Introduction

Lord Terrence Bartlett has owned and run private hospitals for most of his career. He pioneered the marketing of hair transplantation in the early 1970’s whilst in his teens. In 1979, in conjunction with an eminent orthopeadic surgeon, he imported two carbon dioxide laser machines into the UK from Israel which were used for tattoo removal. This was considered groundbreaking at that time. Many medical papers were written about the technique and the method was then marketed to the general public. At that time, the only way to remove a tattoo was by surgical excision and this left horrendous scars. The skin grafting techniques of that time were considered unacceptable for many people. This revolutionary new technique enabled thousands of people all over the UK to remove their unsightly tattoos. Although it did leave a scar, the scar was many times more acceptable than conventional skin grafting. Lord Terrence then migrated to argon lasers, and yet again, in conjuction with another consultant surgeon, marketed the treatment for the removal of port wine stains (nevaus) from the face and other parts of the body, of adults and children. A port wine stain can be very embarrassing for people and until the argon laser treatment came along, there was no satisfactory way of removing such blemishes.

All of this pioneering work has helped pave the way for today’s generation of lasers which have helped millions of people around the world. Terrence Bartlet then went on to pioneer cosmetic surgery in the marketing area allowing people from all walks of life to have such procedures as breast enlargement, face lifting tummy tucks and other forms of cosmetic surgery which had only previously been available to the rich and famous. In the early 1980’s, in conjunction with the BBC, he made a film called Facelift which was screened nationwide across the UK, making him a market leader in cosmetic surgery.