Plastic Surgery Research: Developments Coming Soon
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Plastic surgeon researchers are working on new products and techniques that may be available in your favorite plastic surgeon’s office now or show up there soon. Among them:
- Latisse studied
The new eyelash thickening treatment, Latisse, was studied for 16 weeks on a group of 280 subjects.
Half used Latisse daily. Results? The Latisse group had eyelashes that typically grew 25 percent longer, 106 percent thicker and 18 percent darker.
According to Allergen who conducted the study, less than 3.6 percent of patients using Latisse experienced temporary mild eye itching redness. The FDA read the 29-page report before approving Latisse in December, 2008.
(Read our previous post about how Latisse was accidentally discovered.)
- Future of the Suture – Skin Welding
Researchers in Israel have developed a safe and efficient way of using lasers to close incisions.
That is good news for patients having:
Those procedures require long incisions that leave long scars which lighten over time and are hidden by the surgeon.
Laser skin welding uses special surgical glue applied to both sides of an incision. A laser then heats the glue to close the incision while creating a hard shell that protects the wound from germs and water.
In tests comparing standard incisions and laser skin welding, the skin bonding method with lasers healed faster and with less scarring.
Said Professor Abraham Katzir at Tel Aviv University: “We think plastic surgeons will especially love this invention. Bonding tissues that heal well without scarring is a true art that few people possess.”
- Age and Square Jaws
Researchers comparing pictures of 16 study subjects taken at age 16 and then at 56 find that as we age, one of the things that make us look older is a squaring of the jaw.
Appearing in the Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, a professional publication for plastic surgeons, the article suggests that a face lift can create the illusion of a smaller lower jaw.
Plastic surgeons also offer a chin reduction procedure known as genioplasty. That procedure removes excess or enlarged bone from the patient’s chin. (Read more about the basics of chin reduction surgery.)
Which new procedure are you most likely to have?
admin @ February 20, 2009