Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy: implications for practice

The average age of the menopause in the UK is 51 years (NHS UK, 2019), and with ever-increasing life expectancy, which is now around 82.9 years for women (Office for National Statistics, 2018), we...

Comment: Obesity and the possibility for private medical weight management services

In 2013, the DHSC embarked upon classifying services for weight management into a series of tiers:.

The need for regulation grows ever more urgent

‘I am looking at a time scale of about two or three years to get to a point where the government will propose legislation. My job is to encourage the government to do that.’.

Research Roundup

The sudden loss of vision following dermal filler procedures is rare; however, it can happen and can have catastrophic results. The aim of this study was to provide an update on the published cases of...

Topical vitamin A: types and applications in aesthetic medicine

The use of retinoids for topical treatment of acne and photoageing has increased in recent years, both in pharmaceutical and cosmetic arenas; however, as with other key topical ingredients for...

Treating the effects of bruxism with botulinum toxin type A: an overview

It is well known that the cosmetic industry is booming in the UK. Reported to have been worth £2.3 billion in 2010, and estimated to rise to £3.6 billion by 2015, it is fair to assume that more recent...

Comparing and contrasting body-dysmorphic disorder and eating disorders

BDD is a psychiatric disorder in which individuals see themselves as ugly, and they distressingly obsess over a slight perceived physical ‘defect’ in their appearance for at least 1 hour per day...

Cheek augmentation with dermal fillers: considerations for optimal results

So what makes patients seek out cheek augmentation, or actually do they do that at all? Many aesthetic practitioners will have experienced patients presenting to clinic requesting erasure of their...

Body dysmorphic disorder and aesthetic procedures

BDD, or the disease of self-perceived ugliness, is a psychiatric disorder in which afflicted individuals have a pervasive distortion of their self-image, usually by having persistent preoccupations,...

Not just needles: alternative approaches to skin rejuvenation

In the increasingly competitive market that is aesthetics, it is important for practitioners to have their own unique selling point to stand out from the crowd and draw patients in. One way for a...

Encouraging natural enhancement in aesthetic medicine

Even though there is science in beauty and ageing, what is considered to be beautiful is still very often subjective. For instance, patient expectations can vary dramatically between regional norms....

Time to think about the role of ethics in aesthetics