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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...

Corza Medical welcome Nicola Murdoch and Liam Worrell to UK Sales Team

10 January 2023 | Recruitment & Personnel
I’m thrilled to announce that we’ve expanded our Corza Medical UK sales team with the appointment of 2 new territory managers, Nicola Murdoch and Liam Worrell.

Profile of a tertiary referral oculoplastics service in the UK

23 March 2021 | | PMFA - Oculoplastic
The provision of safe and effective ophthalmic care to large patient populations has always been challenging. Severe restrictions of outpatient clinical activity due to the COVID-19 crisis has compounded this problem, with 26,800 appointments cancelled in our unit in the...

Focus: Opinions on regulation

1 June 2019 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
Dalvi Humzah Regulation in the aesthetics industry In this issue we have invited commentaries on regulation within aesthetics, in particular the voluntary register set up by the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP). Many medical practitioners are concerned regarding the...

Perceptions and deceptions: a personal blog by the editor 4 July 2016

4 July 2016 |
I would like to take this opportunity to share a blog with Chris Day and the other junior doctors to talk about ‘whistle blowing’ and what it means. Typically, it refers to people who “speak out of turn”, “wash the...

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.

Young man’s life transformed after scottish surgeon removes life-threatening tumour on board Mercy Ships

12 February 2025 | Maxillofacial, Mercy Ships, charity, Africa, patient stories
A young man from Sierra Leone who was forced to leave school because of a life-threatening facial tumour has had it successfully removed by international charity, Mercy Ships. Scottish Surgeon, Manjit Dhillon, a Consultant Surgeon in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery...

Successful nose replantation

12 February 2015 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Rhinoplasty
This case report describes a superb result following the delayed replantation (after eight hours) of the distal right nostril following a dog bite. The patient was a heavy smoker. Two arteries and two veins were anastomosed, one measuring 0.6mm and...

How I Do It - Otoplasty

1 February 2017 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Otoplasty techniques to correct ear prominence can be broadly divided in two categories. Suturing techniques and scoring or weakening techniques. Suturing is the approach we prefer, due to more predictable results and less occurrence of non-correctable complications. Suturing techniques involve...

Part two: Aye, Aye. AI?

14 February 2025 | | AI, artificial intelligence, blog, personal, ChatGPT, DeepSeek
This is the second blog in this series looking at the current trends in AI. In the first, I reviewed a 'chat' with ChatGPT regarding the limitations of the program in editing work. This is actually a highly skilled human...

The impact of COVID-19 on aesthetic plastic surgery in the UK: a survey of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons

3 October 2023 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Introduction Devastating pandemics have occurred throughout human history, including the Antonine Plague (AD 165-180), the Justinian Plague (AD 514-549), the Black Death (AD 1347-1351) and the Spanish Flu (AD 1918-1919). The COVID-19 pandemic began in Wuhan, China in December 2019,...

Reconstructive Surgery in Post Colonial Africa

1 October 2013 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Both plastic and maxillo-facial surgery developed out of armed combat. Initially, general surgeons attached to the military might perform reconstructive attempts, but more realistically and pragmatically, destructive surgery was more suited to their situation. Amputation of limbs undoubtedly saved lives...