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Total lower lip reconstruction: a review

1 October 2018 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
Total or near total defects of the lower lip may result from trauma, cancer ablation or congenital causes. Defects usually involve the full thickness and include skin, muscle and mucosa. There are a number of techniques for the one stage...

Fingers and toes and how to do it!

1 December 2014 | | PMFA - Hand & Wrist Surgery
The authors provide an excellent historical and current overview of the options for reconstruction of injuries of the thumb and finger tips. This takes you through the reconstructive ladder in its entirety, but also discusses philosophically the different approaches we...

Emerging trends in the aesthetics of rhinoplasty: from local to global

1 February 2017 | | PMFA - Rhinoplasty
The concept of ‘beauty’ can be bewildering in its scope and variation through time and geographical location. As the aim of facial plastic surgery consists of restoration of form and function, the definition of beauty takes on immense importance. Although...

How I Do It - Peri-orbital rejuvenation using HA fillers

1 April 2015 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
The peri-orbital region is the first to show signs of ageing due to thin skin and changes in texture, colour and volume. This can make the eyes look tired or sunken which can have a negative impact on the global...

Classical facelift: a modern British perspective

1 April 2017 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery
It is clearly impossible to outline the whole of this subject matter in a short editorial article; many theses have been written in this field. This article is designed to give an overview to those reasonably familiar with this area...

Temple restoration

1 October 2015 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
The complex biological process of facial ageing engenders many structural changes that are influenced by the combined effects of gravity, bone resorption, soft tissue atrophy, displacement of fat and a complex synergy of textural skin changes [1]. One of the...

Non-surgical lip enhancement: systematic preoperative assessment

1 October 2018 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
Detailed knowledge of the anatomy is important prior to any surgical or non-surgical intervention in this complex area. Dr Samizadeh takes us through her pre-procedure analysis. The most frequent location for faciaaestheticl volumising procedures is reported to be the lips...

A review of plasma medicine

1 February 2019 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - Oculoplastic
The author investigates the efficacy and tolerability of plasma treatments and asks what the future might hold in this field. Plasma medicine, a new and revolutionary technology to aesthetics, utilises the physical process of sublimation for therapeutic purposes. Non-surgical clinical...

Vascular complications Part 1: Prevention

7 October 2020 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
- VIDEO CONTENT AT BOTTOM OF ARTICLE - Vascular complications from the use of soft tissue fillers can be devastating. In the first of a two-part series (click here for Part 2), the authors discuss how to avoid these adverse...

Breast reconstruction – techniques from a plastic surgery perspective

3 October 2022 | | PMFA - CPD, PMFA - Breast Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic 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. Breast reconstruction following breast cancer surgery has positive physical and psychosocial health...

Masculinising chest wall surgery (‘top surgery’)

31 March 2023 | | PMFA - CPD, PMFA - General Plastic 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. In this feature article, we discuss our experience in masculinising chest wall...

Mucormycosis: In conversation with Dr Deepak Haldipur and Dr Aditya Moorthy

15 July 2021 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery, PMFA - Oculoplastic, PMFA - General
COVID-19 has ravaged the world in the past 18 months. The second wave in many countries was deadlier than the first. Mucormycosis, infamously labelled ‘the black fungus’ has affected some countries, such as India, in epidemic proportions within this COVID...