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Cleft surgery: outreach not over-reach - You can’t save the world, but you might improve it a little

1 October 2015 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
Cleft lip and palate surgery is a life changing event. In many regards the surgery itself is relatively straightforward without major physiological consequences and the opportunity of making an impact for little risk is highly attractive. Medical missions offer the...

2nd Chance: reconstructive surgery for life reconstruction

1 December 2014 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
Many populations throughout the developing world have no access to the specialist healthcare needed by patients who have suffered severe burns, war injuries or congenital disorders. The specialties of plastic and maxillofacial surgery can make a vital contribution and PMFA...

Hair removal: a summary of techniques with a particular emphasis on the importance and versatility of electrolysis

1 December 2014 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
Background and causes of excess or unwanted hair The management of unwanted body and facial hair has been a constant challenge for the human species since the dawn of human culture in the Neolithic era. Of note this was the...

The role of angiogenesis in wound healing, scarring and tissue regeneration

1 October 2014 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
In the UK alone there are 175,000 people who visit Accident & Emergency departments with burns each year. This results in around 13,000 hospital admissions, of which 1000 are due to severe burns [1]. Over half of these admissions are...

Patient-Specific Hybrid Rhinoplasty

1 February 2014 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty has changed considerably over the past one hundred years, not only in terms of the surgical techniques used, but also in the outcome desired by patients. There are now a large number of surgical techniques used which deal with...

Progressive peri-orbital swelling over three years: a rare complication of HA dermal filler injection treated successfully by hyaluronidase

1 June 2022 | | PMFA - Oculoplastic, PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
The term ‘tear trough’ was first introduced by Flowers in 1969 to describe the deformity that leads to lower eyelid depression. It was proposed that the defect was due to a muscular defect between the angular head of the quadrates...

Thermal injury and false eyelashes

1 April 2020 | | PMFA - CPD, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - Oculoplastic
Please Click here for the CPD Feedback form on this article The authors provide a case of cyanoacrylate glue causing a thermal burn on the eyelid and explain how this type of burn should be managed. The use of false...

Contrasting contemporary plastic surgery training with that in the late 20th century: ‘thirteen years a slave’

1 May 2019 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
The Past Was I a slave? Absolutely not. I loved every minute of my training. I had the choice of career pathway as a young surgeon, but I was hypnotised by enthusiasm and a desire to help people with major...

Mercy Mission: all aboard with Mercy Ships off the coast of West Africa

1 December 2013 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
Countries along the coast of West Africa are amongst the poorest in the world. Extreme levels of poverty often lead to poor outcomes or fatalities in many medical conditions that would be eminently treatable, with good outcomes in more developed...

Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 5) - Who is the Judge?

4 November 2021 |
I wonder what Vanessa is thinking right now. If she can even think. A torrent of images, regrets, what ifs. The onslaught must be so great, no wonder the normal response is for the mind and the body to shut down? Depression.

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”!

Skin biorevitalisation with hyaluronic acid

1 December 2022 | | PMFA - CPD, PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
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. While Botulinum toxin A, dermal fillers, chemical peels and laser resurfacing are...