This is a great article summarizing the challenges in scar treatment. I actually find silicone sheets quite effective for some early scars. In cases of hypertrophic healing (excessive scarring) or abnormally raised edges, carefully thought-out regimen of low dose steroid injections may be beneficial. Care must be taken not to inject high doses of steroids …
Do better hours for medical students and residents result in better patient care? It’s difficult to tell since no real well-controlled study has been published. Work hour limits have improved the lifestyle of junior doctors, but decreasing their fatigue seems to have had little effect on how patients actually do. Read more in NY Times.
I was part of a team of New York Oculoplastic Surgeons who identified a rare type of orbital tumor (located next to the eyeball but within the orbit itself) and the clinical findings and treatment were described in this month’s Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal. “A rare variant of adenoid cystic carcinoma is the …
More and more men are seeing plastic surgeons for either non invasive procedures (such as Botox and subdermal fillers such as juvederm, restylane, fat injections) or surgical procedures such as blepharoplasties (eyelid lifts) and face lifts. The baby boomers are now at the age of noticing their aging changes and want them addressed, male or …
A very inspiring story of an college athelete who lost his eye from an injury while playing baseball. Despite the thought that he would never play baseball again, he is and playing at the level if not better than before his injury. Read more in NY Times.
I am often involved in the repair of orbital fractures, which occur from trauma such as car accidents, falls, and assaults. The orbit is a series of bones that comprise the wall (or socket) that contains the eyeball and other important contents that allow us to see and move our eye in all directions. Parts …
