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Living confidently with a distinctive face or body

1 April 2015 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
The visual impact of having a face which has scars from an accident or burns like mine or a birthmark, a cleft lip and palate, a Bell’s palsy or a skin condition is arguably not taken seriously enough by clinical...

Laser and light based hair removal

1 April 2017 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
Laser hair removal is a popular, and constantly evolving, treatment. Professor Paolo Bonan and colleagues provide us with a comprehensive overview and some ‘top tips’ for how to make the procedure as safe and effective as possible. Hair removal, also...

Patient-reported outcomes in oculoplastic surgery

8 October 2014 | | PMFA - Oculoplastic
This is an important if somewhat difficult to grasp article which tries to formally address the subject of patient-reported outcomes in oculofacial surgery. The authors have conducted an extensive review of the literature searching for instruments (questionnaires) which have been...

VIVACY DAY 2024

3 October 2024
VIVACY DAY, hosted on the 3rd of October at the Bulgari Hotel in Knightsbridge, is set to be a state-of-the-art event for those in the field of aesthetic medicine. New research and data will be unveiled, Global VIVACY experts will...

Pedicle calcification an uncommon problem

1 December 2018 | | PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
Bony free flap reconstruction of the facial skeleton following ablative surgery is common. Replacement with like for like tissues to reduce morbidity and facilitate rehabilitation is accepted gold standard. Current microvascular flap transfers have success rates in excess of 90%...

Plastic surgery and safety issues: a patient perspective

12 October 2021 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery
Patient safety in the unregulated world of cosmetic plastic surgery is now an extremely serious global issue. The media is always ready to sensationalise disasters but what can be done to prevent them? One key issue is the concept of...

Early treatment of scars with laser therapy

30 March 2022 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
Wound healing is a complex process, made up of three phases that overlap with each other: inflammation, proliferation and remodelling [1]. The last phase is the remodelling of the extracellular matrix resulting in a mature scar; it lasts from three...

A guide to hair transplantation

1 June 2017 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
A leading hair transplant surgeon provides an overview of the most effective surgical treatments for hair restoration – and how the industry will develop over the next decade. Modern hair transplant techniques were first developed in Japan in the 1930s...

The Linear Bolus Technique and other practical tips for the advanced use of non-traumatic cannulas in aesthetic medicine

1 December 2015 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dentistry
Some eight years ago, I read about non-traumatic cannulas in the brochure of a French medical supplies company. I was fascinated by the elegance of these instruments, as they respect the integrity of the tissues by not cutting through them....

Non-surgical management of actinic keratosis, Bowen’s disease and non-melanoma skin cancer

1 December 2015 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
Non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) are primary cutaneous neoplasms comprising mainly of basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) and squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs). In 2011, 102,628 cases of NMSCs (74% BCC and 23% SCC) were recorded in England, making NMSC the most common...

Medico-legal forum (VASEP liposuction)

10 October 2017 | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
The PMFA Journal and Hamilton Fraser Cosmetic Insurance have teamed up to provide a series of articles that will give examples of claims that occur from different procedures. The case in question The patient underwent VASER to the abdomen and...

How I Do It - FracRevive - holistic skin rejuvenation with a combination of full beam and fractional Q-switched Nd:YAG laser

2 August 2022 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
With increasing demand on efficient skin rejuvenation treatment associated with zero to minimum downtime, a two-step FracRevive laser rejuvenation with both full beam and factional Q-switched Nd:YAG laser has been designed by Fotona using the Starwalker system. Starwalker’s unique pulse...