Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- CONTRIBUTORS
- PREFACE
- Chap. 1 CELL INJURY AND CELL DEATH
- Chap. 2 CLEAN AND ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE AT THE BEDSIDE
- Chap. 3 NEW ANTIMICROBIALS
- Chap. 4 IMMUNOMODULATORS AND THE “BIOLOGICS” IN CUTANEOUS EMERGENCIES
- Chap. 5 CRITICAL CARE: STUFF YOU REALLY, REALLY NEED TO KNOW
- Chap. 6 ACUTE SKIN FAILURE: CONCEPT, CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CARE
- Chap. 7 CUTANEOUS SYMPTOMS AND NEONATAL EMERGENCIES
- Chap. 8 NECROTIZING SOFT-TISSUE INFECTIONS, INCLUDING NECROTIZING FASCIITIS
- Chap. 9 LIFE-THREATENING BACTERIAL SKIN INFECTIONS
- Chap. 10 BACTEREMIA, SEPSIS, SEPTIC SHOCK, AND TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME
- Chap. 11 STAPHYLOCOCCAL SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME
- Chap. 12 LIFE-THREATENING CUTANEOUS VIRAL DISEASES
- Chap. 13 LIFE-THREATENING CUTANEOUS FUNGAL AND PARASITIC DISEASES
- Chap. 14 LIFE-THREATENING STINGS, BITES, AND MARINE ENVENOMATIONS
- Chap. 15 SEVERE, ACUTE ADVERSE CUTANEOUS DRUG REACTIONS I: STEVENS–JOHNSON SYNDROME AND TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS
- Chap. 16 SEVERE, ACUTE ADVERSE CUTANEOUS DRUG REACTIONS II: DRESS SYNDROME AND SERUM SICKNESS-LIKE REACTION
- Chap. 17 SEVERE, ACUTE COMPLICATIONS OF DERMATOLOGIC THERAPIES
- Chap. 18 SEVERE, ACUTE ALLERGIC AND IMMUNOLOGICAL REACTIONS I: URTICARIA, ANGIOEDEMA, MASTOCYTOSIS, AND ANAPHYLAXIS
- Chap. 19 SEVERE, ACUTE ALLERGIC AND IMMUNOLOGICAL REACTIONS II: OTHER HYPERSENSITIVITIES AND IMMUNE DEFECTS, INCLUDING HIV
- Chap. 20 GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE
- Chap. 21 ERYTHRODERMA/EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS
- Chap. 22 ACUTE, SEVERE BULLOUS DERMATOSES
- Chap. 23 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF PURPURA AND VASCULITIS, INCLUDING PURPURA FULMINANS
- Chap. 24 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS AND THEIR COMPLICATIONS
- Chap. 25 SKIN SIGNS OF SYSTEMIC INFECTIONS
- Chap. 26 SKIN SIGNS OF SYSTEMIC NEOPLASTIC DISEASES AND PARANEOPLASTIC CUTANEOUS SYNDROMES
- Chap. 27 BURN INJURY
- Chap. 28 EMERGENCY DERMATOSES OF THE ANORECTAL REGIONS
- Chap. 29 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND OTHER GENITOURETHRAL DISORDERS
- Chap. 30 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SKIN DISORDERS: HEAT, COLD, ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT INJURIES
- Chap. 31 ENDOCRINOLOGIC EMERGENCIES IN DERMATOLOGY
- Chap. 32 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF SKIN TORTURE AND SELF-INFLICTED DERMATOSES
- Chap. 33 SKIN SIGNS OF POISONING
- Chap. 34 DISASTER PLANNING: MASS CASUALTY MANAGEMENT
- Chap. 35 CATASTROPHES IN COSMETIC PROCEDURES
- Chap. 36 LIFE-THREATENING DERMATOSES IN TRAVELERS
- Index
- References
Chap. 35 - CATASTROPHES IN COSMETIC PROCEDURES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- CONTRIBUTORS
- PREFACE
- Chap. 1 CELL INJURY AND CELL DEATH
- Chap. 2 CLEAN AND ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE AT THE BEDSIDE
- Chap. 3 NEW ANTIMICROBIALS
- Chap. 4 IMMUNOMODULATORS AND THE “BIOLOGICS” IN CUTANEOUS EMERGENCIES
- Chap. 5 CRITICAL CARE: STUFF YOU REALLY, REALLY NEED TO KNOW
- Chap. 6 ACUTE SKIN FAILURE: CONCEPT, CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CARE
- Chap. 7 CUTANEOUS SYMPTOMS AND NEONATAL EMERGENCIES
- Chap. 8 NECROTIZING SOFT-TISSUE INFECTIONS, INCLUDING NECROTIZING FASCIITIS
- Chap. 9 LIFE-THREATENING BACTERIAL SKIN INFECTIONS
- Chap. 10 BACTEREMIA, SEPSIS, SEPTIC SHOCK, AND TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME
- Chap. 11 STAPHYLOCOCCAL SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME
- Chap. 12 LIFE-THREATENING CUTANEOUS VIRAL DISEASES
- Chap. 13 LIFE-THREATENING CUTANEOUS FUNGAL AND PARASITIC DISEASES
- Chap. 14 LIFE-THREATENING STINGS, BITES, AND MARINE ENVENOMATIONS
- Chap. 15 SEVERE, ACUTE ADVERSE CUTANEOUS DRUG REACTIONS I: STEVENS–JOHNSON SYNDROME AND TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS
- Chap. 16 SEVERE, ACUTE ADVERSE CUTANEOUS DRUG REACTIONS II: DRESS SYNDROME AND SERUM SICKNESS-LIKE REACTION
- Chap. 17 SEVERE, ACUTE COMPLICATIONS OF DERMATOLOGIC THERAPIES
- Chap. 18 SEVERE, ACUTE ALLERGIC AND IMMUNOLOGICAL REACTIONS I: URTICARIA, ANGIOEDEMA, MASTOCYTOSIS, AND ANAPHYLAXIS
- Chap. 19 SEVERE, ACUTE ALLERGIC AND IMMUNOLOGICAL REACTIONS II: OTHER HYPERSENSITIVITIES AND IMMUNE DEFECTS, INCLUDING HIV
- Chap. 20 GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE
- Chap. 21 ERYTHRODERMA/EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS
- Chap. 22 ACUTE, SEVERE BULLOUS DERMATOSES
- Chap. 23 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF PURPURA AND VASCULITIS, INCLUDING PURPURA FULMINANS
- Chap. 24 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS AND THEIR COMPLICATIONS
- Chap. 25 SKIN SIGNS OF SYSTEMIC INFECTIONS
- Chap. 26 SKIN SIGNS OF SYSTEMIC NEOPLASTIC DISEASES AND PARANEOPLASTIC CUTANEOUS SYNDROMES
- Chap. 27 BURN INJURY
- Chap. 28 EMERGENCY DERMATOSES OF THE ANORECTAL REGIONS
- Chap. 29 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND OTHER GENITOURETHRAL DISORDERS
- Chap. 30 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SKIN DISORDERS: HEAT, COLD, ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT INJURIES
- Chap. 31 ENDOCRINOLOGIC EMERGENCIES IN DERMATOLOGY
- Chap. 32 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF SKIN TORTURE AND SELF-INFLICTED DERMATOSES
- Chap. 33 SKIN SIGNS OF POISONING
- Chap. 34 DISASTER PLANNING: MASS CASUALTY MANAGEMENT
- Chap. 35 CATASTROPHES IN COSMETIC PROCEDURES
- Chap. 36 LIFE-THREATENING DERMATOSES IN TRAVELERS
- Index
- References
Summary
DERMATOLOGISTS HAVE performed surgery and cosmetic invasive procedures on the skin since the 19th century. They are responsible for developments in chemical peels, hair transplantation, dermabrasion, sclerotherapy, laser surgery, and liposuction. As with any medical treatment, those procedures carry inherent risk for possible complications.
“If you've been thinking of having your face or body rejuvenated, but have been scared off by the thought of major surgery, then maybe it's time to think again. A wealth of new techniques and technologies have transformed the field of cosmetic treatment. The common feature of all these new treatments is ‘minimally invasive’ – that is, less cutting, less open surgery, less risk and less downtime. Not only that – the cost is often far lower,” says one (of many) Web sites (see http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/Article1103965.phtml accessed March 10, 2010). For individuals who choose a minimally invasive cosmetic procedure aimed at improving appearance, fighting the signs of aging, and restoring their youthful looks (as opposed to treating a “real” disease), any visual side effect is considered a “catastrophe.” Therefore, we include in this chapter, aside from “true emergencies/catastrophes,” what we call “aesthetic catastrophes.”
SCARRING
A significant number of procedures in dermatology carry a risk of scarring. In some procedure scarring is inevitable, such as in surgical rhytidectomies and hair transplantations, whereas in others scarring is considered a complication, such as in chemical peels or laser surgery.
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- Emergency Dermatology , pp. 331 - 339Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011