The partial or complete absence of hair from areas of the body where it normally grows.
A pain preventing drug administered during surgery. Local anaesthetic which only numbs the area where it has been administered and general anaesthetic which will put the patient to sleep for the procedure.
Derived from a person’s own body.
Both sides of the body.
Vitamin B7
The part of plasma which has the highest concentration of proteins.
A machine with a rapidly rotating container that applies centrifugal force to its contents, typically to separate fluids of different densities.
The main structural protein found in skin and other connective tissues, widely used in purified form for cosmetic surgical treatments.
A meeting with a surgeon nurse or doctor to find out more about a cosmetic procedure.
A reason why a procedure may not occur or a medication/drug may not be given.
Cytokines are a broad category of small proteins important in cell signalling.
The area of your body where fat, muscle or even skin is taken from to reconstruct another area of your body.
Fibroblast Growth Factor
General Medical Council. A register of all the doctors who practice medicine in the UK.
A collection of blood outside of the blood vessels usually caused by an injury or as a complication from a surgical procedure.
Condition in which patches of skin are darker than the surrounding skin. It occurs when special cells in the skin make too much of the pigment called melanin.
A scar that is slightly raised and often red in colour.
Insulin-like Growth Factor
A surgical cut of the skin.
Situated or applied within the layers of the skin.
A protein forming the main structural constituent of hair, skin and nails.
The name of the pigment responsible for giving skin colour.
The process of creating multiple superficial puncture sites in the skin.
Platelet-derived Growth Factor.
Platelet-growth Factors.
Small multiple indentations in the skin.
A specialist area of surgery where procedures are performed to restore, reconstruct, or alter the body.
Also known as thrombocytes, are small, colourless cell fragments in our blood that form clots and stop or prevent bleeding.
Blood plasma is a light amber liquid component of blood that is freed from blood cells, but holds proteins and other constituents of whole blood in suspension. It makes up about 55% of the body’s total blood volume.
A mark or blemish left on the skin left by a something such as a spot
Platelet-Rich Fibrin.
Platelet-Rich Plasma.
Red Blood Cells.
A surgical procedure where the nose is reshaped. Also referred to as a nose job or nose reshaping surgery.
A surgical procedure that pulls back the skin of the mid-face and neck to make the face appear tighter with reduced sagging. Also known as a facelift.
Stem cells are the body’s raw materials — the origin of specialised cells.
Procedures that are carried out beneath the skin.
Transforming Growth Factor β.
Also known as platelets, are small, colourless cell fragments in our blood that form clots and stop or prevent bleeding.
Refers to a medication or drug being administered onto skin, such as a numbing cream.
On one side.
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor.
The puncture of a vein with a needle as part of a medical procedure, typically to withdraw a blood sample or for an intravenous injection.
White blood cells.