TOPICS IN DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY
Introduction
This issue of Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery includes articles on many types of uncommon skin cancers, the proper use of wound closure materials and wound dressings, the state-of-the-art of hair transplantation, and reviews of dermatologic laser surgery as well as the use of lasers for hair removal.
Topics in Dermatologic Surgery
This issue of Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery includes articles on many types of uncommon skin cancers, the proper use of wound closure materials and wound dressings, the state-of-the-art of hair transplantation, and reviews of dermatologic laser surgery as well as the use of lasers for hair removal.
Dermatologic Laser Surgery
After a brief introduction on laser history and physics, clinical applications of lasers will be presented in detail. Four main topics will be the focus: vascular lesions, pigmented lesions, resurfacing, and hair removal.
Laser Hair Removal
This chapter will attempt to sort through the muddle by exploring hair follicle biology as well as the scientific underpinnings of hair removal by light before examining the attributes of specific laser systems. A detailed discussion of treatment guidelines as well as preoperative and postoperative considerations follows.
Hair Transplantation–State of the Art
Appropriate candidate selection and realistic expectations can translate these revolutionary changes into consistently happy patients.
Follicle Trauma and the Role of the Dissecting Microscope in Hair Transplantation – A Multicenter Study
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the prevalence of follicle transection during graft dissection and determine whether this is effected by use of the dissecting microscope.