The Last Word

Consultant plastic surgeon Mr Nigel Mercer argues for the ban of cosmetic surgery adverts The concernWe are all familiar with the pressure many people feel to look ‘perfect’. With the growth in social media and the rise of ‘influencers’ portraying …

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“Hair restoration surgery is not difficult to learn but can be very hard to do well”

Dr Greg Williams talks about his passion for hair transplant surgery and patient interaction Dr Greg Williams is one of the few plastic surgeons in the UK who has dedicated his practice to hair restoration. So, where did his interest …

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Hiring Staff for a Second Clinic

Independent nurse prescriber Jodie Grove shares her approach to recruitment in aesthetics After five years of successfully building my aesthetic business, I recently took the plunge to expand and open a second clinic. During the process of finding great staff …

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Managing Your Clinic’s Workload

Business coach and author Alan Adams discusses how to successfully prioritise tasks in an aesthetic clinic and details ways to manage your time efficiently Let me start by saying that there is no such thing as ‘time saving’. We cannot …

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Implementing a Creative Strategy

Marketing and PR professional James Dempster explores the importance of creative exercises to help practitioners produce innovative content for their marketing. As the business aspect of aesthetics can be such a competitive field, practitioners and clinics have a need to …

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Case Study:Treating Hair Loss

Nurse prescribers Frances Turner Traill and Lyndsey Loughery treat alopecia areata Hair in many individuals can represent beauty, youth and health and, in women, hair often represents femininity.1 Alopecia is a dermatologic condition that affects the pilosebaceous unit in both …

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Using Stem Cells for Hair Restoration

Consultant plastic surgeon Mr Ali Juma explores the use of stem cells for treating hair loss in men and women Stem cells are more frequently being discussed for uses in regenerative medicine and there are new developments in their use …

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Offering Profiloplasty

Dr Yusra Al-Mukhtar discusses how she uses non-surgical profiloplasty to successfully enhancethe profile of her patients and presents three case studies showcasing her results A non-surgical ‘profiloplasty’ refers to any treatment performed to enhance the profile of a patient, making …

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Spotlight On: EMsculpt

Aesthetics explores the use of a new energy-based device that aims to build muscle and reduce fat simultaneously As a practitioner, it is not uncommon for a patient to come into your clinic and say, ‘I want a toned tummy’ …

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Effective Laser Hair Removal

Practitioners discuss their treatment methods and technology preferences for successful long-term laser hair removal While many topics in the November hair issue of the Aesthetics Journal focus on stimulating and regenerating hair growth, we cannot ignore the popularity of the …

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