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A farcical attempt to uphold the law
I read in the paper last week that an 86-year-old plastic surgeon, Franklin Li, was being charged with 21 offences that were associated with the death of a top Hong Kong banker, Zoe Cheung, in a beauty clinic in Tsim...Letter from Hong Kong (17 August 2020)
So much can change in just a few weeks. In Hong Kong after three weeks with no new cases we started to see a third wave in mid-July. More and more cases with no obvious source.Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 10) – Informed consent (ii)
In the context of medicine, we typically speak of informed consent as having both an ethical and a legal basis. The ethics are related to patient autonomy and human rights. The legal perspective relates to the definition of what occurs if consent is not obtained, and a physical intervention occurs (assault or battery at a minimum and it would appear, gross negligence if things go wrong).In conversation with Dr Ibrahim Galadari
You are internationally recognised in the world of dermatology – what led you to into this field? Many doctors think about different specialties when they graduate from medical school. For myself, it was actually already my hobby to look at...Choosing a 3D printer for reconstructive surgery
3D printing was first developed in the 1980s, but it wasn’t until the early 2010s that the additive manufacturing or 3D printing technology advanced enough to become available to those outside of specialist laboratories. 3D printing has also begun to...Do You Know Your Advertising Standards?
Over the last couple of years we have seen many organisations, including the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) seek to ban or at least rein in some of the advertising practices which go on in this industry [1]....The Need for Informed Opinions
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...Is the UK justice system colour blind?
The colour of justice is not blind in the UK. What I am going to say in this blog may not be popular but I am very troubled by certain facts that are being conveniently ignored. Before I knew the...
Adherence in Dermatology
Dermatology is a medical specialty in which successful patient outcomes are often dependent on strict adherence to treatment protocols. This may be difficult for some patients to achieve. Adherence in Dermatology by Scott A Davis addresses the issue of patient...
The Surgical Art of Facial Makeover (Two Volumes)
This is an excellent two-volume textbook written by a world leader in the field of facial deformity, facial corrective surgery and orthognathic surgery. The two volumes bring together the various subspecialties as well as other non-surgical components of treating facial...
Forehead rhytides – anatomy and neuromodulator treatment
This article refines our understanding surrounding the forehead in general and more specifically of the anatomy and function of frontalis, a common target for anti-wrinkle injections. The author enrolled a cohort of volunteers with a wide range of ethnic backgrounds...
