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In conversation with Ali Pirayesh

8 February 2024 | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Dr Ali Pirayesh. We were delighted to catch up with Dr Ali Pirayesh, esteemed plastic surgeon based in Amsterdam, about this career highlights and his involvement in AMWC Monaco. Can you tell us a little bit about what led you...

In Conversation with Professor Moustapha Hamdi

3 July 2024 | PMFA - Breast Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
We were delighted to speak with Professor Moustapha Hamdi, Professor and Chairman of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department at Brussels University Hospital, Belgium, about this career and plans for this year’s CATBBAS. Professor Moustapha Hamdi. Can you tell us...

In conversation with Wendy Lewis

17 March 2025 | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
We were delighted to catch up with the legendary Wendy Lewis about her career in the aesthetic world and plans for this year’s AMWC. Can you tell us a little bit about what led you into the field of aesthetic...

White stretch marks treated with Revypeel High

4 December 2024 | | PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
Striae distensae (SD), commonly known as stretch marks, are visible linear scars that develop in areas of dermal damage as a result of excessive stretching of the skin. Striae generally develop in various physiological states such as pregnancy, growth spurts...

Letter from Hong Kong (1 April 2020)

1 April 2020 |
By Professor Andrew Burd 1 April 2020. It is past midday so this is real. Just under three weeks ago, 9 March, I was invited to write a guest editorial for the Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery. I described the...

Medico-legal Forum (Botulinum/Laser)

1 April 2017 | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
The PMFA Journal and Hamilton Fraser Cosmetic Insurance have teamed up to provide a series of articles that will give examples of claims that occur from different procedures. In our February/March issue we featured a case that involved complications following...

Psychological outcomes following ultrasound-assisted gynaecomastia reduction in adult men

1 February 2015 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Gynaecomastia is a common condition that is said to affect 30-65% of men worldwide. Regardless of the severity of the condition, many men that are affected by their gynaecomastia, suffer considerable social embarrassment. The incidence appears to be increasing as...

The role of skin camouflage and micropigmentation in the fields of burns and plastic surgery

1 December 2014 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Many patients who survive major burns, suffer a traumatic injury or undergo reconstructive surgery following cancer are left with both physical but also psychological sequelae. Sometimes early psychological difficulties improve with the passage of time with support from friends and...

The origin of the Children’s Burns Club

1 December 2021 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Burn injuries can affect any of us or our families at any time. A momentary lapse in attention can lead to a lifetime of scarring. Whilst any individual member of a family group can be physically scarred, all the family...

OPINION - Impact of the Paterson Inquiry on the cosmetic and aesthetics sector

2 August 2023 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
On 15 December 2022, The Department of Health and Social Care published the ‘Government response to the independent inquiry report into the issues raised by former surgeon Ian Paterson: 12-month implementation progress update’. The reference documents (which apply to England)...

Multidisciplinary approach to breast cancer conservation – therapeutic mammoplasty

1 June 2018 | | PMFA - CPD, PMFA - Breast Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Edinburgh-based plastic surgeon Ewa Majdak-Paredes provides us with a comprehensive review of therapeutic mammoplasty, a multidisciplinary approach to breast-conserving surgery with an emphasis on oncological safety and good aesthetic outcomes. Breast cancer Each year over 55,000 women in the UK...

Post-truth bogus science: Cosmetic surgical research concerns support the need for research integrity watchdog in Australia

17 April 2024 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
The post-truth phenomenon has become a worldwide problem. The absence of a research integrity watchdog in Australia is causing related concern in aesthetic surgery, with the risk of research misconduct being allowed to prosper and benefit vested commercial interests. We...