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Sir Archibald McIndoe and the Guinea Pig Club

1 December 2013 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery
The early life of Sir Archibald McIndoe Archibald Hector McIndoe was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 4th May, 1900. His father John was a printer and mother Mabel an artist. He was the second eldest child of four children....

Support groups for hidradenitis suppurativa

1 October 2015 | | PMFA - Dermatology
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is an inflammatory condition characterised by painful inflamed nodules in the apocrine regions of the body. It follows a chronic relapsing clinical course and is a very difficult condition to treat. It has an estimated prevalence of...

Focus on: Cosmeceuticals (part 2)

1 June 2016 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
To start the second part (see also Definitions, regulations and a review of the market and Skin anatomy and photoageing and Focus on: Cosmeceuticals (part 2) - continued) of this special focus on cosmeceuticals the authors will present some of...

When a patient asks for your insurance details…

1 April 2015 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Breast Surgery, PMFA - Dentistry, PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Hand & Wrist Surgery, PMFA - Imaging, PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery, PMFA - Oculoplastic, PMFA - Rhinoplasty
Coming from a patient, the question “Do you have insurance?” is almost certain to put a medical practitioner on edge. Not being a common query, many do not have a ready answer and instead have to grapple with some questions...

Report: BAPRAS 2023

13 December 2023 | | BAPRAS, plastic surgery, reconstructive, craniofacial, meeting, events
A report from PMFA's first ever, very festive BAPRAS Congress, which ran recently from Wednesday 29 November to Friday 1 December in the Hilton Newcastle Gateshead hotel.

AMWC 2023

30 March 2023 -1 April 2023
AMWC is one of the world’s leading aesthetic and anti-ageing medicine congresses, welcoming 14,000 participants and 300 prominent speakers from over 120 countries. Held under the supervision of the Aesthetic Multispecialty Society (AMS), the advanced and highly interactive programme covers...

The aesthetic triangle: Analysis of lip prominence and clinical implications

3 October 2025 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
This article has been verified for CPD. Click the button below to answer a few short questions and download a form to be included in your CPD folder. The lips constitute one of the most important facial aesthetic units. Due...

Botulinum toxin (BoNT) for depression: A review of the mechanism of action and its potential place as an adjuvant treatment

3 August 2021 | | PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
BoNT is becoming a recognised efficient treatment for depression, endorsed by several disciplines including psychiatry. Clare Amrani examines the potential mechanism of action and explores the appropriate place of BoNT in the therapeutic armamentarium for depression. How did BoNT become...

How I Do It - Photoageing treatment: RF microneedling

3 October 2022 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
Microneedling is a process by which very small, sharp needles are inserted into the skin layers at various predetermined depths to cause micro-injury to the dermis. The epidermal layer is minimally disrupted and healing is achieved without inducing an inflammatory...

Reflections on the criticism of the criticism of the NHS

5 October 2017 |
Surfing my FB pages the other day I came across a link to a blog written by Dr Rachel Clarke, a Medical Writer, Feminist and Junior Hospital Doctor from Oxford. Rachel had written this in response to The Telegraph headline...

How I Do It - Skin tightening: Fotona 4D protocol

1 June 2019 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Skin tightening, especially on the face, is currently one of the most common aesthetic procedures. There are many approaches to facial skin tightening, many of them executed with various energy-based devices, such as lasers, radiofrequency and ultrasound devices, all of...

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)...