Issue
Vol 1 · Issue 7 · July 2026
July 2026 · 6 articles.
Expert Opinion
Dysphagia After Botox: What the MHRA Iatrogenic Botulism Warning Does Not Say About Dose, Depth and Training
Dr Ahmed Haq
A commentary on the MHRA’s July 2026 iatrogenic botulism warning, arguing that cosmetic dysphagia is concentrated in platysma treatment and is driven by dose, depth, angle and volume rather than by unpredictable spread.
Published 17 Jul 20261 AiCE pointFull text
Literature Review
Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Pigment Modulators in Melasma and Post-Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation: A Systematic Review
Dr Ahmed Haq
A systematic review separating direct enzyme-targeting agents — hydroquinone, kojic acid, alpha-arbutin, azelaic acid, rucinol, thiamidol — from indirect pigment modulators such as tranexamic acid, vitamin C and cysteamine, and translating the evidence into a three-layer clinical framework for melasma and PIH.
Published 14 Jul 20261 AiCE pointFull text
Expert Opinion
Why Endolaser Results Vary: Advanced Technical Tips for Consistent Facial Outcomes
Dr Ahmed Haq
An Editor's Commentary on plane, hydrodissection, energy delivery and operator consistency in fibre-optic subdermal 1470nm laser rejuvenation of the lower face. Part I of a three-part Editor's Series.
Published 12 Jul 20261 AiCE pointFull text
Literature Review
The HSI Mini Scale: Biological Sequencing of Skin, Movement, Support and Descent
Dr Ahmed Haq
A proposed four-domain facial examination — skin quality, muscle and movement, volume and support, laxity and descent — scored 0–3 and reported as a phenotype (S–M–V–D) with a named dominant driver, rather than summed into a single ageing score.
Published 10 Jul 20261 AiCE pointFull text
Literature Review
The Three-Layer Filler Model: Depth as the Anatomy of Injection
Dr Ahmed Haq
A review article arguing that, because the injector cannot verify vascular anatomy through intact skin, filler practice should be organised around depth — the needle in the dermis, the cannula in the subcutaneous plane and the needle on the periosteum — with the deep fat deliberately excluded as a routine target.
Published 8 Jul 20261 AiCE pointFull text
Literature Review
The Three-Cell Model of Skin Rejuvenation: A Simplified Cellular Framework for Aesthetic Practice
Dr Ahmed Haq
A review article proposing a deliberately reductive teaching framework in which non-surgical skin rejuvenation is organised around three resident cells — the fibroblast, the melanocyte and the keratinocyte — and every common intervention is mapped to the cellular behaviour it modulates.
Published 7 Jul 20261 AiCE pointFull text