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Cord lining mesenchymal stem cell exosomal proteins and their effects on hair follicles

4 December 2023 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
Umbilical cord lining (UCL) mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) produce proteins and growth factors that, when packaged into exosomes in fixed proportions, can stimulate repair and regeneration in recipient cells. The pleiotropic properties of UCL-MSC have been shown to be effective...

Laser and light based hair removal

1 April 2017 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
Laser hair removal is a popular, and constantly evolving, treatment. Professor Paolo Bonan and colleagues provide us with a comprehensive overview and some ‘top tips’ for how to make the procedure as safe and effective as possible. Hair removal, also...
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The Art of Combining Surgical and Nonsurgical Techniques in Aesthetic Medicine

20 August 2020 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
This is a well-written hardback discussing various approaches to combination treatments for the face and the body. There are 15 chapters each outlining a specific category from patient selection to the use of noninvasive devices, light-based therapies and blending non-surgical...

Free style facial artery perforator flaps for nasal reconstruction

8 October 2014 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Rhinoplasty
This is an update from the team of authors that originally described the free style facial artery perforator flap, for one stage nasal reconstruction, in 2009. They now update after 10 years of experience with these freestyle facial artery perforator...

First there was Sophia

4 January 2019 | Written by
A robot is a man-made machine which can do some things by itself. It is not alive. It has no physiology. But it does have a source of energy, sensors to interact with the external world, a rudimentary nervous system...

The future of energy-based devices: do we have limits?

7 November 2019
Victor Gabriel Clatici asks what is the final frontier in dermatology, plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine?

Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 3)

14 June 2021 |
14 June 2021 is the day in the Chinese calendar to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. These local holidays are a reminder of the deep cultural heritage enjoyed by the Chinese people.

Focus on Cosmeceuticals: Definitions, regulations and a review of the market

1 April 2016 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
In the previous section of this special focus, the structure and function of the skin has been reviewed as well as the cutaneous changes induced by UV exposure. This section will define the term cosmeceutical and discuss the current market...

Raising the bar for safer cosmetic surgery in the UK – part 2

1 October 2018 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
In the second of a two-part article (see Part 1 here) Professor James Frame, from the Anglia Ruskin University, gives us his opinion on what needs to be done to improve cosmetic surgery and patient safety in the UK. Medical...

Medical Cosmetic Awards 2015

17 November 2015
The PMFA News team were delighted to receive an invitation to the Medical Cosmetic Awards in Glasgow as this was the first ever event of its kind to be held in Scotland. Despite this being Scotland’s first awards, there was...

Cutting it fine online: social media and reputation management on the web

1 August 2014 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
Social media is an amazing tool which, in its finest form, can be utilised to heighten your profile, increase brand awareness, promote your services, and fruitfully interact with colleagues, patients and the public. It is important, however, to remember that...

Making the most of the temporalis fascia graft in open rhinoplasty: an innovative technique with outcomes of 2000 cases over a 15-year period

2 June 2021 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Rhinoplasty
The authors present a technique that increases the surface area of a temporalis fascia graft when used to provide smooth, dorsal coverage in cases of open tip rhinoplasty. Numerous graft materials have been developed for use in rhinoplasty procedures in...