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Risks and benefits of sunlight exposure

1 December 2016 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology | Sunlight, Sun protection, Vitamin D, Sunburn, Skin cancer, Tanning
The author provides a timely summary of recently published National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) (2016) guidance regarding the risks and benefits of sunlight exposure and capturing the challenges which face healthcare professionals in communicating key messages focusing...

Airway first in patients with facial trauma

16 June 2016 | | Facial Plastic Surgery
Anyone that has ever been on an advanced trauma life support (ATLS) or indeed any other trauma course will be well indoctrinated with the principles of airways, breathing and circulation (ABC). Securing the airway is of paramount importance; but what...

Surgical exposures of the hand

6 April 2016 | | Hand and Wrist Surgery | Approach, Exposure, Hand trauma, Metacarpal, Phalanx
This paper by Watt and Chung gives the reader an overview of hand anatomy, comments upon the aesthetics of hand surgery and summarizes some surgical approaches to the hand. The introduction presents a concise overview of the relevant anatomy of...

Exposure of the forearm and distal radius

1 December 2015 | | Hand and Wrist Surgery | Distal radius approach, Dorsal distal radius approach, Flexor carpi radialis approach, Henry approach, Thompson approach
Klausmeyer and Mudgal are a plastic surgeon from Colorado and an orthopaedic surgeon from Boston, respectively, who both specialise in hand surgery. In this article the authors describe the approaches to the forearm and distal radius. They commenced with a...

The FLIR ONE thermal imager for the assessment of burn wounds

1 June 2018 | | Burns, FLIR ONE, Measurement tools, Reliability, Thermal imaging, Validity
The authors look at a new system called the FLIR ONE thermal imager in the assessment of burn wound depth. This is a small, handheld device with two cameras that can be attached to iOS or android tablets or smartphones....

Extracapsular dissection versus parotidectomy

9 June 2020 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | benign parotid tumour, extracapsular dissection, literature review, superficial parotidectomy
This is a literature review of 16 papers using the PRISMA protocol. In comparing the two techniques, not surprisingly, they found that the extracapsular dissection had a reduced facial nerve paralysis, Frey syndrome and operation time but also a reduced...

STYLAGE® Festivities

7 November 2023 | Research & Development
Introducing the STYLAGE® advent calendar! Don't miss out.

My experience of setting up a nurse-led independent aesthetics and dermatology clinic

1 June 2018 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
An experienced nurse shares her tips and advice for launching an independent private aesthetic clinic. LoveSkin Clinic opened its doors in November 2016. Like so many other nurses embarking on such a venture I had no experience running a business...

Mid-facial augmentation with malar implants

5 June 2020 | | Facial Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery
The authors guide us through facial augmentation using implants to restore volume and a youthful appearance. In today’s ‘selfie-obsessed’ culture, there is no other anatomical region which carries greater social prestige and importance, than a well-proportioned ‘youthful’ face. In particular,...

Edinburgh cosmetic doctor fundraises for local NHS workers

9 April 2020
Regular contributor to The PMFA Journal, Dr Nestor Demosthenous, has created a JustGiving page to generate support for Edinburgh and Lothians' healthcare workers currently at the forefront of the COVID-19 response.

Further thoughts on hymenoplasty

1 February 2016 | | General Plastic Surgery
The interesting and controversial article on hymenoplasty published in the Dec/Jan 16 issue of PMFA News is an example of what can happen when religion and culture clash with modern medicine. In my opinion, medicine and science should be pure...

Who is Qualified The debate continues

3 December 2013 |
At the beginning of November the Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko reported on the Working Group that was looking at the differentiation between Medical Procedures and Beauty Services. The group had met three times and seven...