Miles G. Berry is a multiple award winner in both clinical and academic fields. With over a decade of pure aesthetic surgery atop 20 years of wide-ranging surgical experience since qualifying from University College London in 1991, he has established himself as one of the field leaders in a broad remit of aesthetic surgery. His practice, Cosmetic Surgery Partners, has won a number of awards for clinical excellence based on patient feedback and independent evaluation.

Miles' academic expertise has twice been recognised with JPRAS' annual Best Paper award. He gained a Master of Surgery, and a patent, for original research into breast cancer at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London and has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He has travelled widely to learn and perfect cutting-edge techniques in both Sydney, Australia and Paris. The latter saw him invited to extend his stay to almost two years at the world-famousInstitut Curie, where he co-authored the textbook Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery for Breast Cancer.

His formal teaching experience includes an Anatomy Demonstratorship, a Lecturership in Surgery at St Bartholomew's and for the past 5 years a trainer for the UK's longest-established non-surgical training provider.

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Foreword.- Introduction.- A brief history of Botulinum neurotoxins.- Biophysiology: what is it?.- Pharmacology: how does it work?.- Anatomical considerations.- facial musculature.- Frontalis.- Corrugator.- Procerus.- Orbicularis.- Aging and the basis of muscular relaxationSome basic concepts of beauty and youth.- Clinical assessment.- Consultation: history and examination.- Photography and Consent.- Practical tips.- Aesthetic administration.- Product selection, reconstitution and storage.- Technique and product placement .- Common treatment areas.- Glabellar complex.- Forehead.- Crow's feet.- Post-injection advice.- Safety, side effects and complications.- Medical uses of Botulinum neurotoxins.- Opthalmology.- Neurology.- Gastroenterology .- Urology .- Dental.- Psychiatry.- The patients' page.- Education, training and regulation.- Glossary.- Further reading.- Index.