All too often, patients who have undergone facial filler placement or facial surgery will notice that their festoons and malar mounds have become more noticeable. Understanding why this happens requires a deeper understanding about the nature of festoons and malar mounds. A festoon is a medical condition in which the skin of the lower eyelid […]
Updated February 2017: Today Hugh Jackman sent out a startling tweet to his almost-7.5 million Twitter followers – his doctors found yet another basal cell carcinoma lesion on his nose. According to Jackman, his physicians have addressed the issue and remain vigilant, constantly on the lookout for more cancer cells on the actor’s skin, but […]
A recent news report detailed a new treatment for an early form of esophagus cancer called Barrett’s Esophagus. Esophageal cancer is one of the fastest growing cancers in America. It is related to chronic acid reflux, a condition which causes stomach acid to leak through a sphincter that separates the stomach from the esophagus. This […]
