In this week's edition
- ✍️ Letter from P'Fella
The textbook that doesn’t expire! - 🤓 The Sunday Quiz
How well do you know liposuction? - 🖼️ Image of the Week
Blood supply of the abdominoplasty. - 🚑 Technique Tip
Danger zone in gluteal fat grafting. - 🎈 Upcoming Events
New event added! - 🎓 The Fellow's Corner
PRF prep tutorial. - 📘 Foundations Textbook
Pre-orders open now! - 🔥 Articles of the Week
US guiding gluteal fat grafting, post-op abdominoplaty pain control, & TXA to treat liposuction blood loss: with 1-sentence summaries. - 💕 Feedback
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A Letter from P'Fella
The Textbook That Doesn’t Expire
Most textbooks have a silent expiration date. You just don’t see it printed on the spine.
The second they hit the shelf, they start aging. And it shows. Protocols change. Guidelines evolve. But your copy? Still stuck in 2016, teaching Swanson Classification instead of OMT.
We are building Foundations to fix that.
What If Print Didn’t Mean Static?
Foundations will be the only textbook that keeps you up-to-date after it’s printed. Every month, new content drops. Aligned to your textbook. Built around what’s changing — and what matters.
Here’s how it works:
- You open a chapter. There’s a QR code. You scan it.
- Boom — latest updates, live.
- No logins. No portals. Just tap and read.
Foundations is still a real book. You can underline it. Highlight it. Spill coffee on it. But it’s not frozen in time like everything else.
A New Standard: Living Print
This isn’t about gimmicks. It’s about not getting trained on outdated info.
When your book evolves with the field, you don’t have to second-guess your knowledge. You stay sharp, not stuck. Whether you’re prepping for exams, seeing patients, or teaching juniors, the information in your hands is right.
And if something changes? You change with it.
tk - Link to the Waiting List
Because textbooks shouldn’t train you for the past.
With love,
P’Fella ❤️
The Sunday Quiz
How Well Do You Know Liposuction?
tk - final round?
Welcome to the final round of The Weekly Quiz.
Each edition of thePlasticsPaper includes a quiz question designed to challenge and engage our readers. Keep your wits about you and join in every week — the winner at the end of six rounds will earn you a one-year subscription to thePlasticsPro.
Image of the Week
Blood Supply of the Abdominoplasty
This week’s image illustrates the vascular anatomy relevant to abdominoplasty, highlighting key perforators and arterial supply zones.
This anatomical map is foundational for both safe flap elevation and minimising vascular compromise during abdominal contouring procedures.
Technique Tip
Danger Zone in Gluteal Fat Grafting
This week’s tip highlights a critical anatomical consideration in gluteal fat grafting: avoiding the danger zone to reduce the risk of fat embolism.
Check the image below for:
- The gluteal vascular anatomy, including the superior and inferior gluteal veins and sciatic nerve.
- The "danger zone", located in the superomedial quadrant of the gluteus maximus, where major veins lie deep and are vulnerable.
- Safe zones for superficial fat deposition to minimise risk.
🚫 Deep intramuscular injection in this region is associated with a higher risk of pulmonary fat embolism and should be strictly avoided.
Upcoming Events
New Event Added!
We've just added some new events to our calendar; sign up below👇
the Fellows' Corner
PRF Prep Tutorial
tk - added Benedetta's video instead of Hatan's article. We can do a refresher for Hatan's article next week.
The video covers:
- Blood collection technique.
- Centrifugation parameters.
- PRF isolation and handling.
PRF offers a scaffold rich in growth factors without the use of anticoagulants, making it a simple yet powerful adjunct in surgical practice.
▶️ Watch the full technique breakdown below.
The preparation of Platelet-Rich Fibrin (PRF)
Foundations Textbook
Pre-Orders Open Now!
Most resources are outdated, overwhelming, or disconnected from real-life clinical practice. This is why we're building the only textbook that keeps you up-to-date after it’s printed.
Foundations is mapped to your international curriculum and built to skip the fluff. We map directly to what you’re tested on and what you actually do.
Pre-order now to be among the first to receive it when it ships this July!
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Articles of the Week
3 Interesting Articles with One-Sentence Summaries
Ultrasound guidance in gluteal fat grafting has shown zero reported deaths or fat emboli, making it one of the most evidence-backed safety upgrades in modern aesthetic surgery.
Multimodal regimens incorporating TAP blocks, NSAIDs, and ketamine significantly reduce opioid use, pain scores, and recovery time in abdominoplasty, highlighting their role in modern, opioid-sparing perioperative care.
Tranexamic acid (whether intravenous or local) consistently reduces intraoperative blood loss and postoperative bruising in liposuction, with no reported increase in complications across prospective studies.
