3 Tips for evaluating teens for aesthetic treatment
1. Assess Physical Maturity Operating on a feature that has not yet fully developed could interfere with its growth, and continued growth could negate the benefits of surgery in later years, according...
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Honesty is the best policy when consulting with a teen about whether you’ll do or won’t do a cosmetic procedure, according to Gia Washington, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist at Texas Children’s...
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Teens and cosmetic surgery: psychology 101
"It’s really important to distinguish between the adolescent who has low self-esteem versus the adolescent who is suicidal.” Gia Washington, Ph.D. The teen years are a time of mental and physical...
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Can trauma displace fillers?
It’s a question asked recently by a realself.com patient who explained that after undergoing a filler injection procedure, an at-home traumatic event in the same area caused a large bruise that...
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Are visual flashes related to injectable fillers around the eyes?
As we know there has been a striking demand in recent years for filler injections and an signfiicant increase in non-core physicians and ancillary staff performing these delicate procedures. Although...
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3 tips for evaluating teens for aesthetic treatment
When it comes to evaluating the adolescent population for aesthetic treatments, experts agree that cosmetic doctors should proceed with caution, for both physiological and psychological reasons. This...
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Teens and cosmetic procedures: How to say 'no'
Honesty is the best policy when consulting with a teen about whether you’ll do or won’t do a cosmetic procedure, according to Gia Washington, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist at Texas Children’s...
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Teens and cosmetic surgery: psychology 101
"It’s really important to distinguish between the adolescent who has low self-esteem versus the adolescent who is suicidal.” Gia Washington, Ph.D. The teen years are a time of mental and physical...
View ArticleSkin aging: Genetic nuances
There are two distinct processes by which skin aging occurs—intrinsic and extrinsic aging, says Jennifer Linder, M.D., Linder Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Assistant...
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Can trauma displace fillers?
It’s a question asked recently by a realself.com patient who explained that after undergoing a filler injection procedure, an at-home traumatic event in the same area caused a large bruise that...
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Are visual flashes related to injectable fillers around the eyes?
As we know there has been a striking demand in recent years for filler injections and an signfiicant increase in non-core physicians and ancillary staff performing these delicate procedures. Although...
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Is banding in the neck normal after liposuction?
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) 2013 Plastic Surgery Statistics Report, liposuction is one of the top 5 cosmetic surgery procedures performed. Demand for body contouring...
View ArticleHow to recognize and avoid nightmare patients
Difficult cosmetic surgery patients are usually one of four types, according to Brenton Koch, M.D., a facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon in West Des Moines, Iowa. Dr. Koch, who wrote the book...
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Patient-reported outcomes poised to improve cancer care
Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are playing a growing role in cancer research and are poised to become an important part of regulatory review in drug development—and even routine clinical cancer...
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Immunizations Across the Adult Lifespan
Abstract: Many adult patients have not received recommended vaccines. The pharmacist is in a unique position to participate fully in the Standards for Adult Immunization Practice’s standards of...
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