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Skin transition during the menopause

1 June 2023 | Vincent Wong, Rahim Feddag | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology

Menopause, which begins one year after the last period, can bring with it some noticeable changes to skin and hair. As hormone levels drop, skin can become dry, slack, less elastic and thin. It can also cause more facial hair...

How I Do It - Skin tightening: Profound

1 June 2019 | Virginia Benitez Roig | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery

Areas of skin laxity are a concern to many patients. A decline in collagen and elastin production arising from chronological or environmental ageing often presents as sagging skin on the face, neck or body, and patients frequently enquire about availability...

How I Do It - Approaches to acne treatment: LED therapy

1 August 2018 | Gina Thompson | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology

The complexity of acne stems both from its pathogenesis that involves a series of events, including follicular hyperconification, increased sebum production, colonisation of Propionibacterium (P) acnes, and inflammation [1] and its range of symptoms that are unique to each individual....

White stretch marks treated with Revypeel High

4 December 2024 | Valentina Langella | PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine

Striae distensae (SD), commonly known as stretch marks, are visible linear scars that develop in areas of dermal damage as a result of excessive stretching of the skin. Striae generally develop in various physiological states such as pregnancy, growth spurts...

In and out of love with surgery

27 August 2019 | Ahlam El-Banna, Diaa Othman | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery

Growing up with books shaped me into a hopeless romantic believing in heroes, magic and achieving the impossible. Throughout the years as I sat patiently waiting on my letter from Hogwarts I instead received my acceptance letter to medical school....

Old dogs can learn new tricks: the use of an often overlooked treatment modality for pathologically fractured mandibles

1 December 2021 | Nathan Miller, Richard Pilkington, Ajay Wilson | PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery

Figure 1: Timeline detailing key events in the patient’s treatment. Whilst commonly affecting the feet, spine and hips in adults, osteomyelitis (OM) can also present to the oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) clinic as pathology of the jaws. Case reports...

Oral supplementation for skin health and rejuvenation

1 December 2017 | Lauren Jamieson | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology

Lauren Jamieson explores the increasing evidence behind the role of supplements in skin health – an exciting development in the world of aesthetic medicine. The fact that lifestyle factors – and diet most especially – have a profound influence on...

Update on Topical Photodynamic Therapy

6 January 2014 | Anna Baker

As a nurse involved in providing a specialist dermatology service I was invited to attend a continuing professional development (CPD) accredited study day at The University of Hertfordshire on an update for topical photodynamic therapy (PDT). The agenda was comprehensive...

Letter from Hong Kong (2 July 2020)

2 July 2020 | Andrew Burd (Prof Rtd)

There is an expression about “living through history”. I am not quite sure what it means but I have the inclination that it conveys a sense of being there, of being alive, when the world changes. Dramatically, irrevocably. We have a before, and we have an after, and we are now in the period of transition.

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