Cosmetic Outcomes after Breast-Conserving Therapy May Vary by Race
Subjective ratings suggest that cosmetic results after lumpectomy appear lower in African-American patients compared with Caucasian women, according to a pilot study.
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Case Report Details Progression and Treatment of Jellyfish Sting
A detailed case report and comprehensive sequence of photographs in Wilderness & Environmental Medicine document the dermatological progression of a patient stung by a jellyfish off the coast of Cambodia.
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Why Does My C-Section Scar Feel Numb? A Dermatologist Weighs In
It's only natural to want to understand the ins and outs of your own body's healing process. Dr. Tanya Kormeili knows that firsthand. In addition to being a Los Angeles-based dermatologist, Kormeili also had a baby via C-section and knows the recovery process all too well.
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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A New Discovery About Human Skin Could Help Us Eliminate Scarring
Scars are a normal part of life — for now, anyway. In the future, that might not be the case, as researchers have developed a method to eliminate scarring by prompting wounds to heal as normal skin rather than as scar tissue.
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Spray-On Skin That Ends Misery of Burn Scars
The technology can help burns victims heal without painful skin grafts and without unsightly and uncomfortable scars.
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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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Dermatologist Warns Dangerous ‘Grits’ Removal Method Could Cause Infection And Scarring
A dermatologist has warned against a beauty trend that involves opening the skin’s pores to remove blackheads and “grits.”
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THE EYES: When One Plus One Equals Three
A complimentary approach to peri-orbital rejuvenation.
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THE SKIN: Game Change: PicoSure Revolutionizes Laser Tattoo Removal
Cynosure rolled out its new PicoSure laser during the recent American Academy of Dermatology meeting in Miami.
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Fractional Lasers Revolutionize Treatment of Severe Burns
Fractional laser treatments can help can help treat many of the soldiers who are returning from tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan with severe burns, according to information presented at the 32nd Annual Conference of the American Society for Lase
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For the most up-to-date listing of skin care products and vendors—as well as the top aesthetic medicine products and services—visit PSP’s Online Buyers Guide at www.plasticsurgery practice.com/buyers_guide.asp AART INC Dimis
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For the most up-to-date listing of skin care products and vendors—as well as the top aesthetic medicine products and services—visit PSP’s Online Buyers Guide at www.plasticsurgery practice.com/buyers_guide.asp AART INC Dimis
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