Aesthetics

National report - With everyone from ENTs to ER doctors now offering cosmetic procedures, experts worry that dermatologists who focus too heavily on this market will suffer when competition slashes prices.

In today's society, the lawsuit is seen as a way to "get rich quick" rather than as a method of creating justice.

Approximately 94 percent of patients treated with the multiple pass/low fluence algorithm showed visible skin tightening at the time of treatment.

Dr. Monheit also tapes the face to remind the patient to restrain from facial motion.

Q What is the mechanism of action of lip plumping cosmetics?

Because the condition is rare, there is no one standard medication that is administered.

Ambient humidity influenced the rate of skin barrier maturation in extremely preterm infants.

National report - Experienced dermatologists would agree that some dermatoses are easier to treat than others.

Kuwait City - The management of periorbital syringomas is problematic to say the least, and most inexperienced physicians find it difficult to treat them, even with the current treatment modalities.

London - British surgeons have condemned a plastic surgery lottery that offers the winners money for facelifts, breast enlargements and tummy tucks. London-based Europa International is conducting what is thought to be the world's first lottery for cosmetic procedures.

Salinas, Calif. - A former beautician who injected cooking oil into a woman's buttocks as an anti-aging treatment, killing the client, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, CNN.com reports.

Irvine, Calif. - Juv?derm, billed by manufacturer Allergan Medical as its "next-generation" family of hyaluronic acid dermal filler products, has entered the market nationwide, the company announced in mid-January.

The circumstances around this case are quite unusual, but the bottom line is that I had been called upon to justify my position of doing liposuction and an abdominoplasty on a youngster.

East Melbourne, Australia - According to a new study, melanomas are more likely to grow rapidly if they are thicker, symmetrical, elevated, have regular borders or have symptoms.

National report - Many in dermatology are anxiously anticipating the arrival of the latest addition to the hyaluronic acid filler market, Juvederm (Allergan Medical), as a new alternative to the long-held gold standard, Restylane (Medicis ?sthetics).

Palm Springs - Removing less fat from the upper and lower eyelids is the modern philosophy to blepharoplasty and, in the long run, will have better aesthetic results for the patient.

National report - Laser photoepilation is considered the gold standard of treatment for the removal of unwanted facial hair in women. A recent study shows that combining eflornithine cream (Vaniqa, SkinMedica) with laser therapy can safely and effectively reduce the growth of hair as well as speed up the hair removal process, as compared to laser epilation therapy alone.

National report - Laser photoepilation is considered the gold standard of treatment for the removal of unwanted facial hair in women. A recent study shows that combining eflornithine cream (Vaniqa, SkinMedica) with laser therapy can safely and effectively reduce the growth of hair as well as speed up the hair removal process, as compared to laser epilation therapy alone.

Omaha, Neb. - As laser resurfacing evolves, the persistent challenge remains how to somehow incorporate the dramatic benefits of ablative, CO2 resurfacing with the user-friendliness and higher safety profile of nonablative measures.

National report - Many in dermatology are anxiously anticipating the arrival of the latest addition to the hyaluronic acid filler market, Juvederm (Allergan Medical), as a new alternative to the long-held gold standard, Restylane (Medicis ?sthetics).

National report - As the general population ages, the demand for allies in the battle against declining physical appearance has spurred the development of new treatment modalities - and creative uses of older standbys.

New Orleans - The problem with today's cosmeceutical advertising is that it oversells the benefits of products in the marketplace, says Patricia K. Farris, M.D., a dermatologist who practices in New Orleans and is a clinical assistant professor in the department of dermatology at Tulane University.

Palm Springs - Removing less fat from the upper and lower eyelids is the modern philosophy to blepharoplasty and, in the long run, will have better aesthetic results for the patient.

Patients commonly follow the advice of cosmetic-counter salespersons, TV advertisements, aestheticians and friends rather than seeking a dermatologist's recommendations.

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