Sunscreen application technique amongst patients with a history of skin cancer.

Background: Data on how patients with a history of skin cancer apply sunscreen are lacking.

Objective: To characterize (1) gender differences in sunscreen application technique (quantity used, anatomic site coverage, and time allocated) and (2) differences in sunscreen application to unaffected skin versus previous skin cancer sites.

Methods: Subjects with a history of skin cancer were asked to apply sunscreen to their head as they normally would.

Distinct neurotoxic effects of select local anesthetics on facial nerve injury and recovery.

Background: Local anesthetic toxicity has been well-documented to cause neuronal injury, death, and dysfunction, particularly in a susceptible nerve.

Objective: To determine whether select local anesthetics affect neuron survival and/or functional recovery of an injured nerve.

Methods: This report describes 6 separate experiments that test immediate or delayed application of local anesthetics in 3 nerve injury models.