Microfocused Ultrasound With Visualization: A Systematic Review of Adverse Events and Risk of Subsequent Facelift Compromise.

Background: Plastic surgery colleagues have expressed unconfirmed concerns regarding the deleterious implications of noninvasive energy-based therapies for skin laxity, such as microfocused ultrasound with visualization (MFU-V), on preexisting facial fat or subsequent surgical facelifts.

Objective: The authors conducted a systematic review to summarize treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) following MFU-V and elucidate their impact on future rhytidectomies.

Materials And Methods: The authors performed a PubMed/MEDLINE search using the keywords "MFU-V," "fat loss," "adverse events," "facelift," and their derivatives.

Efficacy and Tolerability of a Procedure Enhancement System with TriHex Technologyas a Pre- and Post-Radiofrequency Microneedling Regimen.

Postoperative recovery is an important consideration for patients planning dermal rejuvenation procedures. A topical procedure enhancement system (PES) containing a tripeptide and hexapeptide (TriHex Technology; Alastin Skincare, Carlsbad, CA) hastens recovery from facial rejuvenation procedures, such as laser resurfacing. We assessed the efficacy and tolerability of the PES compared to a standard-of-care antioxidant regimen for improving recovery following three monthly facial radiofrequency (RF) microneedling treatments.

Split-Sided Chest Study of Skin Rejuvenation Comparing Low-Energy, 1,927-nm Thulium Fractional Laser Treatment Prior to Photodynamic Therapy Versus Photodynamic Therapy Alone.

Background And Objectives: Treatment of photoaging and intrinsic aging of the chest, with the associated concerns of skin roughness, uneven pigmentation, laxity, atrophy, and telangiectasias, can be problematic because of the potential for worsened esthetic outcomes with existing treatments. This study assessed the efficacy and safety of using nonablative fractional laser therapy (FLT) pretreatment with photodynamic therapy (PDT) versus PDT alone for chest rejuvenation.

Study Design/materials And Methods: In a randomized, evaluator-blinded, split-sided study, adult female patients with photodamage to the chest received three treatment courses over an 8-week period with follow-up visits at Weeks 12 and 20.

Acute infectious purpura fulminans associated with asplenism or hyposplenism.

Acute infectious purpura fulminans is a rapidly progressive syndrome of hemorrhagic skin necrosis associated with acute infection and disseminated intravascular coagulation. We report 5 cases of purpura fulminans and briefly review the literature. All cases were associated with encapsulated organisms (Streptococcus pneumoniae or Group A streptococcus), and 4 of the 5 patients had asplenism or functional hyposplenism.

Periungual myxoid neurofibroma.

A 34-year-old woman presented with a slow growing nontender nodule on her left index finger that had been present for 2 years. The tumor was excised and was histologically determined to be a myxoid neurofibroma. We report this case because of the rarity of both the tumor and its periungual location and to provide a review of the literature.