Dermatology News: 2007.21

• 2007.21(10) The Use of Hybrid Radiofrequency Device for the Treatment of Rhytides and Lax Skin
  Recently, radiofrequency (RF) devices have been introduced and commercialized for nonablative procedures in dermatology and plastic surgery for the treatment of age-related rhytides and lax skin...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.21(9) A Randomized Trial to Determine the Influence of Laser Therapy, Monopolar Radiofrequency Treatment, and Intense Pulsed Light Therapy Administered Immediately after Hyaluronic Acid Gel Implantation
  Hyaluronic acid-based dermal fillers, such as hyaluronic acid gel (Restylane, Q-Medical AB, Uppsala, Sweden), are widely used for tissue augmentation of the nasolabial folds...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.21(8) Fractional Photothermolysis: A Novel Aesthetic Laser Surgery Modality
  The ubiquity of increased sun exposure, oral contraceptives, and phototoxic drugs has led to an increased prevalence of conditions such as dyschromia, melasma, rhytides, and other signs of photoaging over the past few decades...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.21(7) Catheter-Assisted Vein Sclerotherapy: A New Approach for Sclerotherapy of the Greater Saphenous Vein with a Double-Lumen Balloon Catheter
  Thirty patients with an insufficiency (reflux) of the GSV were treated with the newly developed KAVS method using foamed polidocanol. The intervention was well tolerated in all patients without the occurrence of serious side effects. In 27 of the 30 treated patients (90%), we found a closure of the GSV at control visits 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months after treatment...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.21(6) A Pilot Study on the Effect of Epinephrine on Botulinum Toxin Treatment for Periorbital Rhytides
  Relaxation of hyperactive facial muscles by injection of botulinum toxin type A (BOTOX, Allergan Inc., Irvine, CA) represents the most common cosmetic procedure performed in the United States...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.21(5) Objective Evaluation of the Effect of Intense Pulsed Light on Rosacea and Solar Lentigines by Spectrophotometric Analysis of Skin Color
  To date, intense pulsed light (IPL) has been applied to various skin diseases, but there have been few objective evaluations of its efficacy...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.21(4) A Split-Face Comparison Study of Pulsed 532-nm KTP Laser and 595-nm Pulsed Dye Laser in the Treatment of Facial Telangiectasias and Diffuse Telangiectatic Facial Erythema
  Pulsed 595 nm and 532 nm lasers can effectively diminish or eliminate facial telangiectasia. We performed a split-face, single-blind, controlled, comparison study in an effort to determine their individual and comparative efficacy...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.21(3) 5% 5-Fluorouracil Cream for the Treatment of Small Superficial Basal Cell Carcinoma: Efficacy, Tolerability, Cosmetic Outcome, and Patient Satisfaction
  Five percent 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) cream is approved by the FDA for the treatment of superficial basal cell carcinomas but has been underutilized...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.21(2) Correlation of Thickness of Basal Cell Carcinoma by Optical Coherence Tomography In Vivo and Routine Histologic Findings: A Pilot Study
  Optical coherence tomography uses advanced photonics and fiber optics to obtain high-resolution cross-sectional images and tissue characterization in real time...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.21(1) Topical Imiquimod Therapy for Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinomas: A Clinical Experience
  Basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) and cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) are the most common malignancies in humans. Together, they constitute approximately 95% of nonmelanoma skin cancers...   |   Read more ...

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