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13 reviews

• Shanaya

  An engrossing memoir as well as a lively treatise on what extraordinary grace under extraordinary pressure looks like.
  
  Dr Treacy’s book is a rollercoaster ride about his life. Through this book, you will know about his talent, hardwork, dedication and honesty. Patrick is surely the most entertaining guide you’ll find. He introduces us to the difference places and to some of the folks he meets along the way. His life experiences brought him to this level and his journey is really inspiring and motivating. He’s incredibly articulate when describing the mundane moments of travel that we often glaze over in memory. It’s not just about the moments of grandeur—every little element is part of the whole experience.
  
  Through this book, he also taught us the importance of stepping outside your comfort zone as a means to growth.
  I would like to invite you all to take a copy of this one-off with you, and cultivate your sense of curiosity with every step—who knows where it might lead you?
  This book will give you the push you need to face your fears and see the world all by yourself.
  
  

• Shenzoo

  
  This book has incredible depth. You learn about Dr. Treacy, his struggles and how he got where he is today, you learn about so many places he has “adventured” with graphic representation! Your learn about his accomplishments! This is what I’d call a complete book!
  
  This is an extraordinary true story, I felt that I was along for the ride and I am thankful that Dr. Treacy had the forethought to journal his experiences. Intriguing and inspiring! A true story I’d not heard before but lapped up eagerly due to the author’s beautifully written narrative.
  
  I loved this book! It’s a wonderful non-fiction account of Dr. Patrick Treacy achievements and adventures across many countries. My favourite part about this book? The pictures ofcourse! This book is filled with pictures of Dr. Patrick’s travel to so many wonderful places.
  
  I absolutely loved this book; each day was a new adventure for me and Dr. Treacy. If you love travelling - and a thoroughly interesting story of a man's courage amid adversity - you'll love this book. You will love the adventures and you will not want to put the book down, it is that good. I recommend it.

• Patrick Keenan

  This book, The Needle and The Damage Done, is written by my friend Dr Patrick Treacy and tells his amazing life story, from the earlier years growing up in rural Ireland, to his later world travels. The memoir details his achievements and contributions to medicine, as well as his various humanitarian activities both in Haiti and many African countries. As a youngster, he already displayed some genius winning awards as a teenager and he was fortunate to be able to turn the dreams we discussed as children into reality, through sheer effort and dedication.
  
  In the early chapters, he writes about his hard-working entrepreneurial parents trying to support a large Catholic family in the small border village of Garrison, N. Ireland with memories strewn around his father’s garage of broken gramophone springs and latter -day acetylene lamps. This was a period of major conflict in Fermanagh, later known to the world as ‘The Troubles’, and the writer lets us know the devastating impact this had on everyone, including himself. In later chapters, he engages the reader with adventures from his back packing travels, through Africa and the Middle East, and how these precious experiences give him a huge insight to the cultures and politics… a knowledge that I believe would entitle him to be an advisor to some of our Global Leaders. He relates to us some of the entrepreneurial activities he was forced to use to fund his medical degree, and when armed with his qualifications, some wonderful stories about the patients he later began to treat. His stories take us from a dusty trail in the dying sunset of a small African village to the arched reed houses of the Iraqi Marsh Arabs. Then he becomes a ship’s physician on the exotic Carnival Cruise Lines to being a sought-after celebrity doctor to the rich and famous. He also shares about some of his many humanitarian activities – rushing to NYC after 911 to work in the hospitals and more recently in the earthquake-stricken Haiti.
  In the later chapters, he tells us about a plethora of novel techniques that he helped develop in aesthetic medicine, many of which are now used around the world by his colleagues. This research brought him many international awards and he becomes a highly acclaimed lecturer on the global stage.
  
  This frankly written story by Dr Treacy, reminds us that with a willingness to work hard and the humility to learn from and support our fellow man, we can turn our dreams into reality and that everything is possible in the journey of life. I must conclude my review, by saying that in knowing Dr Treacy personally, I can assure his readers that in this engrossing book, he is sharing his life story, but be assured his future achievements will probably be the basis of a later novel. .
  
  

• Laura Hawryluck

  The path to becoming a doctor is one that is increasingly tightly scripted and narrow with certain expectations to be met to both gain entry to medical school and then to succeed in one’s chosen field. His journey into medicine to become the top Aesthetic Doctor in the World is entertaining, honest, and shows what living a remarkable breadth of experiences can bring to patient care and to what it is to be a doctor. As a physician myself I believe this book has a lot to teach those who select and those who mentor others in medicine. What I absolutely love about this book is that Dr Treacy shows us the real value and importance of being open to life’s possibilities; to exploring opportunities and to have a curious, well-informed mind to be able to see the potential of innovative treatments to help people. His focus on improving outcomes from complications taught me a lot and shows a real care for people he treats and a real dedication to helping others. His humanitarian work and his clear understanding of and tireless work on how aesthetics can help those regain confidence and ability to engage with the world while or after struggling with the effects of serious illnesses is heartwarming.
  
  He has a fascinating ability to describe the people he has met and places his life, journey has taken him and in this book his descriptions of his travels brings his readers right there with him- sharing his love of new cultures, sights and sounds and his enjoyment and celebration of diversity, and new experiences.
  
  For people interested in aesthetics this a fascinating read. For those who discount the value aesthetics can bring to someone’s life you should read this book. I am really looking forward to Dr Treacy’s upcoming books Living History of Medicine and Living History of Aesthetic Medicine.

• Christopher Rowland Payne

  The Evolution of Aesthetic Medicine. By Dr Patrick Treacey. Austin Macauley Publishers, London 2022.
  
  Patrick Tracey is truly a pioneer of aesthetic medicine and has been personally responsible for many advances in the field. This book recounts not only his own enormous contribution but also the full story of aesthetic medicine.
  
  Did you know that the exciting story of the discovery of cosmeceuticals begins with the Mongol Hordes and did you know that Louis Pasteur and Charles Darwin influenced the development of aesthetic botulinum?
  
  The book begins with the history of botulinum, fillers and lasers. Then come the intriguing stories of chemical peels, fat removal, hair transplant and thread lifting. The story of vitamin D is particularly engagingly recounted. After a whirl through a number of other subjects, it ends with a well referenced bibliography.
  
  The author‘s fluidity and style of writing are most engaging and, as one reads, one has the feeling of being in the same room with him, as if he is speaking personally to the reader.
  
  Patrick Tracey is particularly well placed to be the one to write this story and this is clear from the photographs, which show that he has personally known many of the personalies about whom he writes.
  
  For anyone interested in our specialty and its origins, this is a book you will want to read. It will make a perfect present for a colleague or a delightful companion on a long journey to a distant holiday or, in Patrick’s case, a long journey to another continent, another congress and indubitably another well deserved accolade presented by justifiably impressed peers.
  

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