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Restoring youth to the upper midface by blending the lid-cheek junction

3 February 2023 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology, CPD - The PMFA Journal
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. Rejuvenation of the eyes has a very high impact on the overall...

OPINION - Raising awareness of the dangers of local anaesthetic misuse in aesthetic procedures

3 October 2023 | | Aesthetic Medicine, General Plastic Surgery
This article will explore local anaesthesia (LA) and how its misuse can have severe negative consequences. We will also look into how we can address this important issue and help make the industry safer for patients. In the last few...

EAFPS 2021

15 September 2021 -18 September 2021 | General Plastic Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery, ENT, Rhinoplasty, Dermatology, Maxillofacial Surgery, Aesthetic Medicine, Oculoplastics
Following on from the immensely successful virtual EAFPS Conference in 2020 during the COVID pandemic, a return to an in-person face-to-face meeting was greatly welcomed and appreciated by all, allowing us the opportunity to reunite with colleagues from around the...

UK allergy crisis: deploy the ‘LIMED’ mnemonic

1 October 2019 | | General Plastic Surgery, CPD - The PMFA Journal
In response to the revelation that allergies now cost the NHS approximately £900 million pounds per year, Professor Frame and colleagues in Chelmsford explain why the mnemonic ‘LIED’ needs to be updated.

PMFA News team members in the running for prestigious awards

11 September 2014
The finalists for the Aesthetic Awards 2014 have been announced and PMFA News is particularly pleased that Mr Dalvi Humzah (Aesthetics Sub-Editor) and Dr Sam Robson (Specialist Advisor) have been nominated. Mr Dalvi Humzah has been named as one of...

The development of PDO threadlifting in the UK

1 October 2016 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Dr Jacques Otto looks at the development of polydioxanone (PDO) threads as an anti-ageing treatment, the creation of the Association of Polydioxanone Threads (APDOT) UK and what the future holds for threadlifting in the UK. Up to early 2014 the...

Platelet rich plasma

1 October 2019 | | Aesthetic Medicine
Claudia McGloin provides an overview of this misunderstood procedure. Platelet rich plasma treatment is commonly known as PRP, Dracula Therapy, Vampire Facial / Facelift, S3, Self-Stimulated Serum, Liquid Gold or Vampire Therapy. Platelet rich plasma has been around for a...

Masculinisation of the male face – ‘power-face’ surgery

1 December 2016 | | Facial Plastic Surgery
What do men want when seeking facial improvement? Authors from the world-renowned European Face Centre explore the modern approach to ‘power-face’ surgery. A growing number of men are seeking the ‘ideal face’ for physical and psycho-social reasons. Orthofacial surgery aims...

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

1 April 2015 | | Aesthetic Medicine, 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...

From PIP to DC-CIK to the Sorcerer’s Apprentice: a medico-political minefield

1 October 2013 | | Breast Surgery, General Plastic Surgery
Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) was a French company that manufactured silicone breast implants that were surgically implanted mainly for cosmetic breast augmentation. Of note, ‘cosmetic’ is used in the strict sense of the word meaning false and artificial and does...

The scandal of NHS contracts with the independent healthcare sector

20 August 2020 |
Since March 2020 it was sensible medical practice to consider making all possible beds in the NHS available to potentially admit ill patients with COVID-19. The expected admission rate was supposed to risk overwhelming the NHS, so independent sector facilities apparently volunteered and were then contracted to the NHS as priority, with full remuneration for their losses, and all private practitioners were effectively frozen out from seeing, admitting and operating on their own self pay patients.

Finalists announced for Aesthetic Awards 2015

2 September 2015
We are delighted that three of our editorial board members are nominated for the Aesthetic Awards this year.PMFA News Aesthetics Sub-editor Dalvi Humzah has been nominated for Medical Practitioner of the Year, while his Facial Anatomy Teaching has been shortlisted...