Heightened infection-control practices are associated with significantly lower infection rates in office-based Mohs surgery.

Background: Reported infection rates for Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) range from less than 1% to 3.5%.

Objective: To determine whether lower infection rates are possible for MMS with a consistently applied infection-control regimen.

Changes in skin tanning attitudes. Fashion articles and advertisements in the early 20th century.

Historical reviews suggest that tanning first became fashionable in the 1920s or 1930s. To quantitatively and qualitatively examine changes in tanning attitudes portrayed in the popular women's press during the early 20th century, we reviewed summer issues of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar for the years 1920, 1927, 1928, and 1929. We examined these issues for articles and advertisements promoting skin tanning or skin bleaching and protection.