Scars : Prevention, Correction, and Reduction, an Issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics: Volume 19-3
Overview
Skin- Histology and physiology of wound healing; Acne scars- prevention and management; Oculoplastic pearls- preventing cicatricial scars and ectropion in eyelid repair; Adjunctive procedures that follow skin cancer repair, improve results, and treat complications- i.e., how to use a Z plasty on a tethered scar, the use of GBLC to correct scar depression, the use of dermal fat grafts to improve surface contour, etc. Use of camouflaging makeup; Proper care of early wounds to optimize healing and prevent complications- i.e.- what do you do when there is avulsed skin, open wounds that must heal by secondary intention, loss of skin in darker pigmented patients, etc.; The role of intralesional/ intra-scar steroids in post op wound care management; Keloids: prevention and treatment; Dermabrasion; Non and less ablative lasers to improve and minimize superficial scars (IPL, erbium, YAG, etc); Topical therapies to improve scars- including vitamin E, Mederma, silicone; Burns
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- ISBN-13: 9781455704439
- ISBN-10: 1455704431
- Publisher: Saunders
- Publish Date: September 2011
- Dimensions: 9.84 x 7.17 x 0.67 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.21 pounds
- Page Count: 1
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