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COVID-19: thoughts from an Edinburgh plastic surgeon

5 June 2020 | | General Plastic Surgery, COVID-19 - The PMFA Journal
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every aspect of life. Ken Stewart, Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Special Advisor for The PMFA Journal, outlines for us how his own plastic surgery department has adapted to the crisis. What did you do...

How I Do It - Approaches to lip augmentation: more than just increasing size

1 October 2018 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Having full lips is commonly associated with beauty and youthfulness. This is the reason why lip enhancement is one of the most frequently requested procedures. The complete perioral frame should be taken in to consideration to achieve a more natural...

How I Do It - Approaches to lip augmentation: surgical lip lift

1 October 2018 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
A surgical lip lift is particularly effective in lips that require both an increase in vertical height and eversion. Upper lip lifts have been described since the 1980s [1,2] but the most commonly used form was described by Oscar Ramirez...

How I Do It - Combination treatment of acne vulgaris

1 August 2019 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Acne vulgaris is a common, globally recognised, chronic condition. According to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, acne vulgaris affects approximately 85% of young adults aged 12-25 years [1]. Acne vulgaris is a disease affecting the pilosebaceous unit (PSU)...

Mercy Mission: all aboard with Mercy Ships off the coast of West Africa

1 December 2013 | | Facial Plastic Surgery, General Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery
Countries along the coast of West Africa are amongst the poorest in the world. Extreme levels of poverty often lead to poor outcomes or fatalities in many medical conditions that would be eminently treatable, with good outcomes in more developed...

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

15 July 2021 | | COVID-19 - The PMFA Journal, Oculoplastics, Maxillofacial Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
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...

The use of electrolysis in acne treatment – sebaceous gland ablation

1 April 2016 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Sebaceous gland ablation (SGA) offers a long-term solution to persistent acne. This is an exciting new treatment which is bringing hope to acne sufferers everywhere. What is acne? Acne is an unsightly skin condition which causes thickening and inflammation of...

Sushruta and Indian rhinoplasty

25 August 2021 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
Vijay Pothula explains rhinoplasty’s roots in ancient Indian Ayurvedic medicine, and how it was introduced to the Western world. In 1794 The Gentleman’s Magazine published a surgical operation which was long established in India but unknown in Europe [1]. A...

How I Do It - Treatment of lower eyelid bulging: transconjunctival laser approach

3 August 2021 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Oculoplastics, Dermatology
Ageing related weakening of the inferior orbital septum and increase of orbital fat volume is considered to result in lower lid prominence. Attenuation of the septum allows the gradual herniation of one or more of the three intraorbital fat pads....

Non-ablative Er:YAG-laser treatment of female patterned hair loss

6 April 2021 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Female patterned hair loss (FPHL) is the most common hair loss disorder in women. Initial symptoms may lead to progressive hair loss [1]. FPHL has emerged as the preferred term for androgenetic alopecia (AGA) in women due to the uncertain...

OPINION - Influencers affect us all: but are they as good as we think?

16 May 2022 | | General Plastic Surgery, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Recently I was approached by the son of a 75-year-old lady for a second opinion on a large fungating malignant melanoma on the outer lateral aspect of her left thigh. She had noticed an enlarging 50p size pigmented lesion just...

In conversation with Dr Suzan Obagi

1 August 2018 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
We caught up with famous cosmetic dermatologist Dr Suzan Obagi following her visit to the UK this summer. Dr Suzan Obagi You are one of the foremost cosmetic surgeons / dermatologists in the United States – can you tell us...