GLG News by Juvederm Users: Cosmetic Dermatologists (US)

The efficacy of Xiaflex to not only open up the bent fingers of Dupuytren's, but its ability to diminish recurrence will dramatically decrease surgery rate for Dupuytren's. 

Tears of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) may develop during the course of anti-VEGF therapy for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) related pigment epithelial detachment (PED), according to a study published in the June issue of Retina.  A total of 33 cases of RPE tear after treatment with...

Lasers are better than they were 10 years ago.  Especially for vascular lesions; however, they are not all purpose machines that can do everything, as evidenced by new ones every year.

I was trained on the use of New-fill in London about 5 years ago. My impression then was of a rather complicated to use product, compared to the existing fillers in the market like Hyaluronic Acid.

It would be great to get an unlocked i-phone...

I do not believe that Vaniqa will have a negative effect on Laser hair removal as its efficacy is only temporary. In fact we use it as an adjunct for patients with resistant areas. Its use may actually enhance the use of Laser devices as they offer permanence. The products use may be increasing as more...

In this news release presented today, this leading ophthalmic journal reports that AMO has presented the highest bid for the purchase of Bausch and Lomb.  

Dr Smiddy reviewed age-related macular degeneration studies to evaluate the cost for the visual benefit of various treatment approaches, and then compared them with the costs for treating other retinal conditions. This study founds costs for treating wet macular degeneation could be as high as $9000...

In a study of patients with choroidal neovascularization due to age-related macular degeneration, Lazic and Gabric demonstrated that improvements in vision and reduction of central macular thickness after one month and their maintenance over three months are more significant after verteporfin photodynamic...

The European Eye Study (EUREYE) investigated 4,750 randomly sampled people over age 65 and examined the association between cigarette smoking and age-related macular degeneration and concluded that there is a postive correlation to smoking and blindness from macular degeneration.