Beth Kapes

A noninjectable form of botulinum toxin has shown effectiveness in treating crow's feet in a new clinical trial.

Communication with patients is key when trying to avoid lawsuits, so make sure the patient is educated about the risks and results.

Liquid face lifts are becoming the new most popular way to reverse the signs of aging, but patients need to be clear on the long term affects of fillers versus surgical facelifts.

The use of a patient's own fibroblasts to stimulate new collagen growth is reaching realization with the recently released study results of Isolagen Therapy.

Could a by-product of multicomponent pheresis developed over three decades ago now be used as an agent to improve normal wound healing? Autologous platelet gel (APG) from healthy individuals may be such an agent to enhance quick, complete wound healing, according to findings from a recent report in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.

In the correction of liposuction imperfections, one doctor suggests that a procedure called liposhifting can offer advantages over the common approach of fat transfer, or lipofilling.

In a specialty in which expectations of miraculous transformations are set by the media, the reality of a not-so-perfect outcome may not only result in a patient's disappointment, but also in legal action.

Where can doctors "safely" apologize to or commiserate with patients and families about an undesirable or unexpected outcome? It depends on their state's law.

During an era in which full abdominoplasty dominates as the means to managing the after-effects of bariatric surgery, the marriage of aggressive super wet liposculpture with standard open surgical techniques remains central for the treatment of certain abdominal deformities.