Features archive for August 2021

Photo showing an article in The Gentleman’s Magazine in 1794 described the operation of making a nose from a forehead flap, accompanied by an engraving of the patient with the restored nose

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...

Management of masseter hypertrophy and bruxism with Botulinum Toxin A

3 August 2021 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Facial Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery, CPD - The PMFA Journal

This article has been verified for CPD. Click the button below to answer a few short questions and download a form to be included in your CPD folder. The squaring of the lower third of the face can be an...

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Botulinum toxin (BoNT) for depression: A review of the mechanism of action and its potential place as an adjuvant treatment

3 August 2021 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology

BoNT is becoming a recognised efficient treatment for depression, endorsed by several disciplines including psychiatry. Clare Amrani examines the potential mechanism of action and explores the appropriate place of BoNT in the therapeutic armamentarium for depression. How did BoNT become...