Soft Tissue Augmentation 3/e

This title in the PROCEDURES IN COSMETIC DERMATOLOGY SERIES presents up-to-the-minute, practical guidance on soft tissue augmentation techniques shaping today’s practice. Succinctly written and lavishly illustrated, it focuses on procedural how-to’s and offer step-by-step advice on proper techniques, pitfalls, and tricks of the trade—so you can refine and hone your skills…and expand your surgical repertoire. You’ll find current, to-the-point guidance on the cosmetic use of traditional and new fillers—edited by pioneers in the field, Drs. Alastair and Jean Carruthers. Implement the newest procedures into your practice immediately and confidently—with the outstanding guidance you’ll find in this volume of the PROCEDURES IN COSMETIC DERMATOLOGY SERIES.

New to this edition

Updated throughout with new chapters on fibroplasia * synthetic fillers * fillers for skin of color * and how to avoid and handle complications
New and improved DVD material demonstrates techniques in practice
Covers both temporary and permanent augmentations

Author Info
By Jean Carruthers, MD, FRCSC, Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Carruthers Dermatology Centre Inc, Vancouver, Canada and Alastair Carruthers, MA, BM, BCh, FRCP(LON), FRCPC, Clinical Professor, Division of Dermatology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Table of Contents:
1. Background information on the use of Esthetic Fillers, Hayes B Glagstone, Brian Somoana

2. Fillers Esthetics, Stephen R. Tan, Richard G Glogau

3. Injectable Collagens, Seth L. Matarasso

4. Hylans and Soft Tissue Augmentation, Rhoda S. Narins, Joel L. Cohen, Jason Michaels

5. Management of Lips and Mouth Corners, Jean Carruthers, Vic A. Narurkar

6. Augmentation with Autologous Fat, Lisa M. Donofrio

7. Fillers Working by Fibroplasia, A. Artefill, Alastair Carruthers, B. Radiesse, Jean Carruthers, C. Silicone, Derek H. Jones, Chad L. Prather, D. Poly-L-lactic Acid Stephen H. Mandy

8. Nasolabial Folds, Gary D Monheit

9. Pain Management, Kevin Smith, Joseph Niamtu, Jean Carruthers

10. Injectable Fillers in Skin of Color, Pearl E. Grimes, Julius W. Few

11. Complications of Soft Tissue Augmentation, Sue Ellen Cox, Naomi Lawrence

12. Synthetic Fillers

A.Carboxymethyl Cellulose, Polyethylene Oxide Dermal Filler, Philippa Lowe, Samuel Falcone, Richard Berg, Nicholas Lowe

B. BioAlcamid, David Goldberg

C. Bioinblue, Jean Carruthers