Facial Skin: Contemporary Topics for the Surgeon, An Issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics

by David B. Hom MD, Adam Ingraffea MD

Overview

Beyond the skin as protective barrier, surgeons and dermatologists explore the science of skin as they work with it every day on patients and clients with aging skin, facial scars, deformities, skin cancer, sun damage, vascular lesions, and traumatic injuries. This compilation of topics in Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics provides a primer on the basic science of skin, wound healing, exploration of genes, stem cells, and molecular science, along with direct clinical information related to surgery and medicine applicable in skin disorders, cosmetic procedures, and reconstructive procedures. Guest Editors David Hom and Adam Ingraffea lead a group of facial plastic surgeons and dermatologists who present an Overview of a specific skin problem, Therapeutic options, Clinical outcomes, Complications and sequela, along with a review of the most current literature to date on the subject of skin as is clinically and surgically relevant for dermatologists, facial plastic surgeons, plastic surgeons, and general practitioners.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455771745
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	05/28/2013
Series:	The Clinics: Surgery , #21
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

Table of Contents

Preface: Facial Skin: Contemporary Topics for the Surgeon David B. Horn Adam Ingraffea xv

Biology and Function of Fetal and Pediatric Skin Alice King Swathi Balaji Sundeep G. Keswani 1

Update on Techniques for the Quantitation of Facial Skin Characteristics Marty O. Visscher Brian S. Pan 7

Benign Skin Neoplasms Adam Ingraffea 21

Melanoma Adam Ingraffea 33

Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Lauren E. Dubas Adam Ingraffea 43

Effects of Topicals on the Aging Skin Process J. Regan Thomas Tatiana K. Dixon Tapan K. Bhattacharyya 55

Photodamage: Treatments and Topicals for Facial Skin Marty O. Visscher Brian S. Pan W. John Kitzmiller 61

Stem Cells and Molecular Advances in the Treatment of Facial Skin Anthony P. Sclafani 77

Approaching Delayed-Healing Wounds on the Face and Neck Jeffrey J. Houlton David B. Horn 81

Cutaneous Lasers Fred G. Fedok Frank Garritano Antonio Portela 95

Cutaneous Vascular Lesions Ravindhra G. Elluru 111

Rosacea: Pathophysiology and Management Principles Nitin Chauhan David A.F. Ellis 127

The Use of Negative-Pressure Therapy in the Closure of Complex Head and Neck Wounds Graham Michael Strub Kristen S. Moe 137

Periorbital Rejuvenation: Reticular Vein Treatment Nitin Chauhan David A.F. Ellis 147

Index 157