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Factors which predict the utilisation of plastic dressing clinics in paediatric burns

5 October 2015 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
This paper seeks to identify which factors impact on the re-attendance rates at a paediatric outpatient service following a burn. A retrospective review of patients admitted to a single paediatric burns unit (Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh) over a...

Burns debridement: VersajetTM vs. conventional debridement

5 October 2015 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
A prospective randomised controlled trial was undertaken to compare conventional tangential burn wound debridement against the use of Versajet™ hydrosurgery in the treatment of partial thickness paediatric burns. Seventy-five children under the age of 16 were recruited for the study...

Body dysmorphic disorder in a facial plastic and reconstructive surgery clinic

3 June 2015 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is under recognised and under detected among patients undergoing facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. Patients with BDD require psychiatric care not cosmetic surgery. In order to protect patients and surgeons, sound screening for BDD preoperatively should...

Which patients are more likely to have postoperative pulmonary complications after major head and neck?

1 August 2017 | | PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) following major head and neck surgery are frequently encountered. Indeed, surgery in the head and neck area itself has been identified as a risk factor for these complications. Microvascular reconstruction is a widely accepted and proven...

Joint Press Release from BCAM and BAMAN

11 October 2024
The British Association of Medical Aesthetic Nurses (BAMAN) and the British College of Aesthetic Medicine (BCAM) are saddened by the recent death of Alice Webb following a liquid Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) procedure. As two of the foremost associations which represent statutory registered nurses, doctors and dentists who work in...

Unparalleled 3D assessment and simulation with Canfield’s VECTRA® H2

19 December 2024 | Research & Development
Delivering precision optics for photographic quality three-dimensional images, the all-in-one hand-held VECTRA H2 is ideal for facial aesthetics, body contouring and breast augmentation.

BAPRAS Congress 2025

3 December 2025 -5 December 2025 | ENTA - Maxillofacial Surgery
BAPRAS Congress 2025 returns to Belfast for the first time since the 1990s, bringing together the plastic-surgery community at the ICC from 3–5 December 2025. As the flagship event of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons –...

From the first acne lesion to skin maintenance – experts offer a world-first protocol for acne treatment

8 July 2025 | Research & Development
Leading dermatologists, cosmetic surgeons, doctors and nurse practitioners have combined their expertise to develop what are believed to be a world-first in dermatological care – comprehensive protocols for acne treatment using latest advances in LED Phototherapy. Based on the Pillsbury...

Anatomy of the ageing lip

1 December 2016 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
With lip augmentation an ever popular option for those seeking more youthful looks it is vital that practitioners have a proper understanding of anatomy. In the first of our two-part special focus (see here for Part 2) on lips Dr...

Perfecting the pout

31 March 2023 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
From Hollywood lips to Essex lips, non-surgical lip augmentation has gained popularity in recent years with aesthetic patients. A 2019 article in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology concluded that the non-surgical correction of the projection of the forehead profile and...

Botulinum toxin and dermal filler treatment for facial deformity: an analysis of patient satisfaction

1 December 2016 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
Dermal fillers and botulinum toxin are being increasingly used to treat facial deformities but are patients satisfied with the results? Facial deformity can result in low confidence and self-esteem amongst patients due to cosmetic and functional difficulties [1]. There is...

Perceptions and Deceptions (A Death in Hong Kong.) 6 December 2016

6 December 2016 |
An evolving essay and insight into Medicine and the Law in contemporary Hong Kong. A girl’s brain was destroyed due to medical negligence. She had entrusted her life to a celebrity cosmetic surgeon who was going to make her breasts...