The normal wound healing cascade consists roughly of four phases: the hemostasis phase, inflammatory phase, the proliferative phase, and the maturational stage. The hemostasis and inflammatory stages...
The terms ‘ultrasound’ and ‘sonography’ tend to be used interchangeably. Ultrasound is a modality that uses acoustic energy or sound waves above the range of the human ear to create a two-dimensional...
Despite improvements in the technology and reductions in cost, there are still significant barriers to the ubiquitous use of ultrasound in medical aesthetics. It has a significant learning curve that...
The causes of cellulite can be classified as multifactorial. Gender, anatomy, genetic susceptibility, hormones, deficiencies in lymphatic drainage and microvasculature are all thought to play in a...
What is it that motivates a man to seek treatment in this predominately female arena? That largely depends on whom you ask, but there do seem to be some common patterns. According to Cohen et al...
Attempts to define the concept of beauty have been around for millennia. It is generally accepted that the best we can do mathematically is the number, or geometrical proportion, known as phi. It has...
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