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MedLED CHROME MC6 (Sapphire) the truly portable surgical headlight

2 August 2023 | Research & Development
Ream Surgical Ltd is delighted to be able to add the new MedLED Chrome MC8 (New Sapphire) portable surgical headlight to its range of products.

Music City SCALE 2026

13 May 2026 -17 May 2026
Join us in the heart of Music City for SCALE 2026, the premier multi-specialty aesthetic and medical dermatology conference. Taking place 13–17 May 2026, at the Grand Hyatt Nashville, this five-day event brings together leading experts from across dermatology, plastic...

The development of PDO threadlifting in the UK

1 October 2016 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
Dr Jacques Otto looks at the development of polydioxanone (PDO) threads as an anti-ageing treatment, the creation of the Association of Polydioxanone Threads (APDOT) UK and what the future holds for threadlifting in the UK. Up to early 2014 the...

Online connections in a post-COVID world

2 August 2022 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
Looking back at the pandemic, it has brought us unexpected friendships. The lack of direct interpersonal communication, meetings, parties and hugs increased the role of digital sources of contact which used to play a less important role in our lives....

Smartphone applications in burns

1 December 2015 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
The aim of this study was to review apps applicable in the treatment of burns on Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS smartphones, looking at costs, developers, content, target groups and available interfaces. A systematic review of the two app stores...

Mandibular asymmetry: Importance of personalised treatment

6 August 2024 | | PMFA - CPD, PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery, PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery
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. Human facial symmetry is a key determinant for assessing facial attractiveness, and...

Laser tattoo removal: results and issues

1 August 2017 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
The term tattoo indicates both the technique for pictorial decoration on a person’s body [1], and the decoration produced by such a technique. Studies show that in the United States around 5-6% of the general population, 13% of adolescents, 19-35%...

The truth behind facelift myths

1 February 2019 | | PMFA - CPD, PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery
As the number of non-surgical options to treat the ageing face has increased in recent years, so have the number of myths about facelift surgery. This article, from two expert facial plastic surgeons from Stanford Hospital in California, provides the...

Perceptions and deceptions: a personal blog by the editor 18 August 2016

18 August 2016 |
I am back in the UK for a sabbatical and taking stock of all the changes since I left in 1999. An HK versus UK comparison becomes even more fascinating when looking at information sources ‘on the ground’. Social networking...

Letter from Hong Kong (8 May 2020)

8 May 2020 |
The latest 'letter' from our man in Hong Kong, The PMFA Journal Co-editor Andrew Burd.

Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 12) – Risk

26 January 2022 |
Risks are ubiquitous in medicine. It is very important to realise that a risk can be both a threat and a friend. Risks relate to probabilities. The probability or possibility that the outcome may not be as desired. The Law does have a perverse view on this. The Law likes, demands, seeks cause and consequence. An honest doctor can rarely satisfy the Law. And that is why it was such a bad thing to see this poor Judge being led by the nose by two unscrupulous Medical “Experts”!

How I Do It - Innovative delivery devices: Teosyal<sup>®</sup>Pen

1 August 2017 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
As aesthetic practitioners, we should always strive to make our patients’ experiences the best they can be. Teosyal®Pen is the first motorised and cordless device specifically engineered for injecting HA dermal filler. It is lightweight at just 40g and offers...