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NEOVA® brings next-gen skincare to the UK with PreJuvenation Launch

1 September 2025
NEOVA®, the trailblazing science-backed skincare brand renowned for DNA repair innovation, is proud to announce the UK launch of its PreJuvenation range in July 2025. This next-generation skincare line is specifically developed for proactive patients seeking early intervention against environmental...

Laboratoires Fillmed UK announces revolutionary collaborative partnership with VAIM

1 September 2025 | Research & Development
Leading medical aesthetics company, Laboratoires Fillmed UK, has announced a new collaborative partnership with the pioneering Korean regenerative hybrid dermal biostimulator aesthetics brand, JUVELOOK. The JUVELOOK range joins Fillmed UK’s impressive portfolio of groundbreaking combination protocol treatments and innovative solutions....

Perceptions and Deceptions a personal blog by the editor 9 June 2016

9 June 2016 |
Distractions! I am getting behind my timetable for the on-going story. So let me press on. I shall only comment at the outset that with regard to the Junior Doctors Contract issue in the UK, I do think the government...

How I Do It - Breast augmentation: choosing the ideal implant size

1 June 2017 | | PMFA - Breast Surgery
Fernando Amato discusses the value of using 3D simulated imaging to help patients make the right decision about their implant size. Breast augmentation with implants is one of the most widespread plastic surgeries. However, clinicians still have some difficulties and...

OPINION - From ethics to commerce: challenges faced by cosmetic practice for 2025 and beyond

14 February 2025 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Breast Surgery
Cosmetic medicine and surgery have seen remarkable and ongoing increases in popularity, reflecting advancements in medical technology and evolving societal norms based on, for example, social media, cultural expectations, and globalisation of beauty standards. Unlike with other medical specialties, these...

In conversation with Klaus Fritz

1 June 2022 | PMFA - Dermatology
We spoke with Dr Klaus Fritz, a board member with 5CC, about his career in dermatology and 5CC’s upcoming congress in Barcelona. Can you tell us a little bit about what led you into the field of dermatology, and what...

In conversation with Ioannis Goutos and Vania Hiratsuka Dalmedo

30 June 2025 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
We were lucky to sit down with Ioannis Goutos and Vania Hiratsuka recently and hear about QMUL’s MSc in Aesthetic Medicine which is designed for both new students and established clinicians. Ioannis Goutos. Vania Hiratsuka. Thank you both for taking...

Augmentation rhinoplasty

1 June 2016 | | PMFA - Rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty refers to a procedure in plastic surgery in which the structure of the nose is changed by adding or removing bone or cartilage, grafting tissue from another part of the body, or implanting synthetic material to alter the shape...

Informed consent and failure to disclose – legal perspectives for aesthetic surgeons

1 October 2016 | | 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
As litigation and legal claims in aesthetic surgery and medicine continue to rise, informed consent is not only a legal imperative but also essential in protecting yourself and your business. Lee Seng Khoo and Francesco Mazzarone, from the world-renowned Ivo...

Hymenoplasty and virginity – an issue of socio-cultural morality and medical ethics

1 December 2015 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
This article reflects the increasing complexity of the modern world, where the rich diversity of culture, morals, the law and religion, can have profound effects on medical practice. Sometimes there is considerable debate which is not in fact appropriate. This...

Opinion: Non-health groups and facial cosmetic injections: When prophecy fails

1 April 2017 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
It was in the late 1950s that the Psychologist Leon Festinger first developed his theory to explain how members of a cult were persuaded by their leader, Dorothy Martin that the earth was going to be destroyed by a flood...

Acid attacks: part 1

1 August 2019 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
In the first of a two-part series, Andrew Burd takes us through the background to the development of his protocol for the acute management of chemical assault burns (see Part 2 here). I have maintained a long-term interest in how...