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 ▪…
Key features ▪ A thorough understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the nail unit is a prerequisite for performing successful nail surgery ▪ The nail matrix forms the nail plate; any damage to the matrix (including from surgical procedures)…
Key features ▪ Free skin grafts are pieces of skin that have been severed from their local blood supply and transferred to another location ▪ Grafts for soft tissue reconstruction can be divided into four types: full-thickness skin grafts, split-thickness…
Key features ■ A cookbook approach to flap reconstruction is not realistic ■ The mnemonic STARTS lists basic reconstruction options: simple side-to-side closures, transposition flaps, advancement flaps, rotation flaps, tissue importation flaps, and skin grafts ■ Understanding the dynamics of…
Key features ▪ Choice of a particular biopsy technique is based upon the anatomic site, type of skin lesion, desired histologic information, and patient preference ▪ Wound closure is accomplished via suturing (primary intention) or second intention ▪ Choice of…
Key features ■ Wound dressings have evolved from simple wound coverings to more active wound management tools that directly interact with the wound environment ■ No perfect dressing exists for all wounds but when used appropriately, dressings can improve healing…
Key features ■ The characteristics ascribed to a suture include: physical configurations capillarity USP size elasticity coefficient of friction memory plasticity pliability tensile strength tissue reactivity ■ Sutures used to approximate the dermis and deeper tissue layers are generally absorbable,…