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How often do you go off-label when you use laser devices in your practice? Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2014 Laser Roundtable experts E. Victor Ross, M.D., Michael Gold, M.D., and David Goldberg, M.D., J.D., share their answers.

Grant Stevens, M.D., cautions the Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2014 attendees to beware of copy cat devices on the market. David Goldberg, M.D., J.D., concurs.

In your practice, what is the one piece of technology you can’t live without and why? Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2014 Laser Roundtable experts Grant Stevens, M.D., Berry DiBernardo, M.D., Jason Pozner, M.D., David Goldberg, M.D., J.D., Michael Gold, M.D., Jill Waibel, M.D., A. Jay Burns, M.D., and E. Victor Ross, M.D., share their answers.

What is the one device you would recommend to someone just starting a practice? Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2014 Laser Roundtable experts E. Victor Ross, M.D., A. Jay Burns, M.D., Jill Waibel, M.D., Michael Gold, M.D., David Goldberg, M.D., J.D., Jason Pozner, M.D., Berry DiBernardo, M.D., and Grant Stevens, M.D., share their answers.

When it comes to laser devices, what devices would you buy today and what would you throw away? Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2014 Laser Roundtable experts E. Victor Ross, M.D., A. Jay Burns, M.D., Jill Waibel, M.D., Michael Gold, M.D., David Goldberg, M.D., J.D., Jason Pozner, M.D., and Berry DiBernardo, M.D., share their answers.

Can you set realistic expectations for patients undergoing laser skin tightening? Laser Roundtable panelists Michael Gold, M.D., Jill Waibel, M.D., and A. Jay Burns, M.D., share their answers at Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2014.

In your practice, what’s the one piece of technology in which the ROI doesn’t work? Laser Roundtable panelists Jill Waibel, M.D., A. Jay Burns, M.D., Michael Gold, M.D., Jason Pozner, M.D., and Berry DiBernardo, M.D., share their answers at Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2014.

In your opinion, what have been the most important technological advances in the last 10 years and why? Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2014 Laser Roundtable experts Grant Stevens, M.D., Berry DiBernardo, M.D., Jason Pozner, M.D., David Goldberg, M.D., J.D., Michael Gold, M.D., Jill Waibel, M.D., A. Jay Burns, M.D. and E. Victor Ross, M.D., share their answers.

Have over-the-counter devices reduced the number of laser procedures you perform? Laser Roundtable panel members Michael Gold, M.D., and Barry DiBernardo, M.D., answer at the Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2014 meeting.

Are lasers and light devices overhyped? Laser Roundtable panel members Barry DiBernardo, M.D., E. Victor Ross, M.D., Jill Waibel, M.D., and Renalto Saltz, M.D., answer at the Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2014 meeting.

Does your medical liability insurance increase when you incorporate laser procedures in practice? David Goldberg, M.D., J.D., offers his legal expertise during the Laser Roundtable at Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2014. Michael Gold, M.D., asks about the legal benefits of patients signing waivers for at-home device treatments.

Is it ethical to have a non-physician deliver laser/light treatment to patients at the same price? David Goldberg, M.D., J.D., and A. Jay Burns, M.D., call this topic into question at the Laser Roundtable during Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2014.

Can skin tightening be measured objectively? Jason Pozner, M.D., A. Jay Burns, M.D., Berry DiBernardo, M.D., and E. Victor Ross, M.D., share their answers during the Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2014 Laser Roundtable session.

Scratching results in the brain’s release of serotonin, intensifying the itch sensation, according to results of a recent animal study. Understanding how to better control the cycle could lead to less itching, especially in those suffering from chronic itching.

Results of a recent study suggest that daily treatment with a vitamin D supplement significantly reduces the symptoms of winter-related atopic dermatitis.

With high deductible health plans on the rise, patients are expected to shoulder more of the cost of healthcare; yet practices are finding it difficult to collect. In part because patients don't understand their plans; but also because staff may be unprepared to collect patient obligations.

Molecules long thought to be destructive of tissues and cells actually play a key role in the wound-healing process, according to a recent discovery by researchers in California.

Dermal pinning is a technique that goes by many different propriety names, including dermal poration and dermal needling. It is essentially the use of a roller device with many small needles that is pressed and rolled over the skin. It can be used with or without electricity.

Boni E. Elewski, M.D., professor of dermatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, sheds light on treating nail fungal disorders.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a Supplemental New Drug Application for the expanded use of Lymphoseek for lymphatic mapping in all solid tumors. The approval also adds sentinel lymph node detection for melanoma and breast cancer.

Data from a recently published study reveal systemic steroids are often the choice of therapy for clinicians based in the US who treat psoriasis, yet this practice is not endorsed in clinical practice guidelines.

An advisory committee for the Food and Drug Administration has voted to support approval of AIN457 (secukinumab, Novartis) for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis in adult patients who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy.

When researchers studied mortality from conditions with skin manifestations in developed versus developing countries, they found living in the developed world doesn’t always translate to lower death rates. Age-adjusted mortality for melanoma, for example, was about five times greater in the developed world than in developing countries.

BRAF inhibitors can trigger an undesired, paradoxical activation of the cell cycle, with the result being the occurrence of secondary skin cancers, such as squamous cell carcinoma.

Patients with risk factors such as older age and chronic lung or renal disease must be highly vigilant for serious infections while on biologic drugs, an expert says.

Clinique Smart Custom-Repair Serum uses 37 patents to repair damaged skin and is suitable for all skin types. read and learn more benefits this product offers.

You don’t have to be a connoisseur of the arts to appreciate something beautiful. It’s a feeling you get when you know what you are hearing or seeing is exactly as it should be. This holds true for a successful digital marketing strategy. A website that operates in a vacuum is not the same thing as conducting a complete integrated digital marketing strategy.

Nail fungal disorders are one of the most common problems seen by dermatologists. Although treatments have been available for decades, the best we seem to achieve is about a 50 percent cure rate. Are there options now or in the near future that may improve these statistics? Dr. Boni Elewski sheds light on this subject in an interview with Dr. Norman Levine.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pulls no punches when it warns healthcare providers that meaningful use audits are happening, at random, and consequences for failing the audit are costly. If a provider cannot produce documentation that fully supports its electronic health record (EHR) attestation, the CMS could recoup incentive payments.

New results from a phase-3 study demonstrating the effect of Humira (adalimumab, AbbVie) in treating moderate-to-severe hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) may lead to worldwide regulatory filings for expanded use of the drug.