According to board-certified dermatologist Kim Nichols, MD, founder of NicholsMD (Greenwich, Conn.), with the medical aesthetic market continually accelerating and the demand for non-invasive aesthetic procedures continuing to rise, it is important to stay up to date with new research and...
In response to patients looking to avoid the cost and risk associated with surgical facial rejuvenation, plastic surgeon Marlen Sulamanidze, PhD, introduced a barbed suture to lift ptotic facial tissues in the late 1990s. However, this treatment soon fell out of favor, due to temporary results...