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Nearly everyone uses the Internet, and it’s a wealth of untapped potential patients for your practice. But online ads are worthless if you're marketing to the wrong audience.

Electronic medical record (EMR) systems should be considered the digital foundation of a medical practice, allowing practitioners to streamline everything from marketing to scheduling.

With medspas and new dermatology and cosmetic surgery practices popping up all over the place, standing out in the crowd can prove difficult.

Patients are increasingly asking for nonsurgical alternatives to rhinoplasty, according to Steven Dayan, M.D., F.A.C.S., but the procedure is not without potential serious complications.

The decision to relinquish control and add a nurse injector to your cosmetic surgery staff can be a hard one, but there are more pros than cons, says Edwin Williams, M.D.

A virus injected into mice with melanoma proved effective for prompting an immune system response that killed the virus and the tumor, a recent study demonstrated.

Mohs micrographic surgery is the ideal treatment option for high-risk skin cancers occurring on the face, results of a study show.

A signaling pathway in the stem cells of nails is a crucial component of the process of regrowth after amputation, a discovery that could help to facilitate research into limb regeneration.

An odor emitted by melanoma through skin cells allows the disease to be detectable noninvasively, results of a recent study indicate.

Women who contract melanoma may have higher survival rates than those of men who get the disease, due to a biologic sex trait, results of a recent study indicate.

A home-use hair removal device was no better than shaving in terms of improving hair density and reducing the hair regrowth rate, results of a study demonstrated.

Nevada is the latest state to prohibit minors under age 18 from using indoor tanning beds, joining California, Vermont and New Jersey to block adolescents from using the devices.

The 9th annual Vegas Cosmetic Surgery & Aesthetic Dermatology meeting kicks off soon at the Bellagio Resort in Las Vegas, an educational event covering all aspects of cosmetic medicine.

ArteFill (Suneva Medical) may fill a void in the long-term treatment of acne scarring, initial study data indicates.

Comorbidities such as autoimmune diseases and mental health problems are common in patients with alopecia areata, study results suggest.

Patients who have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at an increased risk of melanoma, according to study results presented recently.

New knowledge regarding rosacea’s pathology may explain why some newer treatment strategies appear effective, while pointing the way for additional approaches, according to an expert who spoke at the American Academy of Dermatology’s annual meeting.

Subungual melanoma can be managed without the amputation of the distal digit, according to an expert who spoke at the 7th annual Canadian Melanoma Conference.

Recent developments in tanning bed restrictions as well as improved sunscreen testing and labeling have raised the stakes in the ongoing battle against melanoma.

New and cutting edge technologies are proving useful for clinical diagnosis and early detection of melanoma. Depending on the diagnostic tool used, clinicians can improve their assessment of suspicious lesions and better evaluate the fine nuances differentiating benign and malignant pigmented lesions.

Even though patients may present with clinically similar acne, says an expert, their expectations and preferences for particular treatments may differ vastly.

With acne presenting in increasingly younger patients, new guidelines developed by the American Acne and Rosacea Society (AARS) promote more consistent care for pediatric patients, according to an expert.

While topical and oral therapies remain the gold standard approach for treating acne, laser and light sources are effective for acne lesions and scarring, and can be particularly useful in cases recalcitrant to standard therapeutic approaches.

The treatment of rosacea is becoming increasingly patient-friendly, according to an expert.

New and exciting advances in fat grafting techniques specifically focused around the way the fat is processed could result in a resurgence of the age-old cosmetic procedure, offering physicians a viable option to the popular synthetic fillers readily used.

Recent developments regarding acne and rosacea in skin of color include studies showing that combination topical products for acne appear safe in this population, and the fact that rosacea is perhaps more prevalent than many might expect.

The common challenges in treating patients with skin of color have not changed over the years, but continuing research has borne new and innovative treatment approaches and techniques that can better and more safely address the conditions often seen in this patient population.

Filler procedures have become a staple in the dermatologic armamentarium for the treatment of numerous cosmetic indications, allowing physicians to perform sophisticated soft tissue augmentation procedures in their patients, safely and effectively. Though the correction of nasolabial folds was the first and perhaps the most popular indication for fillers, nontraditional areas where these cosmetic tools can be implemented are ever growing.

Dermatologists have until Sept. 23 to put into place internal policies and procedures needed to comply with sweeping changes coming to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

The FDA approved two drugs and a companion diagnostic for the treatment of advanced metastatic melanoma Wednesday, the organization announced.