Belly button piercing is a fashionable trend, but it is also essential to consider some potential side-effects, including infection, scarring, and allergic reactions. Ensure a safe and successful ...

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Part 2 of a series outlining surgical cosmetic procedures after weight loss to assist clinicians in counseling patients on ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD Cosmetic laser treatments use beams of laser light to destroy scar tissue and stimulate new skin cell growth. The goal of laser treatment for acne scars is to ...

Elementary particles were created. And, eventually, the cosmic flash dance left behind scars in the fabric of space-time. Physicists call them cosmic strings. Like stretch marks left on skin that ...

In a cohort study, fractional CO2 laser therapy was effective in treating postburn hypertrophic scars, with significant improvements in scar vascularity, pigmentation, and pliability across ...

Laser treatment has emerged as a leading option for removing scars. Lasers direct heat at small areas of scar tissue, decreasing blood supply and destroying the irregular tissue. This procedure is ...

Sometimes lumpy ‘hypertrophic’ or ‘keloid’ scars are produced when too much collagen is produced at the site of a wound. In the case of keloid scars, the scar keeps growing even after the ...