August 1, 2009
By:Rochelle Nataloni
Three-dimensional imaging has its plusses for breast augmentation, reduction and reconstruction.
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June 1, 2009
By:Nancy A. Melville
Hyperbaric treatments before and after surgery, usually used by patients who smoke or have problems with healing, are becoming popular among nonsmokers and perfectly healthy people who just want to minimize their healing time.
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March 1, 2009
By:Lisette Hilton
Researchers are asking critical questions of teenagers regarding motives, issues and whether they are even able to make informed decisions regarding what usually are permanent changes to their appearance.
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December 1, 2008
By:Karen Donley-Hayes
It's probably not a news flash to anyone that smoking and surgery just don't mix. Certainly elective surgeries - such as aesthetic breast procedures - are no exception.
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November 1, 2008
By:John Jesitus
A concept called the "Universal Angle of Beauty," which measures the slope from the cheekbones to the chin, can help physicians and patients assess botulinum toxin treatments of the lower face, the concept's creator says.
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August 1, 2008
By:Karen Donley-Hayes
One surgeon has optimized his use of a grid system to help eliminate dog ears and maximize predictability of abdominoplasty results.
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August 1, 2008
By:Lisette Hilton
Web-based decision support tools for prospective breast augmentation patients can offer helpful information, even enhancing the doctor-patient consultation. However, surgeons should warn their patients that some of these sites focus more on making money than on credibility.
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July 1, 2008
By:ILYA PETROU, M.D.
Although several post-operative wound dressings and techniques are available, according to one surgeon, post-operative wounds heal best with moisture-retentive dressings or agents.
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May 1, 2008
By:Beth Kapes
Could a by-product of multicomponent pheresis developed over three decades ago now be used as an agent to improve normal wound healing? Autologous platelet gel (APG) from healthy individuals may be such an agent to enhance quick, complete wound healing, according to findings from a recent report in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.
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