Soft Tissue Augmentation: Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology Series - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0323476589 ISBN 13: 9780323476584

Publisher: Elsevier, 2017

Synopsis

Part of the practical and dynamic Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology Series, Soft Tissue Augmentation, 4th Edition, brings you up to speed with today's best uses of traditional and new fillers. This well-organized text provides current, authoritative guidance on new and novel non-permanent fillers, darker skin, platelet-rich plasma, the tower technique, and much more. The renowned author team of Drs. Alastair and Jean Carruthers offers evidence-based, procedural how-to's and step-by-step advice on proper techniques, pitfalls, and tricks of the trade, so you can successfully incorporate the latest procedures into your practice.

• Features a well-organized format with key points lists, pearls, and case studies as they appear in practice.
• Expert ConsultT eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

• Contains new information on the Emervel® family, safe fat transplantation, permanent fillers, temple reflation, neck and chest, vascular compromise, and the tower technique of filler injection.
• Splits chapters into separate sections on different types of fillers for ease of reference, and includes a new section on complications.
• Includes many new images and procedural videos that depict exactly how to perform the techniques.

About this title

Review:

"This is definitely one of the more complete references on soft tissue augmentation. They discuss relevant anatomy, precautions to consider, and how to treat complications that may arise."

-Patricia Wong, MD (Stanford University Medical Center) Doody's Score: 93- 4 Stars

About the Author:

Dr. Jean Carruthers, MD, FRCS (UK), FRCS (C), Diplomate of the American Board in Cosmetic Surgery, Fellow of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Dr. Jean Carruthers is a Cosmetic Surgeon and a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC).

Dr. Carruthers has lectured worldwide on a variety of subjects pertaining to cosmetic ophthalmology, including the cosmetic use of the BOTOX® procedure, which she co-founded with her husband, Dr. Alastair Carruthers, in 1987. Since this time, they have remained at the forefront of BOTOX® research, development and education, publishing numerous articles using their data. BOTOX® inhibits nerve impulses in muscles that cause everything from frown lines and wrinkles to sweating. Today, BOTOX® is the most commonly performed cosmetic procedure in North America. They are now also researching the cosmetic use of the newest therapeutic neurotoxin, Botulinum type B, commercially produced as MyoBloc.

Dr. Carruthers has published more than eighty peer reviewed scientific articles and twenty-eight scientific book chapters on a variety of topics, including the use of botulinum toxin and soft tissue augmenting agents, aesthetic lasers and cosmetic laser blepharoplasty. She is an International Editor for such publications as Dermatologic Surgery, the Journal of Cosmetic Laser Surgery and the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery.

About this edition

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0323476589
• ISBN 13: 9780323476584
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Carruthers MA BM BCh FRCP(LON) FRCPC Alastair, Carruthers MD FRCSC Jean