Electrical injuries comprise only a small fraction of burn injuries admitted to specialized centers. High voltage injuries may not be survivable. The flow of current through the body interferes with tissues conducting electricity on their own (nerves, heart) and expends its energy on tissues with highest resistance, the bones, causing high temperature damage from the […]
Malar Bags and Festoons
The sometimes baggy area beneath the eyelids overlying the cheek bones are called “festoons”. They represent a difficult problem, which is not solved by standard facelift techniques or a “classical” blepharoplasty. The former pulls and tightens in the wrong direction to have an effect in this area of the midface, the latter usually overresects fat […]
Laser Tattoo Removal in Dark Skin Types
Laser energy splits the colored particles in a tattoo into portions small enough to be removed by the body’s scavenger cells. Different wavelength are required for different colors for optimal absorption and energy transfer. However, part of the laser energy is also absorbed by the skin’s melanin (dark pigment) producing cells and may ultimately kill […]