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Chronic telogen effluvium reversal using E. coli-derived cytokines and growth factors: a case report

3 June 2024 | | PMFA - Dentistry
Chronic telogen effluvium (CTE) is a condition where there is prolonged increased hair shedding, primarily affecting middle-aged women. Its exact cause is often unknown. In CTE, many hair follicles enter the resting phase prematurely due to various reasons, leading to...

Aye, Aye. AI?

26 November 2024 | | AI, editorial commentary, artificial intelligence, technology, ChatGPT, OpenAI
This is the first in a series of blogs where I look at artificial intelligence (AI) beyond the horizon. To do so, I must present the evidence that takes us to the horizon and then, using both experience and imagination,...

Cryolipolysis: a review of published clinical data

1 February 2016 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
Definition: Cryolipolysis is derived from the greek language, describing ‘cold’ and ‘fat breakdown’. History The actual phenomenon of cold induced adipocyte necrosis was originally described by Epstein et al. in 1970 who had reported the presence of a “red indurated...

Global surgical crisis and Mercy Ships

3 April 2025 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
History of Mercy Ships Mercy Ships began with Don and Deyon Stephens’ dream and an inspirational meeting with Mother Teresa. In 1978, their desire to create hospital ships that could deliver safe, free surgery to those around the world without...

The scandal of NHS contracts with the independent healthcare sector

20 August 2020 |
Since March 2020 it was sensible medical practice to consider making all possible beds in the NHS available to potentially admit ill patients with COVID-19. The expected admission rate was supposed to risk overwhelming the NHS, so independent sector facilities apparently volunteered and were then contracted to the NHS as priority, with full remuneration for their losses, and all private practitioners were effectively frozen out from seeing, admitting and operating on their own self pay patients.

Venomous snake bite leaves arm unusable: boy waits seven years for life-changing surgery

1 May 2025 | charity, news, plastic surgery, international, Mercy Ships
An 11-year-old boy from Sierra Leone can finally go to school and use his right arm again after his severely deformed limb was operated on by international health charity, Mercy Ships. Without the free surgery, Yusif’s right hand and arm...

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 - Combination treatment of acne vulgaris

1 August 2019 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
Acne vulgaris is a common, globally recognised, chronic condition. According to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, acne vulgaris affects approximately 85% of young adults aged 12-25 years [1]. Acne vulgaris is a disease affecting the pilosebaceous unit (PSU)...

How I Do It - High-energy acne scar treatment with a fractional Q-switched Nd:YAG laser

30 March 2022 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
Acne vulgaris is one of the most common skin diseases, affecting one out of two people in their lifetimes. About 80% of people between the ages of 11 and 30 suffer from acne, of which many will further experience some...

CQC regulators and private hospitals need more common sense

1 July 2018 | | PMFA - Breast Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
There is a fundamental flaw in the way regulatory bodies are allowed to pressure and scare perfectly functioning private hospitals. Invariably the regulators themselves are of ordinary stock and have to justify their salaries by increasing administrative workloads on others....

Breast reduction in the older woman

1 December 2022 | | PMFA - Breast Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Breast reduction (bilateral breast reduction or BBR) is an operation to reduce the size of the breasts, helping to improve the shape of the breasts and lifting the nipples to an appropriately higher position. Some women have difficulty with their...

A ventral solution to a perineal problem: a case report

15 December 2022 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
The repair of postoperative perineal hernias is extremely challenging. Two male patients with problematic secondary perineal hernias following abdominoperineal resection of rectal adenocarcinoma have been successfully treated using the Ventralex™ composite, self-expanding ventral patch, normally used for umbilical and epigastric...