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Luminescens® protocol: an efficient tool against recurrent melasma

26 March 2024 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Melasma is a hyperpigmentary skin disease with a complex multifactorial pathogenesis which is not yet well understood. Risk factors include a genetic predisposition, sun exposure, stress, medications, and pregnancy [1]. It is clinically characterised by asymptomatic light to dark brown...

Professor Firas Al-Niaimi, hosted a 2-day advanced clinical training course

12 April 2024
Professor Firas Al-Niaimi, an esteemed figure in laser and clinical dermatology, hosted an intensive two-day advanced clinical training in the captivating city of Riga, Latvia.

How I Do It - Anti-ageing focus: Combination therapy for treating the ageing neck

2 June 2021 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
The neck, decolletage and hands used to be the forgotten areas but with advancements in technology and homecare we can now treat these areas with little downtime and efficacious results. Most patients who visit me for a neck consultation will...

How I Do It - Body contouring - PAL-HD liposculpture in men and women

7 December 2020 | | Aesthetic Medicine
Both men and women seek to improve their physical appearance, contour their figure, and achieve results that cannot be always be obtained solely with diet and exercise. Therefore, liposuction is one of the most popular aesthetic procedures. Power-assisted liposuction (PAL)...

How I Do It - Thin lips – remodelling with hyaluronic acid

5 June 2020 | | Aesthetic Medicine
Volumetric changes in treating thin lips remain a challenge for all aesthetic medical practitioners. Obtaining an optimum result requires a good knowledge of facial anatomy, an excellent injection technique and adequate and careful patient selection. With inappropriate patient choice, even...

Treatment of rosacea using pulsed dye laser

1 December 2018 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Rosacea is a common chronic cutaneous inflammatory condition estimated to affect 415 million people worldwide [1]. It characteristically affects the central face and its primary features include flushing, non-transient erythema, telangiectasia and in progressive stages papules and pustules. Secondarily, it...

How I Do It - Scar treatment with sequential combination of short full beam and photo-acoustic fractional 1064nm QS laser

1 December 2022 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Wound healing takes place by two distinct mechanisms. The first involves cellular proliferation and migration resulting in regeneration. This occurs in the epidermis and leaves no scarring. The dermis is a collagen-rich connective tissue and when this is damaged the...

Perceptions and Deceptions a personal blog by the editor 15 June 2016

15 June 2016 |
It is recorded that Dr James Hwang arrived at 15:40 and commenced cardiac massage. I wonder why? Of course, the ‘non-essential equipment’ included a cardiac monitor. So no help there. Palpating a pulse in a patient who is convulsing (still)...

Editor’s reaction to acid attacks in London

14 July 2017 |
As I travelled to work to day I heard on the radio that there had been five separate “acid attacks” in London last night. It appears that these were all perpetrated by the same assailants and the motivation for the...

Letter from Hong Kong (1 June 2020)

1 June 2020 |
It will be essential for there to be a full and impartial review of the response of each and every country to the global pandemic. That is the nature of science, accountability and responsibility.

Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 17) – A mystery

3 March 2022 |
There are things that we just do not know because it is now too late to find out: what were the oxygen saturation levels, for example? But there are other things we do not know although they are known. Where did Dr Kwan go when she left the operating room?

How I Do It - Facial rejuvenation – treating sun‑damaged skin

1 April 2019 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
It is reasonably easy for the medical professional to underestimate the impact of appearance on a patient’s quality of life. Sun-tanned skin is viewed as healthy and desirable, and overseas vacations offer almost guaranteed sunny days. Paradoxically, prematurely aged skin...