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Soft tissue augmentation – a review

5 February 2020 | André Luis Castro de Magalhães Mattos | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery

The author explains how treating the face as a 3D structure is key to a good result with invasive or non-invasive procedures. History Rejuvenation of the face and trying to reverse the effects of ageing dates back centuries. Facial volume...

Letter from Hong Kong (1 April 2020)

1 April 2020 | Andrew Burd (Prof Rtd)

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...

Xanthelasma

1 April 2014 | Victoria Whiteley | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology

Although the lesion known as Xanthelasma was first described by Addison and Gall in 1851 [1] it was recorded some 300 years previously in the famous painting of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. In this painting, Leonardo da...

A Timeline of Plastic Surgery

1 October 2013 | Robert Boyle Monkman | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery

Where did the name ‘plastic’ surgery come from? It is probable that the first use of the term was by the German von Graefe in his book Rhinoplastik published in 1818. The intention was to describe the moulding of tissue...

Serving face

25 November 2020 | Vincent Wong | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology

(Note: Serving face / giving face is a term used commonly by drag performers. It refers to the face you make as you pose for a photograph.) Dr Vincent Wong showcases the art and science of transforming drag queens into...

The REAL Clinic: the sustainable building and running of a new clinic

3 February 2023 | Chris Henson | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery

Naveen Cavale is CEO and Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the REAL Clinic, a small clinic near the Battersea Power Station, South London. He has offered The PMFA Journal his insights into the setting up, and running, of a new hospital....

Improving cosmesis after breast implant removal

1 February 2022 | Lucy R Khan, Christopher WJ Cartlidge | PMFA - CPD, PMFA - Breast Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery

Removing breast implants has a profound effect on the patient’s appearance; in this article the authors, both expert breast surgeons, discuss how to optimise the cosmetic result. Removing breast implants has a profound effect on the patient’s appearance and we...

The role of angiogenesis in wound healing, scarring and tissue regeneration

1 October 2014 | Ferdinand V Lali, Anthony D Metcalfe | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery

In the UK alone there are 175,000 people who visit Accident & Emergency departments with burns each year. This results in around 13,000 hospital admissions, of which 1000 are due to severe burns [1]. Over half of these admissions are...

Letter from Hong Kong (6 January 2022)

6 January 2022 | Andrew Burd (Prof Rtd)

So now we are entering the third year of this global pandemic. It is changing, evolving and is bringing out the very best and the very worst in humanity. Science and scientists have had a real bashing, but then who by? Quacks, aardvarks and gobbeldygooks. Looking back is looking forward.

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