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How I Do It - Innovative delivery devices: Juvapen

1 August 2017 | | Aesthetic Medicine
The administration of botulinum toxin is traditionally performed using a small syringe plus needle. There are a few ways this can be performed. Either an integrated insulin syringe is used of 1ml, 0.5ml or 0.3ml which comes attached to a...

Utility and outcomes of hydroxocobalamin use in smoke inhalation patients

2 June 2017 | | General Plastic Surgery | Burn, Cyanokit, Hydroxocobalamin, Inhalation injury, Pneumonia, Smoke inhalation
The authors propose to investigate the usefulness of the routine administration of hydroxocobalamin in burns patients who are suspected to have an inhalational component to their injury. Mention is made of the important fact that no previous published literature has...

The origin of the Children’s Burns Club

1 December 2021 | | General Plastic Surgery
Burn injuries can affect any of us or our families at any time. A momentary lapse in attention can lead to a lifetime of scarring. Whilst any individual member of a family group can be physically scarred, all the family...

Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 8) – Propofol

1 December 2021 |
Propofol played a significant role in the trial of Dr Vanessa Kwan. Vanessa went to South Korea to learn about cosmetic surgery. Cosmetic surgeons in South Korea use a lot of propofol in office-based practice. Ipso facto, Vanessa learned about propofol and its use in cosmetic surgery.

Sushruta and Indian rhinoplasty

25 August 2021 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
Vijay Pothula explains rhinoplasty’s roots in ancient Indian Ayurvedic medicine, and how it was introduced to the Western world. In 1794 The Gentleman’s Magazine published a surgical operation which was long established in India but unknown in Europe [1]. A...

An open letter to young plastic surgeons (from an old UK plastic surgeon)

1 October 2015 | | General Plastic Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery, Breast Surgery
You are in a specialty that is second to none – you can use your skills to improve the quality of life of your patients, whether they have cancer, congenital abnormalities or damage caused by trauma. Most (90%) plastic surgery...

Dubai Derma 2024 Concluded with AED 2.4 Billion Worth of Business Deals

29 April 2024 | Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
In March the 23rd edition of the Dubai World Dermatology and Laser Conference and Exhibition (Dubai Derma 2024) successfully concluded, marking the largest scientific conference and exhibition for dermatology and...

Burns care in India: unique and continuing challenges

1 August 2018 | | General Plastic Surgery
The author interviews Dr Shobha Chamania, Chief of Choithram Hospital Burn Unit, to obtain an insight into the unique challenges burns care practitioners face in India. Choithram Hospital Burn Unit is an Interburns accredited training centre located in Indore City,...

PMFA shortlisted for award

17 December 2015
We were delighted to recently be shortlisted in the category of Business and Professional Magazine of the Year at the Scottish Magazine Awards. The Awards Dinner was a fantastic evening that recognised the best of publishing in Scotland. It was...

In conversation with Ali Pirayesh

8 February 2024 | General Plastic Surgery, Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Dr Ali Pirayesh. We were delighted to catch up with Dr Ali Pirayesh, esteemed plastic surgeon based in Amsterdam, about this career highlights and his involvement in AMWC Monaco. Can you tell us a little bit about what led you...

Opinion: Non-health groups and facial cosmetic injections: When prophecy fails

1 April 2017 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
It was in the late 1950s that the Psychologist Leon Festinger first developed his theory to explain how members of a cult were persuaded by their leader, Dorothy Martin that the earth was going to be destroyed by a flood...

How I Do It - The True Lift Technique™: facial ligament retightening, an anatomical approach

1 June 2018 | | Aesthetic Medicine
Facial ageing is a complex process which is multifactorial, involving loss of bony support, elongation of the facial ligaments, displacement of fat compartments, attenuation of the superficial muscular aponeurotic system (SMAS) layer and thinning of subcutaneous and dermal tissue. This...