The NLF consists of dermal muscle insertions of risorius, zygomaticus major/minor and levator labii superioris, combined with subdermal fat and tissue of the superficial musculoaponeurotic system...
The discovery and understanding of polynucleotides have played a crucial role in shaping modern medicine. Johann Friedrich Miescher (a Swiss physician and biologist) first isolated ‘nuclein’ — now...
Kevin Modiri, a partner and solicitor at a law firm called Nelsons, says that the original bill was postponed after former prime minister, Liz Truss, took office. However, he details that last October...
» Social media is a platform that many practitioners within the aesthetics sector use to showcase and promote enviable lifestyles. This has served to breed avarice, encouraging others to seek out...
» A training course which instructs on where and how much to inject to achieve a given outcome, even a course which includes a few hours of e-learning, is bound to set up a degree of cognitive...
I have recently been asked to give an expert opinion on a criminal case around safeguarding the public undergoing treatments within a beauty establishment. This was a timely request as it fell just as...
A young woman in her 20s attended as she was originally concerned about the appearance of her under eyes. She felt they looked dark and sunken. She had never had this area treated; however she had...
In regards to the safety and efficacy elements of the use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP), there is a lot of data in vitro and pre-clinical in vivo studies to support that PRP is used globally in...
Readers will remember that following a rigorous campaign with regulators, Ministers, MPs, Members of the House of Lords, with national policy influencers and with fellow partner organizations the JCCP...
»The substance and the content of the live demonstrations, panel discussions and presentations covered a host of topics pertinent to medical aesthetic practice. This year, the academic and practical...
Connecting with people is a human trait. So what makes our general day-to-day interactions differ from how we network? When we network, we discuss areas of mutual interest, discuss trends, analyse...
The British Association of Cosmetic Nurses (BACN) is returning to Birmingham for its annual conference following highly positive feedback from delegates, speakers, and exhibitors in 2022. The event...
» Available evidence indicates that some patients choose to have non-surgical facial aesthetic procedures because they believe it would yield psychosocial benefits and resolve problems in other areas...
» An alternative option that many patients are unaware of is the existence of ‘skin boosters’, which can be defined as biological materials or bio-actives that help or encourage the skin to increase...
Coming from an East Asian background, blepharoplasty seemed to be a surgery widely sought after where I grew up. Blepharoplasty (also commonly known as eyelid surgery) is a procedure to remove...
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