What are Broken Capillaries: Overview, Benefits, and Expected Results
...the skin or as a purplish swollen spot on the skin similar to a normal bruise. They can disappear with treatment and proper skin care. Patients who have broken capillaries...
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What is Excision of Sacral Pressure Ulcer: Overview, Benefits, and Expected Results
...wound would heal. It also involves closing the wound with a primary suture, skin flap, or skin graft depending on the size and depth of the wound. Who Should Undergo...
What is Colostomy Bag?
...paste: These pastes help adhere the flange to the skin of the abdomen. Stoma powder: Used to dry sore or inflamed skin around the stoma, allowing the flange to be...
What is Burn and Wound Correction: Overview, Benefits, and Expected Results
...them to almost the natural skin level. Severe scarring may require surgery to remove the old scar and allow the skin to heal in such a way that the new...
What is Herpes Zoster Infection?
...area of skin supplied by a particular nerve. The varicella-zoster virus lies dormant in the cranial and spinal nerves. When the virus is reactivated, it travels along the affected nerves...
What is Paring or Cutting of Benign Hyperkeratotic Lesion
...skin defect that develops when the outermost layer of the skin abnormally thickens due to the increased amount of keratin, the tough and protective protein of the skin. The skin...
What is Burn Scar Removal: Overview, Benefits, and Expected Results
...discolouration in the skin as it grows a new layer. However, deeper burn injuries destroy the cells in the skin that foster healing and re-growth of a new skin layer....
What is Infraumbilical Panniculectomy with Lipectomy: Overview, Benefits, and Expected Results
...skin and revealing a smoother, tighter abdomen. * Reduces risk of skin infections and rashes caused by excessive folds of skin. * Can potentially alleviates lower back pain or discomfort...
What is Circumcision: Overview, Benefits, and Expected Results
...12 years old. Nevertheless, the foreskin may also have to be removed due to medical reasons. These include the foreskin’s inability to retract due to its tightness (phimosis) and paraphimosis,...
What is Cupping?
...**Dry Cupping:** Involves placing dry cups on the skin to create a vacuum. * **Wet Cupping:** Involves making small incisions in the skin prior to cupping, allowing a small amount...