Preventing domestic violence

Some of the most terrible facial injuries I have ever had to deal with have been due to domestic violence. What starts with a slap and an apology can quickly escalate until a woman is regularly being injured, sometimes at risk to her life. I’ll never forget one woman who was brought into theatre with […]

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Why I gave up nicotine when I was 13

Professor Hutchison is consultant oral & maxillofacial surgeon at Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospital and is the founder of the Facial Surgery Research Foundation – Saving Faces – a charity dedicated to the reduction of facial disfigurement and disease. ‘I mainly work treating head and neck cancer and some of these patients suffer severe social […]

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Why I gave up nicotine when I was 13

Professor Hutchison is consultant oral & maxillofacial surgeon at Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospital and is the founder of the Facial Surgery Research Foundation – Saving Faces – a charity dedicated to the reduction of facial disfigurement and disease. ‘I mainly work treating head and neck cancer and some of these patients suffer severe social […]

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Acid attacks – A challenge for reconstructive surgeons

Following a spate of drive by acid attacks on men in East London, there are calls for tighter laws to penalise those people who use acid as a weapon. Put your hands up to your face and carefully feel your eyelids, followed by your cheeks and then the tip of your nose. What you can […]

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Acid attacks – A challenge for reconstructive surgeons

Following a spate of drive by acid attacks on men in East London, there are calls for tighter laws to penalise those people who use acid as a weapon. Put your hands up to your face and carefully feel your eyelids, followed by your cheeks and then the tip of your nose. What you can […]

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