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Repairing Facial Scars

 

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It is understandable that those who have severe scars on their face often seek cosmetic surgery options. While you can hide other scars on your body, those on your face are impossible to conceal. Severe scarring can even impact your ability to smile, frown and be expressive with your facial muscles. Facial cosmetic or plastic…

Cosmetic Surgery for Severe Acne Scarring

 

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Those that have suffered from severe acne have undoubtedly undergone medical treatment, often with little success. Even if the acne is eventually controlled through medications, the patients are usually left with acne scarring on their skin which can be embarrassing and affect their self-esteem. There are cosmetic surgery options that can be used to minimize…

Ear Reconstruction for Microtia

 

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Microtia is an ear deformity that affect an estimated one out of 6.000-12,000 children at birth. The word microtia means ‘little ear’, due to the underdevelopment of the ear that is apparent from this birth defect. There are many different stages of microtia, with some children having a deformed ear, others having a smaller ear…

Six Ways Dermal Fillers Can Improve Your Face

 

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Many people are skeptical about undergoing surgery to improve their face. While there are plenty of success stories of how plastic surgery can be used to enhance a person’s appearance, it is not always the right choice for everyone. Another option is temporary solutions like dermal fillers that can offer similar benefits of many types…

Importance of Hand Therapy After a Wrist or Forearm Fracture

 

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You don’t realize how much you rely on using both of your hands until you experience a painful wrist or forearm fracture. Often cause by a fall, a fracture to the bones in either the carpal bones in the wrist or to the radius or ulna usually is treated with resetting the bones and placing…

5 Common Football Injuries

 

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Do you have a kid that joined the football team this year? There are few sports that build the team mentality better than football. It is not just a sport – it is a way for young people to learn how to be a working part of a team, to understand how it feels to…

When It Is Time to Find a Naturopathic Doctor

 

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Are you sick and tired of feeling sick and tired? Unfortunately, many people feel this way even though they have sought medical help to no avail. Western medicine and traditional physicians often only treat symptoms, medicating to offer relief to their patients without ever under covering what is causing the symptoms. If you are one…

Understanding the Different Types of Hair Loss

 

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Hair loss or alopecia in one form or another affects about one-quarter of the people in the U.S. every year. It is not just aging men that experience thinning hair or balding; both men and women of any age or race can begin losing their hair for a variety of reasons. Many types of alopecia…

Identifying and Treating Scabies

 

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If you have not encountered a scabies infection, count yourself lucky. These microscopic mites have plagued humans for thousands of years, infecting an estimated 250 million people or more every year. Once infected with these mites, a person will becoming increasingly itchy as the mites burrow and reproduce under the skin. What is worse, these…

Three Things You Might Not Know About Botox Injections

 

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Almost everyone has heard of Botox injections as an anti-aging treatment. Even if you or no one you know has ever used the treatment, you probably have a preconceived notion about this procedure. The fact is that many people do not know all the uses of this popular cosmetic injection beyond just reducing the appearance…