Pippa Tollow

Pippa Tollow

@pippatollow.bsky.social

Health Psychologist/Senior Lecturer/Senior Research Fellow @ UWE Bristol. Researching appearance altering conditions, inc. cancer, burns and terminal illness (Centre for Appearance Research). Consistently overwaters houseplants.

52 Followers 76 Following 5 Posts Joined Jan 2025
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A mixed methods study investigating patient's initial experiences after acquiring a surgical scar, burn injury, and/or amputation - Philippa Tollow, Georgia Mouhlen, Maia Thornton, 2025 Introduction Experiences of seeing an altered appearance for the first time can have an important influence on an individual's psychological wellbeing, the...

πŸ“– New paper! Patients’ first experiences viewing their altered appearance after surgical scars, burns or amputation (building on prev research in burns/breast cancer).

Preparedness and support found to be strongly linked to lower distress.

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Peer support for individuals affected by alopecia areata: Understanding best practice - Studentship opportunities | UWE Bristol College of Health, Science and Society

Come do a PhD at the Centre for Appearance Research! Funded by Alopecia UK, full-time PhD on "Peer support for individuals affected by alopecia areata: Understanding best practice", supervised by Dr Fabio Zucchelli, Dr Kerry Montgomery and myself. Applications close 13/07! go.uwe.ac.uk/alopeciaphd

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Do you provide psychological support for people with appearance-altering conditions in the UK? We want to hear from you! Please take part in our 15-minute online survey exploring online versus face-to-face psychological support for individuals with a visible difference go.uwe.ac.uk/visiblediffe...

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Great to be back at #DHPConf this week after a few years away - amazing to catch up with old friends, meet new people, and see all the amazing health psychology being done! Diolch Cardiff!

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9 months ago

100 episodes of the Appearance Matters podcast! πŸ‘πŸŽ‰ In awe of my wonderful colleagues @car-uwe.bsky.social who put this together every month - an incredible resource for clinicians, lecturers, researchers, students, and anyone interested in appearance research... and great listening!

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