Aesthetics

Study authors describe results of a surgical technique used to remove permanent lip fillers.

CBD oil may offer a spectrum of health benefits, including the treatment of skin disorders, but experts say claims are more anecdotal than scientific.

Crown Laboratories, long anchored by its Blue Lizard Australian Sunscreen business, recently added the Vita Liberata beauty and Bellus Medical aesthetics divisions to their portfolios.

Animal study suggests age may be a factor in fat graft volume retention.

What options are available for patients who can’t wear traditional sunscreens? Zoe Diana Draelos, M.D., recommends some alternatives your patients can use to stay protected from the sun in this month’s Cosmetic Conundrums.

Research is needed to clarify human skin microbiome relevance for skin health, dermatologic disorders.

Strategic selection of HA fillers based on G′ may provide better outcomes for correction of soft-tissue volume loss and facial rejuvenation.

Researchers evaluate brow position post glabella + frontalis treatment with abobotulinumtoxinA.

Circumferential liposuction procedure reduces arm circumference, tightens skin.

Researchers compare the effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness of four energy-based tissue dissection devices.

What do you say when patients ask about the microbiome, blue light and ‘green’ products? One expert helps separate merit from marketing hype.

Fillers come with risks. Researchers propose keeping an HA crash kit on hand to treat and manage injection-related complications for skin necrosis, blindness and anaphylaxis.

DAXI clinical trials suggest duration as differentiator with Revance’s proprietary peptide technology.

Small study suggests botulinum toxin A injections may improve skin scarring.

What is the medical value of disposable paper face masks? Is there an effective cosmetic treatment for black dot follicles? Dr. Zoe Diana Draelos answers these questions and more in this month's Cosmetic Conundrums column. 

Researchers offer a way to introduce nanofat to the papillary dermis using a microneedling device with manual pumping action.

Learn about the evolution of aesthetic lasers from their theoretical origins to the advanced medical devices we have today.

Uses for micro-focused ultrasound are expanding and researchers are finding the technology makes a measurable difference to skin physiology.

Both black and white adults experience facial skeletal changes, but the degree of change that researchers observed in black adults over about a 10-year period was minor compared to their previous findings among white patients.

In this month's Cosmetic Conundrums, Zoe Diana Draelos, M.D., addresses treatments for nail ridges, the safety of gel nails and minimizing the pain of onycholysis. 

New research reports data on the effects the PFD patch has on thermal injury of the epidermis as well as airborne particle emissions.

Pipeline topical silver photo-particle solution aids laser in removing tough-to-treat white, gray, blonde, light red and light brown hair.

New data related to consumer satisfaction trends soon to be released by RealSelf reveals the “Most Worth It” procedures for 2019.