What are facial injection fillers? Facial fillers, as the name implies, are injections to fill out wrinkles, lines or hollows in the face due to aging. Facial fillers are either natural or synthetic substances that may be injected below the skin to eliminate the fine lines and wrinkles and restore lost volume. Facial fillers have …
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What is facial fat grafting? Facial fat grafting also is known as the facial fat transfer is a cosmetic procedure. Facial fat grafting, also known as facial fat transfer or lipofilling, is a cosmetic procedure. In facial fat grafting, a surgeon transfers fat from thighs and hips to facial areas. The transferred fat tissue has a good blood supply with …
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Why do you have foot reconstruction surgery? Foot reconstruction is a surgery performed to correct the anatomy of the foot and restore function. Foot reconstruction is a surgery performed to correct the anatomy of the foot and restore function lost due to trauma, birth defects, infection and other illnesses. Foot diseases may make parts of daily life difficult and frustrating. Severe foot conditions often require long-term …
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What are flaps in plastic surgery? Transpositional flaps in plastic surgery refer to cutouts of healthy skin or other tissue. The surgeon then rotates the still-attached tissue to cover an adjacent injury or defect. Flaps are skin and subcutaneous tissue with an intact blood supply moved to cover an adjacent tissue defect. They are used in reconstructive surgery (usually performed by …
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Hidradenitis suppurativa (acne inversa) facts Share Your Story Hidradenitis suppurativa is a condition in which there are multiple abscesses that form under the armpits and often in the groin area. These areas are a result of local inflammation of the sweat glands. Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that most often affects the skin of the armpits and …
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What is Skyrizi (risankizumab-rzaa) and how is it used? Skyrizi is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who may benefit from taking injections or pills (systemic therapy) or treatment using ultraviolet or UV light (phototherapy). What are the most important side effects and other facts about Skyrizi (risankizumab-rzaa)? Skyrizi may cause serious side …
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What is Dupixent, and what is it used for? Dupixent is a prescription medicine used: to treat people aged 12 years and older with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (eczema) that is not well controlled with prescription therapies used on the skin (topical), or who cannot use topical therapies. Dupixent can be used with or without topical corticosteroids. with other asthma medicines …
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What is Keflex (cephalexin) and what is it used for? Cephalexin belongs to a class of antibiotics called cephalosporins. They are similar to penicillin in action and side effects. They stop or slow the growth of bacterial cells by preventing bacteria from forming the cell wall that surrounds each cell. The cell wall protects bacteria from the external environment and …
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What are lice? Share Your Story Lice and fleas are tiny wingless insects that can infest humans and their homes. Lice are tiny parasites that can infest the human skin and scalp. They are wingless insects that are about the size of a sesame seed. Infestation with lice is known as pediculosis and can occur on the head (head lice), …
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Lichen planus facts Lichen planus is a chronic recurrent skin disease of unknown cause with no established cure. Lichen planus generally affects adults and can involve any portion of the skin and lining tissue (mucous membranes) of the mouth and/or vagina, but it has a predilection for the wrists, ankles, and oral and genital tissues. Lichen planus is characteristically itchy. …
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