A Turkish medical team has successfully separated conjoined twins shortly after birth by employing a range of innovative techniques, including virtual simulations and 3D modeling.
Branded as Facial Renewal, this treatment for wrinkle-reduction provides patients with a nonsurgical option for smoothing and contracting the skin in one procedure.
Energy-based devices have extended plastic surgeons’ body-contouring capabilities by allowing for the noninvasive destruction of fat as well as induction of muscle growth. Here, renowned plastic surgeon Darren Smith, MD, FACS, aka: @NYCPlasticsDoc, discusses the role of energy in male body contouring.
EON is a non-invasive laser fat reduction procedure that can reduce fat in problem areas with minimal discomfort.
A U.S. FDA-cleared 755nm picosecond laser, the PicoSure Pro device delivers energy in a trillionth of a second, utilizing pressure instead of heat to treat unwanted pigmentation and revitalize all skin types.
Galderma’s wrinkle treatment, RelabotulinumtoxinA, reduced wrinkles with minimal side effects in two phase III clinical studies.
S. Alexander Earle, MD, FACS, founder of Miami-based Pure Plastic Surgery, has been named president of the World Association of Gluteal Surgeons (WAGS), effective immediately.
Apyx Medical Corp.—developer of Helium Plasma Technology, which is marketed and sold as Renuvion® in the cosmetic surgery market—announces it has submitted a 510(k) premarket notification to the U.S. FDA.
Podcast host Alison Werner talks to Fitzharris about The Facemaker, her new book chronicling the work of the father of modern plastic surgery Dr Harold Gillies during World War I.