Offering a step-by-step, practical approach to sought-after cosmetic procedures, Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology: Soft Tissue Augmentation, 5th Edition, enables you to master the up-to-date cosmetic techniques that produce the superior results your patients expect. Edited by expert clinicians Drs. Jean Carruthers and Alastair Carruthers, along with Jeffrey S. Dover, Murad Alam, and Omar Ibrahim, it covers the different classes of fillers including how to choose a filler, treatment areas by location including different injection techniques, and reversals, as well as an entire section on complications—all abundantly illustrated and evidence based. A substantial video library helps you successfully incorporate the latest procedures into your practice.

• Provides complete, clear descriptions and rationales for using dermal fillers to combat loss of facial fat, muscle, and bone density. Logically organized content begins with general injection techniques and facial considerations, followed by numerous options of filler material and chapters for each treatment area.
• Contains new chapters on transgender beautification using fillers, vascular compromise in soft tissue augmentation, HA microdroplet for skin quality enhancement, pros and cons of temporary fillers, filler injection techniques, and calcium hydroxylapatite ultradilute, HA dilution.
• Features high-quality images and 29 new treatment demonstration videos.
• Devotes entire sections to adverse effects, safety improvement, and the management of complications.
• Includes numerous before-and-after photos, treatment illustrations indicating exact injection points, case studies, pearls and pitfalls, and user-friendly flow diagrams on adverse event treatment protocols.

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Master today’s in-demand cosmetic dermatology procedures

Contents

۱. Introduction
۲. Fillers: Paradigm Shifts Produce New Challenges
۳. Facial Beauty and the Central Role of Volume
۴. Introduction to Temporary Fillers: Pros and Cons
۵. Restylane Filler Product Family
۶. Juvéderm Family
۷. The Belotero Family
۸. Resilient Hyaluronic Acid (RHA®) Fillers
۹. Calcium Hydroxylapatite Ultradilute, HA Dilution
۱۰. Poly-L-Lactic Acid
۱۱. Emervel Family (Now as Restylane Optimal Balance Technology Line Part of the Restylane Family)
۱۲. Autologous Fat
۱۳. Introduction to Permanent Fillers: Pros and Cons
۱۴. Liquid Injectable Silicone
۱۵. Bellafill
۱۶. Forehead Reflation
۱۷. Soft Tissue Augmentation of the Temple
۱۸. Three-Dimensional Reflation of the Glabella and Adjacent Forehead
۱۹. Volumetric Treatment of the Brows
۲۰. Infraorbital Hollow and Nasojugal Fold
۲۱. Midface
۲۲. The Anatomical Basis for Safe Injection Rhinoplasty
۲۳. Filler Injection of the Melolabial Folds and Marionette Lines
۲۴. Soft Tissue Augmentation of the Chin and Jawline
۲۵. Lip Augmentation
۲۶. Soft Tissue Augmentation of Lip Lines
۲۷. Soft Tissue Augmentation of the Hands
۲۸. Soft Tissue Augmentation of the Neck and Chest
۲۹. Soft Tissue Augmentation and Buttocks Contouring
۳۰. Earlobe Rejuvenation
۳۱. Hyaluronic Acid Microdroplet Injection for Skin Quality Enhancement
۳۲. Filler Injection Techniques
۳۳. Soft Tissue Filler for the Transgender Patient
۳۴. Combinations
۳۵. Complications of Temporary Fillers
۳۶. Complications of Permanent Fillers
۳۷. Vascular Compromise
۳۸. Reversers
۳۹. Legal Considerations in Soft Tissue Fillers