Aesthetic Medicine

Marketing Using Clinical Data

PR and communications consultant Julia Kendrick explains how can you effectively translate clinical data into compelling clinic marketing materials In the highly competitive aesthetic specialty, multiple devices, brands, medicines and other treatments all jostle for attention; and, for many practitioners, …

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Minor Surgery in an Aesthetic Clinic

Dr Ruth Harker provides her advice to doctors and nurses involved in minor surgery in aesthetic practice, explaining ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’ I don’t know if you’ve tried to get anything removed on the NHS recently? Well, …

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Using PDT

Aesthetic and dermatology nurse prescriber Anna Baker discusses the literature on topical photodynamic therapy for non-melanoma skin cancer with methyl aminolevulinate (MAL) IntroductionTopical photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a widely used non-invasive treatment for certain non-melanoma skin cancers, permitting treatment of …

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Special Feature: Tattoo Removal

Practitioners discuss how to safely and successfully remove unwanted tattoos Irish-American tattooist Samuel O’Reilly first patented the twin-coil electromagnetic tattoo needle in New York in 1891, paving the way for modern inking and the continued popularity of tattoos.1 In 2015 …

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Incorporating a dietician into your practice

General practitioner and skin specialist Dr Anita Sturnham shares her experience of incorporating a dietician’s expertise to improve patient results Nutrition is essential as part of an antiageing skincare regimen. There are two main processes that are thought to induce …

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Glycation

Lorna Bowes examines the concept of glycation and reviews the evidence behind various topical ingredients shown to inhibit accumulation of Advanced Glycation Endpoints (AGEs As we, aesthetic practitioners, cosmetic dermatologists and cosmetic scientists, learn more about the ageing process, we …

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