Hair transplant clinics have seen a boom in trade since the first lockdown because people felt pressured to look their best on Zoom calls and were more comfortable recovering while working at home. Both men and women were behind a spike in demand for the procedure and said it was comforting to know they wouldn’t … Read more
A mother who became one of the first people in the UK to have a double hand transplant has thanked Prince William for raising awareness of her charity to support amputees. Cor Hutton, 50, from Renfrewshire, was the first patient in Scotland and the third in the UK to successfully have the procedure, after having both … Read more
Hospitals across the country are increasingly performing double lung transplants for critically ill coronavirus patients. Many people who contract COVID-19 have so much scarring and damage done to their lungs that their hope of survival is a new set of organs. At least 11 transplants have been reported nationwide including New Mexico, Texas, Wisconsin, Florida … Read more
A new type of bandage has been developed that can rebuild broken bones by transplanting bone-forming proteins and stem cells directly onto fractures. The biomaterial, which can be stuck to a fracture ‘like a plaster’ to accelerate healing, has been tested successfully on mice’s skulls. After rebuilding bits of broken bone, the biodegradable bandage – which is … Read more
A new type of bandage has been developed that can rebuild broken bones by transplanting bone-forming proteins and stem cells directly onto fractures. The biomaterial, which can be stuck to a fracture ‘like a plaster’ to accelerate healing, has been tested successfully on mice’s skulls. After rebuilding bits of broken bone, the biodegradable bandage – which is … Read more
A man who wasted over £30,000 on botched hair transplants says he would do it again as his full head of hair is a ‘valuable investment in his self image’. Spencer Stevenson, 44, from Newark,Nottinghamshire, started losing his hair at the age of 21, and has undergone 13 procedures in the last 13 years – but … Read more
Together against all odds: Charity campaigner and son, three, have survived life-saving organ transplants – while the mother has also battled against lymphoma cancer Mother Alexe Deane survived a heart transplant and also battled against cancer Her son Khari had to have his gall bladder removed and have a liver transplant Miss Deane, 27, has … Read more
Together against all odds: Charity campaigner and son, three, have survived life-saving organ transplants – while the mother has also battled against lymphoma cancer Mother Alexe Deane survived a heart transplant and also battled against cancer Her son Khari had to have his gall bladder removed and have a liver transplant Miss Deane, 27, has … Read more
Kris Boyson and Bianca Gascoigne have undergone His and Hers Hair Transplants. The couple headed to celebrity favourite KSL Clinic, with the personal trainer, 31, undergoing a FUE (follicular unit extraction) Hairline Transplant while the glamour model, 33, had the FUE Eyebrow Hair Transplant. Opening up about their insecurities that led them to seeking help, Kris … Read more
When Alli Shappell learned that her childhood pastor was in kidney failure and in need of a transplant, she immediately offered to donate. The 21-year-old nursing student was tested and, unfortunately, wasn’t a match, but she was determined to help the minister get a kidney. That’s when doctors at The University of Kansans Health System … Read more