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Celebrating Innovation: The AMWC Aesthetic Disruptors
13 January 2025
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Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
The AMWC Aesthetic Disruptors is a unique initiative designed to spotlight the next generation of aesthetic medicine professionals.
Merz Aesthetics® launches the new indication for RADIESSE® as an aesthetic injectable
6 March 2024
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Research & Development
In the EU, Merz Aesthetics® has announced the approval for Radiesse® to treat the décolleté area. Radiesse® is a regenerative biostimulator with calcium hydroxylapatite capable of regenerating multiple components of the skin tissue, resulting in...
Perspectives on: Polyurethane covered breast implants
1 June 2014
| Peter Cranstone
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PMFA - Breast Surgery
The manufacturer’s viewpoint: Myths, failures and the regulation of the modern breast implant. The modern day silicone breast implant industry was created with the Dow Corning prosthesis, first used in the USA in 1962. Since its introduction into the market...
How I Do It - X neo-umbilicoplasty
2 December 2019
| Dalvi Humzah
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PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Following an abdominoplasty the umbilicus is repositioned and inset into a new position. When healed it should have a natural appearance and in order to get this outcome it is necessary to understand what is ‘normal’. Several different morphological appearances...
Multidisciplinary approach to breast cancer conservation – therapeutic mammoplasty
1 June 2018
| Ewa Majdak-Paredes
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PMFA - CPD, PMFA - Breast Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Edinburgh-based plastic surgeon Ewa Majdak-Paredes provides us with a comprehensive review of therapeutic mammoplasty, a multidisciplinary approach to breast-conserving surgery with an emphasis on oncological safety and good aesthetic outcomes. Breast cancer Each year over 55,000 women in the UK...
Evaluating the efficacy of 2-millisecond versus 3-millisecond Pulse Duration in Laser Hair Removal using a 755 nm Alexandrite laser
11 September 2023
Abstract: This study evaluates the effectiveness of 2 ms versus 3 ms pulse duration in laser hair removal (LHR) with the GentleMax Pro Plus™ system using a 755 nm Alexandrite handpiece in subjects with Fitzpatrick skin types III and IV....
Could epidermal grafting be the solution to vitiligo?
1 February 2017
| Sotirios Foutsizoglou
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PMFA - Dermatology
Dr Foutsizoglou shares his thoughts on a recent innovation based on epidermal grafting that could be used on vitiligo patients. I attended the ‘Make Better Summit Meeting’, an international surgical congress organised by Acelity™ and chaired by Professor Dr med....
The origin of the Children’s Burns Club
1 December 2021
| James D Frame (Prof)
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PMFA - 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...
Platelet rich plasma
1 October 2019
| Claudia McGloin
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PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
Claudia McGloin provides an overview of this misunderstood procedure. Platelet rich plasma treatment is commonly known as PRP, Dracula Therapy, Vampire Facial / Facelift, S3, Self-Stimulated Serum, Liquid Gold or Vampire Therapy. Platelet rich plasma has been around for a...
How I Do It - Non-surgical approach to facial palsy – a preliminary case report
In October 2013, a female patient presented for an initial consultation. She had a past medical history of left lower seventh (facial) nerve palsy following excision of left benign parotid adenoma in 2002. This had been treated over the years,...The safety of performing elective dermatological procedures under local anaesthetic during the COVID-19 pandemic
12 July 2021
| Jasmine Bawa, Shaene Gnanarajah, Anthony Barabas
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PMFA - Dermatology
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, guidance advised postponement of elective procedures except for time-critical local anaesthetic (LA) procedures [1-3]; our NHS Trust therefore continued with LA skin malignancy surgery. All patients having possible skin cancer lesions removed...
Perceptions and deceptions A personal blog by the editor 30 Mar 2016
30 March 2016
| Andrew Burd (Prof)
The PMFA News website is the perfect place to share your views. We are objective. And we are free. I recently resigned from my post as Centenary Professor in the Department of Regenerative Medicine and Translational Science. I was an...
