May 10, 2021
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The popularity of Zoom in recent months has got people checking themselves out more, noticing even the most minute changes in their faces.
Dr Adrian Ooi, Consultant Plastic Surgeon of Polaris Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, calls it the Zoom phenomenon . As society progresses and surgical treatments move into the realm of restoring functional and aesthetic normality, issues [like ptosis] have come to the forefront, Dr Ooi shares
He adds: At the same time, because of the Zoom phenomenon over the past year, people are looking at themselves more in the camera and on a computer screen, so it s more common for them to notice when they have something like droopy eyelids.
Patient googled for best hospitals and chose Dubai
In this case, Garry Mervin Perine, 50, a schoolteacher and resident of Seychelles, was unable to swallow food or drink for several days, had lost enormous amount of body weight and was severely malnourished. Unable to find a suitable doctor in Seychelles, he began surfing the net for help in the region and stumbled upon the NMC hospital website, which had just the right doctor to diagnose and intervene in his case.
With support from the Seychelles government, Perine was flown to Dubai for consultation with Dr Maher Khalil, Consultant ENT specialising in head and neck surgery, at the NMC Royal Hospital, DIP, Dubai.
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Ms Harper s car was forced from the road killing her passenger Jessica Howe
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