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Article: Make the most of wound-healing process
- Article from:
- Dermatology Times
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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The importance of sound wound-healing techniques cannot be overestimated in the practice of dermatology: Patients desire treatments that heal scarring and wounds effectively but that don't require long periods of treatment and recovery time. Sometimes that's a challenge, and top practitioners are seeking ways to meet it.
Susan Weinkle, M.D., runs a practice in Bradenton, Fla., and is assistant clinical professor of dermatology at the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa. Her specialty is Mohs surgery, about which she lectures frequently both as a speaker and in her academic role.
"In my practice, wounds are closed at the time of surgery primarily or some may require ...