breast Surgery, Dentistry, Dermatology, Facial Plastic Surgery, General Plastic Surgery, Hand and Wrist Surgery, Imaging, Maxillofacial Surgery, Oculoplastics, Rhinoplasty, Skull Base Surgery
Coming from a patient, the question “Do you have insurance?” is almost certain to put a medical practitioner on edge. Not being a common query, many do not have a ready answer and instead have to grapple with some questions...

FACE Conference and Exhibition 2019

7 June 2019 -8 June 2019 | Aesthetic Medicine, Facial Plastic Surgery, General Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery
FACE Conference and Exhibition will be hosted at the QEII Centre, London to lead the largest scientific conference in the UK. Save the date – 7 and 8 June 2019! This 17th edition offers a unique opportunity to connect, engage,...

Sir Archibald McIndoe and the Guinea Pig Club

1 December 2013 | | Facial Plastic Surgery
The early life of Sir Archibald McIndoe Archibald Hector McIndoe was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 4th May, 1900. His father John was a printer and mother Mabel an artist. He was the second eldest child of four children....

Support groups for hidradenitis suppurativa

1 October 2015 | | Dermatology
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is an inflammatory condition characterised by painful inflamed nodules in the apocrine regions of the body. It follows a chronic relapsing clinical course and is a very difficult condition to treat. It has an estimated prevalence of...

How our media partners have responded to COVID-19

5 June 2020 | COVID-19 - The PMFA Journal
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed every aspect of our life. As we move forward at this unprecedented time The PMFA Journal is here to help everyone in the fields of plastic & maxillofacial surgery and aesthetic medicine. We have a...

Pinpoint technique: a safe procedure for skin resection in correction of ptotic breasts in revision augmentation plasty

1 March 2018 | | Breast Surgery, General Plastic Surgery, CPD - The PMFA Journal
The authors introduce us to the ‘pinpoint technique’ a variation in skin excision to eliminate the notorious T-junction in mammary revision augmentation. The Wise-pattern skin excision is widely used to correct ptotic breasts, or in breast implant revision surgery when...

The role of expert witnesses in miscarriages of justice

2 June 2021 | | General Plastic Surgery
‘Expert’ witnesses sometimes make mistakes. Great weight is often placed on expert evidence. The more esoteric the area of expertise, the greater the possibility of error. It follows that expert evidence sometimes leads to miscarriages of justice. Plastic surgery is...

Report: BAPRAS 2023

13 December 2023 | | BAPRAS, plastic surgery, reconstructive, craniofacial, meeting, events
A report from PMFA's first ever, very festive BAPRAS Congress, which ran recently from Wednesday 29 November to Friday 1 December in the Hilton Newcastle Gateshead hotel.