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Dr. Hema Sundaram

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Skin Cancer, McCain, and The Upcoming Election

Back in the days of Franklin Roosevelt, media discussion of a President's health problems was distinctly off-limits.  Although FDR was paralyzed from the waist down due to polio, he was rarely photographed in public in his wheelchair or wearing his leg braces. Decades later, President Kennedy was afforded almost the same media blackout in... Read moreChevron
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Botox Blog Part IV: The Italian Rat Study

A recent Newsweek article, entitled "A New Reason To Frown", calls into question the safety of Botox treatments. It reports the results of an Italian study, published earlier this month in the Journal of Neuroscience, in which rats' whiskers were injected with botulinum toxin. However, what is not pointed out in the Newsweek article is that this... Read moreChevron
The Midlife Gals

Mirror, Mirror On the Wall

Oh, I so remember spending the days at the pool in Midland, Texas in the 50's.  The days were hot but the water was ice cold and the hamburger hut didn't care about trans fats.  Hell, they didn't even know what ‘cholesterol' meant.    And basting ourselves with baby oil wasn't nearly enough.  We put iodine in the... Read moreChevron
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Six Strategies for Summer Sun Safety

When I went skiing with my family last month, I took my sun protection to new lengths, donning a black ski mask that, when combined with my goggles and helmet, completely covered my face except for the very tip of my nose which I protected with mineral powder sunscreen.  My children teased me that I looked like a cross between a ninja and a... Read moreChevron
posted 04/16/2008, comments (0)|
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Focus on Dermal Fillers (For Scarring, and Wrinkles): Part I

One of the defining moments of my career as a cosmetic surgeon is the first time I treated a patient with a dermal filler, over fifteen years ago during my dermatology residency at the University of Chicago. The patient was a woman who had been plagued with acne throughout her adolescence, and the resultant scarring had ravaged both her... Read moreChevron
posted 04/07/2008, comments (0)|

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