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The beauty of Instagram reels

26 April 2023 | | Aesthetic Medicine, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Alan S Adams, award-winning business coach and author, and Director of The Clinic Coach, explores why aesthetic clinics need to be utilising Instagram Reels in 2023, and how this can lead to ultimate business success. With Instagram declared the most...

How I Do It - Approaches to acne treatment: Nd:YAG laser

1 August 2018 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Acne is common among individuals who experience a condition of hyperactive pilosebaceous units (precipitation and mobility of keratinocytes). A specific T-cell mediated inflammatory response is the initiating event in acne pathogenesis, followed by comedone formation. The mechanism of inflammation is...

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

1 October 2016 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Breast Surgery, Dentistry, Dermatology, Facial Plastic Surgery, General Plastic Surgery, Hand and Wrist Surgery, Imaging, Maxillofacial Surgery, Oculoplastics, Rhinoplasty, Skull Base Surgery
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...

A world-first in cosmetic surgery. All eyes are upon Australia.

10 August 2023 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Facial Plastic Surgery, General Plastic Surgery, Dermatology, Breast Surgery, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
The past three years have been tumultuous for cosmetic surgery in Australia. Media reporting on the poor practise of a small number of medical practitioners led to multiple administrative processes including the Independent review of the regulation of medical practitioners...

Sir Archibald McIndoe and the Guinea Pig Club

1 December 2013 | | Facial Plastic Surgery
The early life of Sir Archibald McIndoe Archibald Hector McIndoe was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 4th May, 1900. His father John was a printer and mother Mabel an artist. He was the second eldest child of four children....

Want to do exciting entrepreneurial research? – ask the space scientists

1 February 2015 | | Aesthetic Medicine
Advances in medical technology have improved the quality of life for people around the globe and contributed towards a general increase in life expectancy. Much of this can be attributed to a synthesis between the experience of medical professionals and...

Is patient masking leading to an increase in post-op infection after eyelid surgery?

21 October 2020 | | Oculoplastics, COVID-19 - The PMFA Journal, Facial Plastic Surgery, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of facemasks or face coverings in the clinical setting has become necessary. It is important to recognise that facemasks can be a source of infection after eye surgery and consider ways to minimise...

A study of chronic refractory tibia osteomyelitis treated with surgery and adjuvant hyperbaric oxygen

19 August 2020 | | General Plastic Surgery, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Introduction Chronic tibial osteomyelitis is a difficult problem to eradicate and often fails to respond to surgical treatment. Orthopaedic surgeons find it difficult to treat these infections which reside as a nidus in dead bone. There is always a risk...

OPINION – Cosmetic surgery: a difficult reality with a simple solution

13 September 2022 | | General Plastic Surgery, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
On 1 September 2022, an Independent Review released its long-awaited Report into Cosmetic Surgery in Australia [1]. Its key recommendation reflected the sentiment of our new, peer-reviewed, paper in the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery entitled ‘Cosmetic Surgery Regulation in...

Lipoedema awareness – the current state of play

5 September 2023 | | General Plastic Surgery, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Why do we need awareness? Around 40% of women in the UK are overweight or obese. Yet, within that 40% statistic, is a sub-set of women for whom that is not the full story. They suffer from a condition called...

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

1 August 2014 | | 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...

Recurrent corneal erosions secondary to isotretinoin use

4 March 2021 | | Dermatology
This article originally appeared in Eye News Dec/Jan 2021 Isotretinoin (13–cis-retinoic acid) is the first line treatment for moderate to severe nodulocystic or papulopustular acne [1,2]. Although it is a safe medication, it has several adverse side-effects, including ophthalmic manifestations,...