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.
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.
A 2-year-old pro bono program is helping North Korean defectors better assimilate as new residents of South Korea through a unique donation of plastic surgery.
RealSelf launches “Beyond Scars: Healing Bodies. Restoring Lives,” a global initiative that provides burn survivors access to reconstructive surgery and medical care in India.
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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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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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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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Current methods to assess scarring after surgery often lead to disagreements between doctors and patients, researchers say.
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United Kingdom-based fashion and portrait photographer Sophie Mayanne, 24, is helping to share those stories with her current photo project, Behind The Scars.
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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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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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Early treatment of surgical scars with a super-pulsed fractional C02 laser shows promise, according to a recent study.
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A new report released by Persistence Market Research, estimates the North America scar treatment market’s value at $3,240.3 million in 2015 and $4,190.6 million by 2022, with a CAGR of 3.8% over the forecast period.
Read MoreSubjective 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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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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