A century ago it was wounded soldiers, rather than celebrities, queuing for the latest plastic surgery. The First World War saw the rise of terrible facial injuries, which left many patients afraid of what their families and friends would say when they saw how badly disfigured they were. However, thanks to the hard work and […]
Many people feel unhappy or insecure about their physical appearance during some point in their lives. However, individuals can become obsessed with the way that they look and worry excessively about small, or imagined, flaws within their appearance leading to a little known illness called Body Dysmorphia. Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is estimated to affect […]
Rebecca Wallersteiner pours accolades on the dazzling ‘The Seedlip Garden’ by Dr Catherine MacDonald – a celebration of Modern and Apothecary – a Gold Medal Winner at The Chelsea Flower Show 2018 One special garden that particularly stood out for me at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower show was Dr Catherine MacDonald’s ‘The Seedlip Garden’ […]
The CHERUB HIV Garden conceived by Professor John Frater from the University of Oxford and Professor Sarah Fidler from Imperial College London, raises awareness of the journey of young people living with HIV and provides an opportunity for visitors to explore the challenges faced by them, reflect, heal and develop hope. Designed by Sussex-based Naomi […]
Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at the tranquil ‘The Embroidered Minds Epilepsy Garden,’ – inspired by William Morris’ daughter Jenny’s epilepsy – designed by award winning designer Kati Crome at the Chelsea Flower Show 2018 and sponsored by the Epilepsy Society. ‘The Embroidered Minds Epilepsy Garden designed by award-winning garden designer Kati Crome is a […]
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When it comes to gender reconstructive surgery, if you could sum-up the patient experience in one word, chances are you’d use ‘waiting’. The patient may have known from their early teens they weren’t comfortable in their own skin, yet they were forced to wait until they could do anything about it. If they initially sought help […]
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Should you go for a Gore-Tex nose job? When American entrepreneur Bob Gore created Expanded Polytetrafluoroetylene, or ‘ePTFE’ for short, in the 1960s, it proved revolutionary for all sorts of reasons. The material – Gore-Tex – is perhaps most famous for being used in outdoor jackets and trousers, thanks to properties that make it both […]
At the start of Eating Disorders Awareness Week, two experts in eating disorders discuss the problem of social media and bloggers who can help to promote poor body self-image. Alexia Dempsey is an Eating Disorders Specialist at the Priory Hospital Roehampton in South-West London. “Selfies, self-image, self-esteem and the “self” is very much at the […]
NEW stats released this month by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) suggested a major new trend in aesthetic procedures – more and more women are opting for surgery on their body, instead of their face and head. Some media outlets even announced the ‘death’ of the facelift, with a 44 per cent […]
In 1959, CP Snow wrote that “the intellectual life of the whole of Western society is increasingly being split into two polar groups.” He was referring to the estrangement between scientists and literary intellectuals, but his words could have as true for science and the visual arts. Although arts and science are often seen as […]
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