Reforming Companies House

Jason Piper, Policy Lead, Tax and Business Law at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), an accounting professional body, says that there is widespread concern about abuse of...

A year in review: celebrating the Ethics in Aesthetics campaign

Treating skin conditions: a holistic approach in dermatology

Psychodermatology addresses interactions between the mind and the skin (Jafferanay, 2011), and has recently seen a rise in popularity in UK dermatology clinics, possibly due to a recent study that...

First, do no harm: ethical practice and patients with body dysmorphic disorder

Fast forward to today's patients, who are often younger and may be influenced by the huge bombardment of cosmetic advertising and pressure from social and other media encouraging them to look a...

Understanding the needs of skin of colour

A practitioner aware of how differences in culture impacts their relationship and interaction with their patient is likely to have more successful outcomes (Kennedy et al, 2017). This also involves...

Using a needle versus cannula: the advantages and disadvantages

The dermal filler can be injected using different size needles or blunt cannulas, depending on the area treated, the desired effect and the experience of the person performing the procedure....

RESEARCH ROUNDUP

As the use of dermal filler injections increases worldwide, as are the cases of serious adverse events, such as loss of vision and skin ischemia, being reported..

The challenges and limitations of isolated practice in aesthetic medicine

Within aesthetic medicine, one of the challenges facing many practitioners is that numerous individuals are working in isolation within their clinical settings, with some working in dual clinical...

Practise what you preach and think before you post

This brings me to the main issue that I firmly believe needs addressing, in that there is a growing concern in the aesthetic industry about the increase of over-sexualised and provocative images that...

Tune your game!

Creating your product in your client's mind is just as important as creating it physically, so understanding your client's psychology, interests and allegiances is essential. Unfortunately, there are...

Tax investigations: why HM Revenue and Customs might investigate a business

HMRC requires compliance and any mistakes—however small or simple—may lead to questions being asked of the taxpayer. Of course, one small error, especially if voluntarily corrected by the taxpayer, is...

Internal marketing: maximising your existing patient list

Every new client fills in a medical questionnaire, and at the end of this form, we always ask three simple, tick-box, yes/no questions:.

Facial rejuvenation and skin-tightening using monopolar radiofrequency

The manifestations of ageing occur as a result of gravity impact, muscle action, loss of volume, reduction of superficial and deep fat and loss of skeletal support, which collectively lead to the face...

What do men want? A gender-specific approach to male facial rejuvenation

What is it that motivates a man to seek treatment in this predominately female arena? That largely depends on whom you ask, but there do seem to be some common patterns. According to Cohen et al...

Neck thread lifts as an alternative to surgical intervention for ‘turkey neck’

While polydioxanone threads are a popular choice of thread material, other materials, such as poly-L-lactic acid, polycaprolactone silicon-covered thread, gold and others are available to be used..