Synonyms ▪ Botulinum toxin type A, botulinum A exotoxin, BoNT-A; onabotulinumtoxinA – BOTOX®/BOTOX Cosmetic®; abobotulinumtoxinA – Dysport®, Azzalure®; incobotulinumtoxinA – Xeomin®/Bocouture® ▪ Botulinum toxin type B, BoNT-B; rimabotulinumtoxinB – MYOBLOC® Key features ▪ Botulinum toxin (BoNT) causes chemodenervation of muscles…
Key features ■ Fillers are used to soften the appearance of superficial wrinkles and to recontour and smooth the deep folds of the face ■ Other indications include reducing the appearance of atrophic, traumatic and acne scars; lip augmentation; and…
Introduction Hair frames our face and its length, color and style reflect our personality and how we perceive ourselves. The framing preserves a youthful facial appearance by shortening the face and returning the viewer's focus to the center of the…
Synonyms ■ Liposculpture ■ Tumescent liposuction ■ Lipoplasty ■ Lipolysis Key features ■ Liposuction is indicated for spot reduction of localized adiposities ■ Liposuction is ideally suited for healthy patients who are near their ideal body weight ■ The tumescent…
Key features ■ Superficial telangiectasias, reticular veins, and varicose veins of the lower extremities are interconnected and develop after impairment of venous return ■ Poor venous return results from venous valvular incompetence or primary muscle pump failure ■ A pretreatment…
Synonyms ▪ Chemical resurfacing: chemical peeling, chemexfoliation ▪ Mechanical resurfacing: dermabrasion (includes dermasanding) ▪ Cosmeceutical: topical agent possessing pharmacologic and physiologic effects but promoted to a variable degree as a cosmetic ▪ Jessner's peel: Combes' peel ▪ Baker–Gordon peel: deep…
Synonyms ▪ Cosmetics ▪ Skin care products ▪ Cosmeceuticals ▪ Bioactive cosmetics ▪ Nail products ▪ Hair care products ▪ Exfoliants ▪ Moisturizers ▪ Cleansers Key features ▪ Colored cosmetics and skin care products have an important role in the…
Introduction “It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.” ~Leo Tolstoy Nancy Etcoff, in Survival of the Prettiest: the Science of Beauty , explains that beauty is a universal component of the human experience which promotes…
Key features ▪ A thorough preoperative assessment of the patient is required to increase the probability of a successful outcome for any surgical procedure ▪ Attention to detail, selection of the simplest procedures that will produce the desired result, and…
Synonyms ▪ Mohs surgery ▪ Chemosurgery ▪ Mohs chemosurgery (fresh tissue technique and fixed tissue technique) Key features ▪ Based upon the concept of contiguous spread of a tumor from a single focus ▪ 100% microscopic tissue margin examination ▪…