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How I Do It - Body contouring using truSculpt® flex

7 December 2020 | | Aesthetic Medicine
The truSculpt® flex is a ‘next generation’ electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) device that has been cleared by the FDA for strengthening, firming, and toning the abdomen, buttocks, and thighs, as well as improving posture and reducing back pain by up...

How I Do It - Buttock augmentation with hyaluronic acid fillers

7 December 2020 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
There has been a notable increase in the popularity of body procedures over the years. The advancement in non-surgical body treatments has made it convenient for people to get the body they desire without having to deal with downtime or...

How I Do It - Laser hair removal: an overview

1 April 2020 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Laser hair removal is the most performed aesthetic procedure worldwide, with a continuous and increasing demand over the last two decades. It was introduced to the market in the early 1990s and several million procedures have been performed since then....

How I Do It - Vaginal rejuvenation - CO2 laser therapy

1 October 2019 | | Aesthetic Medicine, General Plastic Surgery
Women with menopausal symptoms, as well as postnatally, are looking for additional methods as alternatives to traditional hormone replacement therapy (HRT), local oestrogens or topical creams and lubricants, since only 34% comply with their prescribed therapy. Women report an impairment...

How I Do It - Innovative delivery devices: 3DOSE Unit Dose Injector

1 August 2017 | | Aesthetic Medicine
3DOSE Unit Dose Injector is a unique and innovative disposable injector for BoNT injections, with a patented clicker system which produces audible and tactile feedback per injected dose. This new device, developed and launched by TSK Laboratory/Vlow Medical, aims to...

In conversation with Cameron McIntosh

31 August 2021 | Facial Plastic Surgery, Rhinoplasty, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
We were delighted to catch up with Cameron McIntosh, ENT and Facial Plastic Surgeon and Founding President of the Society of Rhinoplasty Surgeons of South Africa (SORSSA). Can you tell us a little bit about what led you into the...

How I Do It - Approaches to lip augmentation: more than just increasing size

1 October 2018 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Having full lips is commonly associated with beauty and youthfulness. This is the reason why lip enhancement is one of the most frequently requested procedures. The complete perioral frame should be taken in to consideration to achieve a more natural...

How I Do It - Approaches to lip augmentation: surgical lip lift

1 October 2018 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
A surgical lip lift is particularly effective in lips that require both an increase in vertical height and eversion. Upper lip lifts have been described since the 1980s [1,2] but the most commonly used form was described by Oscar Ramirez...

In Conversation with Professor Moustapha Hamdi

3 July 2024 | Breast Surgery, General Plastic Surgery
We were delighted to speak with Professor Moustapha Hamdi, Professor and Chairman of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department at Brussels University Hospital, Belgium, about this career and plans for this year’s CATBBAS. Professor Moustapha Hamdi. Can you tell us...

Mucormycosis: In conversation with Dr Deepak Haldipur and Dr Aditya Moorthy

15 July 2021 | | COVID-19 - The PMFA Journal, Oculoplastics, Maxillofacial Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
COVID-19 has ravaged the world in the past 18 months. The second wave in many countries was deadlier than the first. Mucormycosis, infamously labelled ‘the black fungus’ has affected some countries, such as India, in epidemic proportions within this COVID...

The gender affirmation surgery MDT

1 February 2019 | | Breast Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery, General Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery
The authors provide a comprehensive and thought-provoking discussion of the multidisciplinary nature of caring for someone undergoing gender reassignment surgery. In the last 50 years in the UK an estimated 130,000 people have changed their gender assigned at birth (assigned...

Response to the Keogh Review

1 April 2014 | Aesthetic Medicine, General Plastic Surgery
On 13 February 2014 the UK Government published its response to the Keogh Review of the regulation of cosmetic interventions (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulation-of-cosmetic-interventions-government-response). This response has been much anticipated by the fields of plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine and inevitably has provoked...