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Ethics in aesthetics: considering eating disorders in the context of procedures

The causes of eating disorders are complex and multifaceted. Evidence indicates that genetic, environmental, cognitive and behavioural factors may all play an interactive role in eating disorder onset...

Hair loss: a clinical update

To assist diagnosis, a robust model of medical consultation (e.g. the Calgary Cambridge model of consultation) must always be used (Kurtz et al, 2003). In particular, details of when, where and how...

Acne in aesthetics: a common skin condition and the practitioner's role in helping

Plewig (2019) suggests that acne invariably begins in the early teens and, for this reason, can be considered to be one of the most common physiological manifestations of puberty. However, in some...

Treating the lower periorbital area with hyaluronic acid

Notoriously, the lower periorbital area shows signs of ageing before other sections of the face because of the combination of natural bone reabsorption around the lower orbit and the depletion of soft...

Research Roundup

There are a variety of studies available involving the role of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) as an assisted therapy for atrophic acne scars. On closer examination, the results of these studies were...

Respecting duty of care and patient safety when training and prescribing

‘All prescribers must take individual responsibility for their prescribing decisions and should recognise that there are certain areas of practice where remote prescribing is unlikely to be...

The aesthetics journey: prescribing and the new practitioner

Much is documented regarding the practices of prescribing in aesthetics (both in relation to a clinician's own patients and when prescribing for others). Equally, there is guidance available for...

Consumer credit: understanding the responsibilities and regulation

Most firms selling to the public do not provide credit terms themselves, they partner with one or more specialist lenders. In these circumstances, as Burgess notes, the seller is a ’credit broker’....

Beat inertia by injecting some creative tension into the mix

Breaking these patterns requires a jolt of some sort. Tension is created and energy is diverted to this new input. This raises the question of whether this new pattern is worth considering. In most...

Far and wide or near and dear? Why local media coverage is better than national press

Conversely to the drop in sales, last year, print display advertising in the national newspaper market rose 1% to £153 million in the first quarter of 2018 (Sweney, 2018). It was the first increase...

Research Roundup

In the development of acne, the skin microbiome plays a significant role in pathogenesis. The aim of the authors was to examine the facial skin microbiome of acne and the differences of microbiome...