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Focus: Opinions on regulation

1 June 2019 | | Aesthetic Medicine
Dalvi Humzah Regulation in the aesthetics industry In this issue we have invited commentaries on regulation within aesthetics, in particular the voluntary register set up by the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP). Many medical practitioners are concerned regarding the...

Non-surgical rhinoplasty

2 December 2019 | | Aesthetic Medicine, CPD - The PMFA Journal, Facial Plastic Surgery, Rhinology / Sinus
Some patients would like to alter the appearance of their nose without surgery or make further subtle changes after a rhinoplasty. Lydia Badia explains how this can be done, thanks to injectable fillers.

Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 12) – Risk

26 January 2022 |
Risks are ubiquitous in medicine. It is very important to realise that a risk can be both a threat and a friend. Risks relate to probabilities. The probability or possibility that the outcome may not be as desired. The Law does have a perverse view on this. The Law likes, demands, seeks cause and consequence. An honest doctor can rarely satisfy the Law. And that is why it was such a bad thing to see this poor Judge being led by the nose by two unscrupulous Medical “Experts”!

OPINION – Cosmetic surgery: a difficult reality with a simple solution

13 September 2022 | | General Plastic Surgery, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
On 1 September 2022, an Independent Review released its long-awaited Report into Cosmetic Surgery in Australia [1]. Its key recommendation reflected the sentiment of our new, peer-reviewed, paper in the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery entitled ‘Cosmetic Surgery Regulation in...

Training of Aesthetic Surgery: a statement from the UKAAPS President

1 February 2014 | | General Plastic Surgery
The UK Association of Plastic Surgeons (UKAAPS) is delighted to support PMFA News and recognises the niche it holds in the education and dissemination of information about plastic surgery to surgeons, patients, regulators, facilitators, media and the general public. As...

Can I quit the gym? Low level laser and body contouring

1 February 2017 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Is low level laser the answer for patients seeking a non-invasive method for body contouring? Balancing energy intake and energy expenditure is the healthiest and most sustainable means of weight loss and toning, but despite this, areas of local fat...

Rhinoplasty for cleft nose deformity

5 August 2020 | | Facial Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery, CPD - The PMFA Journal
This article has been verified for CPD. Click the button below to answer a few short questions and download a form to be included in your CPD folder. Modern cleft lip and palate repairs produce excellent functional and aesthetic results...

Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 23) - Snoring

8 April 2022 |
We all know what snoring is, but do we understand what snoring means?

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...

The applications of mesotherapy in aesthetic medicine

10 October 2017 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Mesotherapy is a modern form of therapy that consists of injecting medicines, vitamins and minerals as close as possible to the area that needs treatment. It is an astonishingly effective technique in aesthetic medicine as it treats layers of the...

Closed rhinoplasty Serdev techniques

1 December 2017 | | General Plastic Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery, Rhinoplasty
Why is rhinoplasty so important? Facial beauty and harmony are dependent on correct aesthetic angles, volumes and proportions. The complex face is properly divided into three equal parts: forehead, nose, and lower part (where the upper lip forms a ratio...

How I Do It - The non-surgical rhinoplasty

26 March 2024 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Rhinoplasty, Facial Plastic Surgery
Non-surgical rhinoplasty, also known as a ‘liquid nose job’ or ‘filler rhinoplasty’, is a minimally invasive cosmetic procedure that reshapes the nose using dermal fillers instead of traditional surgical techniques. It offers advantages such as minimal downtime and no incisions,...