Author Archives: Dr Melissa Fitzgerald

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If you were considering a cosmetic procedure that involved a laser, or injections around your eyes or mouth, how would you decide where to go?

Would you go to a beauty salon, or would you choose to go to a doctor with 25 years of clinical experience and postgraduate training? Would you go to a GP or dentist who does a little bit of cosmetic work on the side, or would you choose someone who is doing cosmetic procedures every day, all day? Continue reading

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“I’d have all sorts of other treatments but don’t like the idea of Botox”

glabellar injection Why not? It’s really not scary. Nor need you look scary when you’ve had a treatment. I have been having botulinum toxin injections in my forehead for 20 years, and I can honestly say it is the most … Continue reading

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Will you be taking your clothes off in public this summer?

It’s a shocking thought I know, but now spring has sprung, it won’t be long before camisoles and sleeveless T-shirts are being dug out of the drawer. PRUNING TIPS FOR YOUR HERBACEOUS BORDER Holiday brochure riffling leads inevitably to thoughts … Continue reading

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My mother used to say: “The Lord never closes one door but He shuts another”

This was her own version of a well known proverb; one that  gave voice to her   somewhat cynical and cup-half-empty attitude to life, which I am delighted to say I have not inherited. I suddenly found myself remembering this during … Continue reading

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