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Sunday 18 October 2009

Return to Harley Street

I am delighted to be returning to Harley Street after an absence of several years.

I had Harley Street rooms from 2000 until 2004, but then had to give them up due to pressure of work through our main clinic and teaching centre at Guildford.

However, since having expanded our team in Guildford, I have now managed to find the time to start consulting again in Harley Street. Judy Holdstock, our senior vascular technologist, and my co-author and researcher for most of the innovative veins work we have been producing over the last 10 years, will be coming to perform the Duplex ultrasound scans.

Initially we will be consulting on alternate Monday mornings.

For further details please see http://www.thewhiteleyclinic.co.uk/clinics/Harley-Street-Whiteley-Clinic.htm

Friday 16 October 2009

Blue Chromhidrosis "Smurf Syndrome" by Miss Xi Chen - Presentation in a Prize session at The Royal Society of Medicine


Last night our researcher, Miss Xi Chen, presented a fascinating case of Blue Chromhidrosis (blue coloured sweat) at the Prize Session of the Clinical Section of the Royal Society of Medicine.

Xi Chen is an anatomy student in Liverpool who gave up her summer to do research at The Whiteley Clinic.

She spent 3 months with us and has several research projects underway - the first to bear fruit was this case report.

It is a fascinating case of a lady in her 60's who started sweating blue coloured sweat last Christmas - a condition called Chromhidrosis and we have called "Smurf Syndrome" for obvious reasons. This is very rare and has not been reported in a post-menopausal lady before.

The full case report and literature review is being prepared by Miss Xi Chen for publication in the peer reviewed journals.

Tuesday 13 October 2009

Liposonix - New ideas with non-invasive liposuction

On Saturday evening I sat on the Liposonix Advisory Board in Berlin.

We had a very interesting discussion between the main users of the Liposonix system in Europe.

There does seem to be some variation in the methods that different clinics use - and this is to be expected when using such a new technique.

The discussions we had between the expert users and the company scientists, and the shared experiences that the expert users have had, have lead to a great many new ideas on how to make the treatments more comfortable and more effective.

We are now introducing some new research through Absolute Aesthetics at The Whiteley Clinic to make sure the treatments that we provided are optimised to give the best possible results from this exciting new technique.

Friday 9 October 2009

Liposonix in Berlin; LSA and EVLA in Romania

I have been rushing around the place - hence the poor number of entries on the Blog.

Having given 2 guest lectures in Timisoara, Romania the previous week - one on EVLA (Endo Venous Laser Ablation for Varicose Veins) and one on LSA (Laser Sweat Ablation for Axillary Hyperhidrosis - arm-pit sweating) I then went to run my clinic in Ibiza last weekend.

Today I am flying to Berlin and tomorrow have been asked to speak about out early results and experiences with Liposonix - the Ultrasound fat removal device (www.ultrasoundliposuction.co.uk).

In addition, on the charity side, the India 2010 Charity Auction has been looking better and better. We are going to be having it on 12th November at the Talbot in Ripley - with Alvin Stardust as the guest auctioneer and singing by his wife - Jules. We have some wonderful donations to auction - see www.india-2010.co.uk.

Friday 2 October 2009

Alvin Stardust and his wife Jules starring at Charity Auction


In January and February 2010, my friend Graham Smith and I are riding 2,000 Km through India on classic British bikes for a Charity. The event is co-ordinated and arranged by enduroindia and the 3 charities we are doing it for are:



  • UNICEF

  • The Rainbow Trust

  • Wildlife Conservation Society

As part of our fund raising appeal, we have arranged a Charity Auction to be held on the evening of 12th November 2009, in Guildford (see: http://www.india-2010.co.uk/ and click on Charity Auction).


Today we received confirmation that ALVIN STARDUST and his wife JULES are going to star at the auction - Alvin Stardust is going to be our celebrity auctioneer and Jules is going to sing and entertain us.


Bidding on our top items is already available by internet bidding for anyone who can't get to the auction itself.