Wounds
Cosmetic Corner
Cosmetic Corner: Dermatologists Weigh in on Scar Treatments
Leading dermatologists offered their recommendations on the top scar treatments. See what they’re recommending to their patients and why.
News
Mohs surgery site, not type, predicts risk of suture contamination
Major finding: Nearly 100% of sutures removed from periorificial surfaces showed bacterial contamination. Data source: Analysis of bacterial...
Conference Coverage
Creams and patches can replace narcotics for skin pain
News
When wounds won’t heal, try these strategies
Video
Mystery leg lesions and low vitamin C? Think scurvy
Commentary
Tamanu oil
For Residents
A Basic Approach to Wound Care
Residents are faced with treating wounds all the time. In fact, it is a dermatologist's job to make wounds either from biopsies or surgical...
From the Cosmetic Dermatology Archives
Absorbable Poliglecaprone 25 Sutures for Both Subcataneous and Transepidermal Closure: A Cosmetically and Economically Appealing Option
The majority of dermatologic surgeons close surgical defects using absorbable sutures to approximate deep subcutaneous tissue and nonabsorbable...
News
Nano-antifungal shows promise as topical treatment
News
Pulley stitch: A go-to for defects under tension
Major finding: Key numerical finding (e.g., number needed to treat to prevent one death/event; number lived or died as result of intervention)....