Chief Executive Professor Iain Hutchison will be speaking to the members and students of the UCL Anatomy Society on Tuesday 20th February 2018.
Paintings by Mark Gilbert
Facial trauma, the resultant injuries and psychiatric sequale are little understood. The effects can be devastating and occasionally early management is essential for full recovery to be achieved. Facial injuries all too often come hand in hand with other severe injuries, such as head injuries, and can understandably be overlooked.
“Some of the most terrible facial injuries I have ever had to deal with have been due to domestic violence. What starts with a slap and an apology can quickly escalate until a woman is regularly being injured, sometimes at risk to her life. I’ll never forget one woman who was brought into theatre with stab wounds covering her face and neck as well as her abdomen. She died of blood loss.”
For the first seminar of the Medicine & Me series, we were invited by the prestigious Royal Society of Medicine to discuss with other experts and patients about life after facial trauma, domestic violence and knife crime for a one day seminar.
A massive thank you to all our friends and supporters for attending our annual Christmas Carols on the evening of Friday 15th of December 2017. We hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful music by the Chelsea Opera Group and their Director, Neil Bell at the beautiful setting of St Bartholomew the Great.
We invite you to a fascinating and stimulating event jointly organised by Saving Faces and the Royal Society of Medicine called “Medicine and Me: Living with facial trauma” on Monday 22nd January 2018 in London.
13/12/2017: It is with great sadness that we share the news that our dear friend and patron Patricia Wicking has passed away. Pat had previously been treated successfully for breast cancer with surgery and radiotherapy but 2 years ago was diagnosed with cancer of the womb and despite fighting bravely for 2 years, the cancer returned more aggressively and she passed away peacefully on 14th November 2017.
Saving Faces Chief Executive, Professor Iain Hutchison, was one of many innovative speakers at this year’s iMed Conference 9.0 2017 in Lisbon.
Join us at our Christmas Carols concert on Friday 15th December 2017 in the historic Priory Church of Saint Bartholomew the Great in London (map).