Does Your Nose Keep Growing as You Age?
Your nose does not keep growing, but it does get longer and look bigger with age. A consultant plastic surgeon explains why it happens and what can be done.
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Skinny Fat: What It Means and How to Get Rid of It
Skinny fat means a normal weight with too little muscle and too much body fat. How to tell if you are skinny fat, why it matters and how to fix it.
12 min read
B Belly: Causes, and How to Get Rid of It
B belly explained — what causes the crease, why it persists after weight loss, the lipoedema link most people miss, and when surgery is actually appropriate.
11 min read
Canthal Tilt: Positive, Negative and Neutral Explained
Canthal tilt explained — what positive, negative and neutral tilt mean, what determines yours, how it changes with age, and when canthoplasty is warranted.
14 min read
Pseudogynecomastia: Causes, Signs and Treatment
Pseudogynecomastia is chest fat rather than glandular tissue — what causes it, how it differs from true gynecomastia, and why liposuction alone treats it.
13 min read
V-Taper Body: How to Get One, and What Actually Limits It
V-taper body: frame, muscle and fat set it, but only two respond to training. Learn the shoulder-to-waist ratio and when surgery is the honest answer.
18 min read
Armpit Fat: Causes, Exercises and How to Get Rid of It
Armpit fat has three causes and only one responds to liposuction. Learn how to tell fat from breast tissue, what exercise does and how to remove it.
17 min read
Big Forehead: What Causes It and How to Make It Smaller
A big forehead is usually an inherited high hairline. Learn what counts as large, what causes it, what styling fixes and when surgery helps.
15 min read
Adonis Belt (Apollo Belt): What It Is and How to Make It Visible
The Adonis belt is anatomy everyone already has — the question is whether body fat is hiding it. What actually makes V-lines visible, and where surgery fits.
12 min read
Skin Lesion Histology Results: What Happens to Your Sample and What They Mean
Skin lesion histology results explained: what happens to your sample, how long results take, what each result means and the next steps.
7 min read
Laser Lipo: What It Actually Is, Does It Work, and Why We Use VASER, BodyTite and Argo Plasma Instead
Laser lipo explained: red-light pads versus laser liposuction, what the evidence shows, the risks and alternatives such as VASER and BodyTite.
16 min read
Roman Nose: What It Is, and Roman vs Greek vs Aquiline
A Roman nose has a convex bridge with a dorsal hump. How it differs from a Greek or aquiline nose, what causes it, and how a hump can be reduced.
13 min read
Facial Palsy: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Facial palsy treatment: how to tell it from a stroke, why steroids work best within 72 hours, protecting the eye and what surgery can offer.
18 min read
Small Calves: Why They Won’t Grow and How to Get Bigger Calves
Why are my calves so small? Genetics, high calf insertion and why calves resist training, how to get bigger calves, and when calf implants make sense.
17 min read
Finasteride Gynecomastia: Can Finasteride Cause Gyno?
Can finasteride cause gynecomastia? How often it happens, why lower DHT affects breast tissue, the early signs, and what to do if gyno appears.
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Dad Bod: What It Means, Why It Happens and How to Get Rid of One
Dad bod meaning, what it looks like and why fathers get one: falling testosterone, lost sleep and age. Muscular dad bod vs fat, and how to get rid of it.
16 min read
Rash Under the Breast: Causes, Treatment and When to See a Doctor
Rash under your breast? What causes sweat rash, intertrigo and yeast infections, the best creams to treat it, how to prevent it and when to see a GP.
23 min read
MTF Breast Development on HRT: Timeline, Size and What to Expect
How MTF breast development on HRT progresses month by month, how big breasts usually get, what affects growth, progesterone, screening and surgery options.
14 min read
Does Fat Freezing Work? What CoolSculpting Actually Removes, the Side Effects, and Why We Don’t Offer It
Does fat freezing work? See what it removes per cycle, the evidence, side effects including PAH and why it is not offered as a fat removal method.
14 min read
Unilateral Gynecomastia: Why Gyno Appears on One Side Only
Unilateral gynecomastia, or gyno on one side, is common and usually benign. Learn the causes, red flags needing a GP and how surgery is approached.
16 min read
Visceral Fat vs Subcutaneous Fat: How to Tell Which You Have
Visceral fat sits behind the muscle wall; subcutaneous fat under the skin. Pinch test, NICE calculator, rating chart, and why liposuction removes only one.
24 min read
Button Nose: What It Is and Whether You Can Get One
Button nose explained: how it differs from a snub or upturned nose, what the side profile looks like and whether rhinoplasty can create one.
13 min read
Nasal Vestibulitis: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Nasal vestibulitis is a skin infection just inside the nostril. Symptoms, causes, treatment at home, which cream works and when to seek urgent care.
17 min read
Nasal Polyps: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
What nasal polyps are, how to tell if you have them, why a one-sided polyp needs investigating, what shrinks them, and where FESS and polypectomy fit in.
13 min read
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