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Soft tissue changes following maxillary osteotomy, comparison of three computer programmes

1 June 2019 | | PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery
This small group of seven patients had a Le Fort I advancement maxillary osteotomy with vertical repositioning and alar base cinch sutures. They were assessed with cone beam CTs three months preoperatively and one year postoperatively. A clinical comparison between...

Extracapsular dissection versus parotidectomy

9 June 2020 | | PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
This is a literature review of 16 papers using the PRISMA protocol. In comparing the two techniques, not surprisingly, they found that the extracapsular dissection had a reduced facial nerve paralysis, Frey syndrome and operation time but also a reduced...

Laser safety – do you think you are safe?

1 October 2018 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
The author explains the importance of proper qualifications and training to ensure both patients and practitioners are protected. Safety concerns For those working with lasers, safety must be everyone’s concern. We should all be checking equipment and safety glasses routinely,...

First there was Sophia

4 January 2019 | Written by
A robot is a man-made machine which can do some things by itself. It is not alive. It has no physiology. But it does have a source of energy, sensors to interact with the external world, a rudimentary nervous system...

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...

Submandibular haematoma with airway obstruction following a warfarin overdose

1 June 2017 | | PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
Submental and submandibular abscesses are frequent in oral and maxillofacial surgery; on the other hand submandibular haematomas are uncommon. However, we encountered a submandibular haematoma, initially masked as a Ludwig’s angina, which was compromising the airway of a warfarinised patient...

How I Do It - The original Blue Peel

1 August 2015 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
The original Blue Peel is a highly controlled, trichloroacetic acid (TCA)-based device procedure, which was created to augment the results achieved with the Obagi Nu-Derm® skin health transformation system. The peel process, including the preparation of skin, application, as well...

How I Do It - Approaches to acne treatment: Nd:YAG laser

1 August 2018 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
Acne is common among individuals who experience a condition of hyperactive pilosebaceous units (precipitation and mobility of keratinocytes). A specific T-cell mediated inflammatory response is the initiating event in acne pathogenesis, followed by comedone formation. The mechanism of inflammation is...

How I Do It - Laser hair removal: electrolysis

1 April 2020 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
Electrolysis remains the only method of hair removal permitted by law in the UK [1] and USA [2] to be described as permanent. This is distinct from light-based methods which are permitted the description “permanent hair reduction”. Electrolysis is very...

Modern laser-assisted acne therapy in practice

4 December 2023 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
Laser and light-based technologies have expanded the therapeutic arsenal for acne, and can improve the skin appearance of inflammatory acne and scarring in a short time, which increases patient compliance and satisfaction. Acne is an inflammatory dermatosis in which pathophysiological...

The future and a summary of the past

1 August 2014 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
From liposuction to adipose stem cells; from regenerative medicine to tissue engineering; and a vision of the future. Part 3 Adipose stem cells There is a major clinical need for strategies that adequately reconstruct the soft tissue defects after deep...

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...