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Health Encyclopedia: Skin Exfoliation And Resurfacing Treatments

Resurfacing Treatments

Choosing a Resurfacing Approach

There are many choices for skin resurfacing (also called exfoliation), and the patient must consider several different factors that affect the choice. Resurfacing can achieve the following:

Removal of abnormal tissue and rough skin
Stimulation of new skin growth
Stimulation of collagen and elastin production

In addition to determining the skill of the surgeon and the safety of the procedure, the patient must discuss the desired depth of the resurf...

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Expert & Community Posts

Focus on Dermal Fillers (For Scarring, and Wrinkles): Part I

By Dr. Hema Sundaram , Health Expert

...acne throughout her adolescence, and the resultant scarring had ravaged both her face and her... Read more »

Stretch Marks

By Sue Chung , Health Expert

...safer option is to try Mederma, an over-the-counter scar fading ointment. Another option is a... Read more »

Thinking About Permanent Makeup? Think Twice

By Sue Chung , Health Expert

...so because they have lost natural pigment due to scarring, vitiligo, or advanced age. Others... Read more »

Scarring in the bladder neck: What can be done?

By Jay Motola , Health Expert

Dear Dr. Motola: I have scaring in my bladder neck after prostate removal. I have had this... Read more »

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Health Guide

Urinary Tract Infection: Complications

...people with diabetes who have severe UTIs.Kidney Damage. In high-risk adults, recurrent UTIs may cause scarring in the kidneys, which over time can lead to hypertension and eventual kidney... Read more »

Plastic Surgery- Facelifts

...facial structures rather than cutting away flaps of skin. Only a few half-inch incisions are made, and scarring is minimal. Not all individuals are candidates for this procedure, however.Neither... Read more »

Scleroderma: Prognosis

...disease usually develops into congestive heart failure.Pulmonary Fibrosis. Scleroderma in the lung causes scarring (pulmonary fibrosis). Pulmonary fibrosis occurs in up to 80% of scleroderma... Read more »

Infertility In Women: Causes

...inflammation of the entire pelvic area.Effects of PID. Severe or frequent attacks of PID can eventually cause scarring, abscess formation, and tubal damage that result in infertility. About 20% of... Read more »

Overflow Incontinence

...alpha-adrenergic agonists, beta-adrenergic agonists, calcium channel blockers).Benign prostatic hyperplasia.Scar tissue.Nerve damage. In such cases, nerves in the bladder are damaged so that the... Read more »

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Acne Scars - Surgery

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