Plastic Surgery Key

Key points • Recently, lasers have been adapted for the removal of localized adipose tissue. • Careful patient selection, technical knowledge and skill as well as proper subject orientation are…

Key points • Patients are seeking minimally invasive body contouring devices. • New devices exist for non-facial non-invasive skin tightening. • Cellulite is treated with multi-modality therapy. • Non-invasive fat…

Key points • Clinical photography provides a useful adjunct to laser and light therapies; establishing pre-treatment baselines and documenting progress over time. • Photography enhances patient communications, and can aid…

Key points • Low level laser therapy (LLLT) has been used for more than 40 years. • LLLT appears to promote hair regrowth in males and females with androgenic alopecia….

Key points • Review and discuss LED physics. • Describe and discuss tissue effects including ultrastructural and biochemical changes. • Show indications and complications of LED therapy. • Discuss current…

Key points • Overview of tattooing history, technique and inks. • Overview of lasers used for tattoo removal. • Patient selection for laser tattoo removal. • Laser technique for tattoo…

Key points • The cosmetic impact of acne impacts on up to 96% of patients. • Laser and light source treatment represents an alternative approach to standard acne treatments. •…

Key points • Science of energy induced skin tightening. • Description of radiofrequency effects. • Description of light devices used. • How to manage outcomes and expectations. • Future technology….

Key points • Laser hair removal is now accepted as the safest and most effective technique for the removal of unwanted terminal pigmented hairs. • A variety of laser/light source…

Key points • Describe the skin morphology. • Intrinsic aging of the skin. • Extrinsic aging of the skin. • Mechanisms of repair of photodamage. Morphology of skin Most of…