The Needle and the Damage Done
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Cosmetic doctor Patrick Treacy grew up in rural Northern Ireland during The Troubles. Determined to become a doctor, he raised money for medical school in Dublin by smuggling cars from Germany to Turkey. He studied biochemistry at Queens University Belfast and medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons. While working in a Dublin hospital, he was accidentally jabbed with a needle from an HIV patient. He took blood test after blood test for many years until he was confirmed negative. Initially overwhelmed by the experience, he moved to New Zealand, away from everyone who knew what he was going through: his girlfriend and his colleagues. Thus, he began a peripatetic existence, working as a doctor around the world. In Saddam Hussein’s Baghdad, Treacy was arrested and imprisoned, spending days wondering whether he was going to be hanged as a spy. He worked as a ship’s surgeon in California and with the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Australia. On returning to Dublin, Treacy set up the Ailesbury Clinic where he pioneered the emergent field of cosmetic dermatology, championing treatments regarding the use of botulinum toxin and dermal fillers. His award-winning research brought him numerous international accolades and many celebrity patients, including the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson, who came flocking to his door.
Central to this memoir is Treacy’s personal journey: his efforts to escape the conflict of The Troubles, coping with the fear that he may have contracted HIV, getting over his lost love and surviving the crippling Irish recession. Most of all, it gives us a fascinating insight into his award-winning research on the influence of Botox ® on the brain and how he developed protocols to reverse the damage being done to patient’s faces as a result of the complications of dermal fillers.
Dr Patrick Treacy
Dr Patrick Treacy was awarded ‘Top Aesthetic Practitioner in the World’ (2019) as well as ‘Top Aesthetic Medical Aesthetic Practitioner UK & Ireland’ (2019), earning himself a lifetime achievement place in the My Face My Body Aesthetic Medicine Hall of Fame. He was also given specialist research awards by both the British College of Aesthetic Medicine and the Irish Healthcare Awards, as well as a laureate from the Azerbaijani College of Aesthetic Medicine. He has been cited amongst the ‘Ultimate 100 Global Aesthetic Leaders’ for the past four years. He is Chairman of the Ailesbury Humanitarian Foundation, previous Chairman of the Royal Society of Medicine Aesthetic Conference Committee (London) and serves on the editorial boards of six international aesthetic journals. Dr Treacy has written extensively about different cultures and their anthropology. He has worked with and written about the Kenyan Maasai, the Outback Australian Aboriginals and the Marsh Arabs in Iraq.
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