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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...

The authority of cellulite treatment

7 January 2025 | Research & Development
TANIT device offers full-body treatments by integrating two innovative technologies: The slaag motion handpiece that...

Failures in 'low risk' beauty treatments leaving consumers with lifelong injuries

30 April 2025 | cosmetic, aesthetic medicine, non-surgical, UK, Scotland, news, regulation, liability, BBL
Scottish beauty therapists and healthcare practitioners carrying out non-surgical cosmetic treatments such as liquid Brazilian butt lifts and Botox injections must have sufficient insurance to protect customers if things go wrong. The warning comes from not-for-profit campaign organisation APIL (the...

Intensed pulsed light for skin rejuvenation

3 June 2015 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
A detailed article exploring many aspects of IPL; the mode of action, the role in photorejuvenation, as well as a useful comparison as to how the scope of IPL compares to laser for similar purposes, with analogies as to how...

The use of intense pulsed light therapy in the treatment of acne vulgaris

1 June 2018 | | PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
Intense pulsed light (IPL) is discussed in relation to its application in acne vulgaris. The author acknowledges that it may not be the most effective, or the first line therapy for managing such a challenging and persistent skin condition, but...

Body contouring modalities for sculpting the abdomen and flanks

1 July 2018 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Imaging
The author discusses the importance of appropriately assessing an individual’s BMI in relation to assessing suitability for non-surgical body contouring, with a detailed and balanced discussion of non-surgical methods of contouring the abdomen and flanks. Some of the more commonly...

The Challenge of Renaissance, not Reconstruction: the aftermath of an acid attack

1 December 2013 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery
What madness makes a human being perpetrate a crime that is so horrible, so evil that makes it a capital offense (in Bangladesh) even though the death involved is of a person who remains alive? The motivation behind an interpersonal...

How I Do It - Body contouring - PAL-HD liposculpture in men and women

7 December 2020 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
Both men and women seek to improve their physical appearance, contour their figure, and achieve results that cannot be always be obtained solely with diet and exercise. Therefore, liposuction is one of the most popular aesthetic procedures. Power-assisted liposuction (PAL)...

Reconstruction of complex wounds in the trunk and pelvis (part 1)

1 August 2017 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
This is the first part of a two-part article looking at the challenges of reconstruction of complex defects in the torso. The articles are based on a presentation given at the World Union of Wound Healing Societies held in Yokohama...

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

1 August 2018 | | 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....

Oral minoxidil: innovations in hair loss

15 August 2023 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
Causes With a wide range of causes, it’s often the uncertainty of why hair loss has happened which leaves people feeling that there isn’t a route out of the problem. On average we shed between 50-100 hairs a day and...

Platelet-based aesthetic therapies – to science from fiction

1 March 2018 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
The author provides an overview of the theory behind platelet rich plasma and summarises the published evidence for its use in aesthetic treatments. Platelet-based treatments, commonly referred to collectively as platelet rich plasma (PRP), have been proposed and advocated for...