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Patients Greatly Underestimate Scarring Before Mohs Surgery for Facial Skin Cancer
Patients with facial skin cancers appeared to have unrealistic expectations regarding scarring after Mohs micrographic surgery, according to results of prospective, cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open, Healio notes.
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RealSelf Launches “Beyond Scars” Global Initiative
RealSelf launches "Beyond Scars: Healing Bodies. Restoring Lives," a global initiative that provides burn survivors access to reconstructive surgery and medical care in India.
Soliton to Initiate POC Clinical Trials to Treat Fibrotic Scars Using Acoustic Shockwaves
The ability of Rapid Acoustic Pulse (RAP) technology to reduce keloid and hypertrophic scars may be indicative of a wider range of fibrosis-related indications, according to Soliton.
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Microneedling Helps Improve Appearance of Acne Scars
It turns out creating tiny injuries on your face with needles actually helps decrease the appearance of acne scars, according to researchers, in the journal Dermatologic Surgery.
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New Device May Help Minimize Cosmetic Surgery Scarring
Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed a new device designed to ascertain the orientation of skin tension lines, which is important for wound healing post-cosmetic surgery.
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Can Micro-Needling Really Make Acne Scars Disappear?
A dermatologist argues that the treatment actually improves the look of acne scars — no matter your skin tone — by stimulating the repair and growth of collagen.
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Microneedling to Treat Acne Scars in Patients With Dark Skin Color
Microneedling has been shown to be an effective treatment for both acne scars and the associated hyperpigmentation observed in patients with dark skin color, according to the results of a study
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Unmaking Your Mark: How to Avoid Scars, and How to Minimize Their Appearance
Some people embrace their scars. Others go to great lengths to hide them or diminish their appearance. The good news is it’s never too late to try to minimize those marks if they bother you.
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Botox Injections May Improve the Appearance of Facial Scars
Botox is to plastic surgery what coconut oil is to beauty. It seemingly does everything. Now, doctors say it might even help stop scars from forming after plastic surgery.
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‘Botox’ Improves Appearance of Facial Scars in Reconstructive Surgery
In patients undergoing reconstructive surgery of the face, treatment with botulinum toxin A (BTX-A, or ‘Botox’) can improve the final appearance of surgical scars, reports a clinical trial in the March issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
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This Noninvasive Treatment Is Destined to Become the New Go-To Scar Eraser
A new post-surgical treatment is gaining traction that can genuinely transform the look of your scars—sometimes giving up to 80 percent improvement—and make even the gnarliest, darkest and most tangled up of scars into almost virgin-like skin again.
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This Filler Claims To Cure Acne Scars—But Is It Legit?
Bellafill uses a mix of collagen and acrylic; other brands use ingredients like hyaluronic acid, polylactic acid, or calcium hydroxylapatite, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
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Patients, Doctors Often Differ About Scars After Surgery
Current methods to assess scarring after surgery often lead to disagreements between doctors and patients, researchers say.
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Despite Appearances, Not All People with Scarred Faces are Movie Villains
Popular film culture has been using facial injury as a shorthand for evil for so long that many filmmakers no longer treat scars as injuries, but as decorative features. Could this tradition be the reason why so many countries are yet to properly pay tribute to the facially injured servicemen of World War I in film?
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There’s a New Way to Disguise Scars
There are some things in life that come with a trade off that can’t be avoided, like like plastic surgery and scars. But just because you’re left with a scar after surgery doesn’t mean you have to live with it forever.
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There’s a New Way to Disguise Scars
There are some things in life that come with a trade off that can’t be avoided, like like plastic surgery and scars. But just because you’re left with a scar after surgery doesn’t mean you have to live with it forever.
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The Latest in Scar Research
Surgical scars demonstrated better improvement with a super-pulsed fractional CO2 laser in combination with standard silicone gel treatment as opposed to silicone gel only, according to a study in the August edition of Lasers in Surgery and Medicine (LSM).
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