A selection of news articles and pieces that ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê members have been involved with
March 2021
- 'Lockdown Botox ban that's been torture for facial palsy patients after treatment for condition is deemed cosmetic and non-essential'
February 2021
- 'Leadership and the effect of Covid-19 on leadership styles, Sex, Gender & the Census, Breast Reduction'
November 2020
- ‘Top doc issues safety warning ahead of stay at home firework displays’
October 2020
- Doctors raise concerns over DIY firework displays
- Don't hold home firework displays, urge doctors
- Doctors raise concerns over DIY firework displays
- Doctors raise concerns over DIY firework displays
- Doctors raise concerns over DIY firework displays
- Doctors raise concerns over DIY firework displays
- Doctors Raise Concerns Over DIY Firework Displays – syndicated across 100+ local outlets
- ‘Medics advise against DIY firework displays’
September 2020
- More than 1,500 NHS breast reconstructions delayed due to COVID
April 2020
- Avoid DIY and gardening during coconavirus lockdown, urge doctors
- Don't do gardening or DIY during coronavirus lockdown, docs warn
- Self isolaters warned against unnecessary DIY, after spike in traumatic injuries caused by power tools see hospitals stretched even further
February 2020
- Cosmetic surgery: Woman scarred after procedure in Turkey
November 2019
- Woman fears for unborn baby after botched tummy tuck left her battling sepsis
- BABY FEARS Pregnant mum told to 'prepare for the worst' after botched £4,000 tummy tuck triggered deadly sepsis
- Expectant mother, 27, tells how she almost died of sepsis after botched £42,00 tummy tuck she had in Poland to become 'Insta perfect' became infected
- Woman, 27, almost died after botched £4,200 tummy tuck to become 'Insta perfect'
- Pregnant woman fears botched tummy tuck abroad might hurt unborn baby
- Tweakments and top-ups: Are young women happy with a flawless face?
- NHS surgeons say fireworks should carry graphic warnings
- Leading surgeons call for fireworks to be sold in cigarette-style packaging with graphic images of life-changing burns and injuries
October 2019
- ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê president Mark Henley quoted in response to new Channel 4 show 'the Surjury'
- Beauty tourism is a quietly flourishing global industry
September 2019
- The unstoppable rise of the 'Instagram Face'
July 2019
- My breast reduction: Why I had the surgery that helped Simona Halep win at Wimbledon
May 2019
- 'If You’re Stabbed In The Street, This Is What Happens In The Seconds, Minutes And Hours After'
April 2019
- 'Plastic surgeon warns that fireworks thrown at football matches can scar, injure and kill'
- 'Five-minute 'needle' nose job'?
March 2019
& - 'Schoolgirls as young as 13 are seeking Botox to mimic celebrities amid a rise in metal health and self-esteem problems, plastic surgeons warn'
- 'Teenagers line up for Botox jabs to mimic celebrities'
Feburary 2019
- 'A new TV show sees a judging panel vote on whether people need plastic surgery and the world is NOT happy'
January 2019
- 'Surgeons slam Channel 4 show in which young people plead to go under the knife
- 'Doctors accuse Channel 4 show of "glamorising" surgery in new show which sees young people plead with a jury to approve their "dream" cosmetic procedures'
- 'Plastic Surgeons call for tougher UK rules on dermal fillers'
December 2018
- 'Losing 18st left me uncomfortable in my own skin'
November 2018
- 'Fireworks should carry cigarette-style graphic warnings to prevent injuries, say plastic surgeons'
- 'Why it's time to stop selling Fireworks'
- 'Call for graphic warnings on firework packaging'
- ‘Plastic surgeons call for cigarette-style warnings on fireworks’
- 'It's time to rein in fireworks'
- 'Surgeons call for curbs on fireworks 'sold like sweets"
- ‘Firework packaging should show graphic injuries, doctors say’
- ‘Fireworks ‘should carry graphic warnings on packet’ as injuries double’
- ‘Call for graphic warnings on firework packaging’
- ‘Doctors say firework packaging should show graphic warnings’
October 2018
- ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê member and plastic surgeon Paolo Matteucci successfully campaigned for Lisa Beardsley to receive NHS-funded botox treatment after her face was left paralysed from facial palsy
August 2018
- Plastic surgery abroad: what you need to know about 'medical tourism'
- ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê members among surgeons to issue warnings as 'Superdrug brings Botox and dermal filler treatments to high street'
- Tongue splitting poses serious risk to health, say surgeons
- Tongue splitting: Surgeons warn of serious health risks
- Snakey stuff: What is tongue splitting, is it legal in the UK and what are the risks?
- People who get their tongues split are putting their lives at risk
- From nerve damage to haemorrhage and even trouble breathing: Doctors warn about the 'horrific consequences' of bizarre tongue-splitting trend
- What is tongue-splitting? Trend could have dangerous health risks, surgeons warn
June 2018
- ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê member Joe o'Donoghue comments on an investigation that has found women with breast cancer may be denied access to reconstructive surgery to 'reduce NHS costs'
- ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê involvement in launch of new CCG Guidelines for Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Guidelines after findings show breast cancer patients are being denied reconstructive surgery
May 2018
- ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê member Demetrius Evrivades recognised for pioneering work on penile reconstruction of wounded soldiers returning from Afghanistan
April 2018
- First man to receive double hand transplant in UK writes thank you letter to ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê member, Simon Kay
February 2018
- 'Botched Cosmetic Surgery'. ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê member Simon Eccles recommends patients investigate procedures and surgeons thoroughly before going ahead with surgery
January 2018
- ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê member Ruth Waters asks 'Why are women still being denied breast reconstruction?'
December 2017
- ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê member Shehan Hettiaratchy invited to meet with PM Theresa May for Britain's most inspiring health worker awards
- A Public Awareness Lesson from Avocados (Avocado Hand)
November 2017
- ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê member Shehan Hettiaratchy nominated for 2017 Health Hero Award by patient who received treatment following the Westminster Bridge terrorist attack
October 2017
- Anna de Leo recommends fitting of safety latches on doors at home to prevent finger crush injuries in children
June 2017
(behind pay wall)- Simon Eccles comments on lack of regulation in the aesthetic medicine industry
May 2017
-Simon Eccles warned people to exercise care when removing stones from avocados, to avoid 'avocado hand'
- Jorge Leon-Villapalos commented on the rise in acid attacks on young people
Omar Ahmed appeared on the One Show this month, talking about a procedure he'd performed as part of a team of surgeons, during which a benign tumour was removed from a patient's jaw and reconstructed, using 3D technology
April 2017
- Honorary Secretary Simon Eccles comments on lack of change in regulation of cosmetic procedures on the 4th anniversary of the Keogh Report
July 2016
BBC Radio Manchester- Kavit Amin explained more about the recent landmark double hand transplant procedure
May 2016
and - With Cleft Lip and Palate Awareness week underway, ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê' Chris Hill talks about patients that he's helped
- Chair of the ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê Innovation Special Interest Group, Ryan Kerstein, comments on a new device which could be used to detect bacterial growth in wounds
- ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê' Brent Tanner talks to Talk Radio about penis transplant surgery- Listen again
December 2015
- ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê Member Sarah Tucker saves the life and leg of a moped crash victim
July 2015
- 100 years of plastic surgery
- Fill me in
June 2015
- Is cosmetic surgery the new acceptable face of womanhood?
February 2015
- Thousands risk health over cosmetic surgery
January 2015
- ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê President Nigel Mercer comments on the possible reasons behind a failed buttock implant procedure
October 2013
The Sun- Patient story- focus on craniosynostosis, with advice from ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê Member Steven Wall
July 2012
C21 Magazine- Chair of ̨ÍåÁùºÏ²Ê' Head and Neck Special Interest Group Omar Ahmed talks about the role of aesthetic and reconstructive surgery
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