Patient guides
Writing from the practice
Answers to the questions patients ask before and after an operation — what a procedure involves, how recovery actually goes, and how to judge whether something is right for you. Each piece is written by one of the surgeons and reviewed before it is published.
Articles
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The fear of looking unnatural after a facelift
The commonest reason patients delay a facelift is fear of an obvious result. This addresses where that appearance actually comes from and how modern technique avoids it. -
Stress, healing and facial ageing after a facelift
Chronic stress affects both surgical healing and the rate at which the face ages afterwards. This covers the mechanism and what can reasonably be done about it. -
Minimally invasive facelifts, and their limits
Thread lifts, fillers and energy devices are widely marketed as alternatives to a facelift. This sets out what each does, and where the comparison stops being accurate. -
Open and closed rhinoplasty compared
The difference is one incision, and it determines how much of the nasal framework the surgeon can see. This sets out what each approach allows and which cases suit which. -
How Hand Surgery Developed Into a Specialty
Hand surgery grew out of wartime trauma reconstruction and now spans nerve and tendon repair, microsurgery and aesthetic work. This is how the discipline developed and what it treats today. -
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Explained
Carpal tunnel syndrome develops when the median nerve is compressed at the wrist. This covers the causes, the symptoms that matter, how it is diagnosed and when surgery becomes the right answer. -
Who Needs Hand Surgery, and for What
Hand surgery covers trauma, congenital difference, arthritis, nerve compression and tendon disorders. This sets out the conditions treated and who is likely to benefit. -
Breathing and Sleep Disorders Explained
Sleep apnoea, snoring and insomnia have distinct causes and distinct treatments. This covers how each is diagnosed and where nasal surgery fits among the options. -
Combining Rhinoplasty With Other Procedures
Rhinoplasty is often planned alongside chin augmentation, a facelift, a lip lift or eyelid surgery. This explains why, which combinations are common, and what it means for recovery. -
Rhinoplasty for a Nasal Hump
A dorsal hump is excess bone and cartilage along the bridge of the nose. This covers how it is reduced surgically, the open and closed approaches, and what recovery involves. -
Fat Grafting and the Case Against Fillers
Fat grafting uses the patient's own tissue rather than a manufactured product. What that means for allergic risk, longevity and the volume of single-use material a treatment consumes. -
Fat Transfer for Facial Volume Loss
Fat transfer restores facial volume using the patient's own tissue. Who is a candidate, what the procedure involves, what recovery is like, and the risks that matter. -
Non-Surgical Treatments That Actually Work
Peels, laser, microneedling, fillers and fat transfer each address a different problem. What each one is for, what it will not do, and how they combine. -
How Long Fat Grafting Results Last
Typically 50 to 70 per cent of transferred fat survives long term. What determines which cells persist — technique, graft site blood supply, weight stability and post-operative care. -
Where Aesthetic Medicine Is Heading
Software-assisted assessment, regenerative techniques, autologous fat transfer and remote consultation are changing how aesthetic medicine is practised. What is substantive and what is presentation. -
The Psychology of Ageing and Appearance
Why social norms about ageing shape how patients feel about their own faces, what self-esteem research actually shows, and how to separate a personal motivation from an external one. -
What Actually Keeps Skin Looking Younger
Diet, sun protection, hydration, exfoliation and clinical treatments each do something different for skin. This sets out what each contributes and where fat grafting fits. -
Cheek Fillers — What to Know First
The filler types used for cheek contouring behave differently in duration, thickness and reversibility. What the procedure involves, what aftercare matters and which risks are real. -
Chin Fillers for Profile Balance
Chin filler adds projection without surgery, and is often the test of whether an implant is worth considering. What the treatment involves, how long it lasts and where its limits are. -
Tear Trough Fillers for Under-Eye Hollows
The tear trough is the most technically demanding area to fill. Why hollowing develops, what the treatment can and cannot correct, and the specific risks of filling this region.