The laser-assisted neck lift: modifications in technique and postoperative care to improve results.

Background: Conventional submental tumescent liposuction has proved disappointing for some patients with anterior neck laxity, ptotic platysma muscles, and increased subplatysmal fat. Many of these patients are facelift candidates but are unwilling to undergo this extensive procedure. We describe our hybrid approach, which offers consistently improved results and enhanced patient satisfaction.

Combining manual dermasanding with low strength trichloroacetic acid to improve actinically injured skin.

Background: Motor-driven dermabrasion or deeper chemosurgical peeling improves photodamaged facial skin. However, these procedures each pose disadvantages that we felt could be largely ameliorated by combining manual dermasanding with low strength trichloroacetic acid peeling.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and reproducibility of a technique combining manual dermasanding and light peeling in treating actinically injured facial skin.

Trauma as a possible etiologic factor in basal cell carcinoma.

1774 basal cell carcinoma lesions treated by Mohs surgery between 1979 and 1986 were evaluated for previous trauma histories. These traumas include burns, sharp trauma, chicken pox scars, blunt trauma, and vaccinations. 129 (7.

Comparison of heat delivery systems for hyperthermia treatment of psoriasis.

Psoriasis is a skin disease characterized by accelerated growth and loss of the normal maturation pattern of the epidermis. It represents a model to study the application of localized heating to a hyperproliferative but benign superficial skin disease. Thermal distributions in psoriatic plaques treated with ultrasound, water contact and infrared systems are presented.

Neurotropic malignant melanoma: a novel treatment approach combining modified microscopically controlled surgery and S100 immunohistochemical staining.

Treatment of neurotropic malignant melanoma of the nasal ala combining microscopically controlled surgery and examination of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue cut in the horizontal plane followed by S100 immunohistochemical staining is described. The spindle-shaped cells were strongly S100 positive and detection of the melanoma cells, which were embedded in a dense collagenous stroma and infiltrating into the neurovascular spaces, was greatly accentuated by the S100 immunohistochemical stain. The coordinated skills of the dermatologic surgeon, dermatopathologist, and plastic surgeon contributed toward the best treatment for neurotropic melanoma in this patient.