Plastic Surgeons

Review for plastic surgery recovery handbook

Plastic surgeons – looking to differentiate yourself in the crowded field of Board Certified Plastic Surgery?

 

  • Potential clients often only look at the first page of reviews.

  • Potential clients don’t have time to visit every surgeon in town. You need to make sure your name stays on the top of their list.

  • Clients need to trust that you will take care of them during the surgery and their recovery as well.

 

 

Attract new prospective clients with the offer of a complimentary copy of Plastic Surgery Recovery Handbook during your initial consultation and at in-office events.

 

Contact me directly for wholesale pricing.

 

What is covered in the book?

 

Giving potential patients a copy of Plastic Surgery Recovery Handbook gives them the tools to start a conversation with you about their recovery. The book covers the following topics:

 

The importance of following Doctor’s Orders

 

Reducing Swelling after plastic surgery, including:

 

Is My Swelling Getting Worse after liposuction

 

Help! I’m STILL Swollen after plastic surgery

How can I get rid of swelling after plastic surgery – tips include:

 

  • Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) Massage

  • Exercise and Joint Movement

  • Diaphragmatic (Belly) Breathing

  • External Compression

  • Kinesiology Taping

  • Vibration

  • Cooling Treatments

  • How to Sleep to Reduce Swelling

  • Dry Brushing

 

How to help bruises heal faster after plastic surgery

 

Improving scars after plastic surgery, including tips on:

  • Lasers and Scars

  • Breast Surgery scars

  • Facial Surgery Scars

  • Abdominoplasty Scars

  • Liposuction Scars

  • Open or Closed Liposuction Incisions

  • How To Take Care of Your Scar

  • Does the Orientation of a Scar Matter?

  • Helping Older Scars

  • Dermarolling for scars and stretch marks

Reducing fibrosis after plastic surgery, including:

  • What are those lumps and bumps after liposuction?

  • Why Am I Lumpy After Liposuction?

  • Treatment for loose skin after liposuction

  • Treatment for Lumps, Bumps and Fibrosis after liposuction

  • Abdominal and Lumbar Boards to reduce swelling after liposuction

  • Foam Padding to Reduce Fibrosis after liposuction

Wound Healing tips including:

 

  • Don’t Smoke

  • Don’t Get Drunk

  • Eat Healthy

  • Be Cautious About Supplements

  • Don’t Overtreat Your Pain

  • DO Treat Your Stress

  • Protect Your Incisions

  • Protect Any Transferred Fat

 

 

Complications from surgery and recovery, including: Faja Burn, Eschar, Skin Necrosis, Infections and Seromas

 

Treatments, including Low-level Laser Therapy / Red LED / Photobiomodulation, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) and Manuka Honey

 

Published research on healing after plastic surgery, including:

  • A Few Tips on Caring for Your Drains

  • A Few Tips on Open Liposuction Incision Sites

  • A Few Tips on Healing from Abdominal Etching

  • A Few Tips for Healing from Liposuction for Lymphedema and Lipedema

  • A Few Tips for Healing from Abdominoplasty / Tummy Tuck

  • A Few Tips for Healing From A Facelift

  • A Few Tips for Healing from Bilateral Eyelid Surgery

  • A Few Tips for Healing after Facial Feminization Surgery

  • A Few Tips for Healing from Double Jaw Surgery

  • A Few Tips for Healing After Liposuction

  • A Few Tips on Healing From Surgery After Massive Weight Loss

  • A Few Tips on Healing After an Inner Thigh Lift

  • A Few Tips on Healing From Fat Grafting for Gluteal Augmentation  (BBL)

 

  • Get Back on Your Feet – Exercise and Taking Care of Your New Body
  • Post-Surgery Blues are Natural
  • How to Know That You Are Healing – Keeping a Post-Surgery Journal
  • Planning for Life After Surgery: Dimensions of Positive Health
  • Patient’s personal self-care checklist and post-surgery shopping list

Articles from the following journals are referenced in the Plastic Surgery Recovery Handbook

  • AIMS Biophysics
  • Advances in Skin & Wound Care
  • Advances in Wound Care
  • Aesthetic Surgery Journal
  • Alternative Medicine Review
  • American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • Annals of Medicine and Surgery
  • Annals of Plastic Surgery
  • Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • Annals of Translational Medicine
  • Archives of General Psychiatry
  • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Archives of Plastic Surgery
  • BMJ
  • British Journal of Community Nursing
  • British Journal of Plastic Surgery
  • Burns: Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
  • Burns & Trauma
  • Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology
  • Clinical Rheumatology
  • Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America
  • Cureus
  • Dermatology and Therapy
  • Digestive Surgery
  • European Journal of Applied Physiology
  • European Journal of Internal Medicine
  • European Journal of Lymphology and Related Problems
  • European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: eCAM
  • Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
  • Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
  • International Journal of Kinesiology and Sports Science
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine
  • International Wound Journal
  • Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists
  • JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
  • Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Journal of Korean Medical Science
  • Journal of Lymphoedema
  • Journal of Obesity
  • Journal of Pathology
  • Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
  • Journals of Gerontology
  • Lymphology
  • Nutrients
  • Physical Therapy
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Postepy Dermatologii i Alergologii [Advances in Dermatology and Allergology]
  • Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • Scars, Burns & Healing
  • Seminars in Plastic Surgery
  • Wounds: a compendium of clinical research and practice

I would like to thank the following plastic surgeons and researchers: 

Glynis Ablon, MD, FAAD. Ablon Skin Institute and Research Center, Manhattan Beach, California, United States

M. Agnati. Operative Unit of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, S. Anna University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy

Sara Al-Ghadban. Department of Medicine and TREAT Program, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States

Marisol Allen. Department of Medicine and TREAT Program, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States

Husain T. AlQattan, MD. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida, United States

Osaid H. Alser. Centre for Cutaneous Research, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

Ailsa G. Anderson. School of Life Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Kristin Anderson, PT, DPT. Orthopedic Physical Therapy, Therapyworks, Inc., Santa Monica, California, United States

Anna I. Arno. Ross Tilley Burn Centre and Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Plastic Surgery Department and Burn Unit, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Guilherme Artioli. School of Physical Education and Sport (F.B., G.A., V.P., L.A.C., H.R., B.G., A.L.), São Paulo, Brazil

Bimal H. Ashar. Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, United States

Karen Ashforth. Private practice

JA Atkinson. Occupational Therapy and Health Department, Burns, Trauma and Critical Care Research Center, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Queensland, Australia

Michael Badowski. Department of Immunobiology and Biorepository, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States

Hasuk Bae, MD. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Luciana Baptista. Nove de Julho Hospital (L.B.), São Paulo, Brazil

AG Barnett

Juan P. Barret. Plastic Surgery Department and Burn Unit, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

R. Bartoletti. Fondazione Fatebenefratelli, Rome, Italy

Elisa Bellini. Department of Medicine and Surgery, Plastic Surgery Section, University of Parma, Cutaneous, Mini-invasive, Regenerative and Plastic Surgery Unit, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy

Fabiana Benatti. School of Physical Education and Sport (F.B., G.A., V.P., L.A.C., H.R., B.G., A.L.), São Paulo, Brazil

J.E. Berner. Department of Plastic Surgery, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom and Kellogg College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

C. Bertaccini. Terme di Castrocaro

Anil Bhave. Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Kath M. Bogie. Department of Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio  and APT Center of Excellence, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

John Boyages, MBBS (Syd) (Hons), FRANZCR, PhD. Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Genesis Cancer Care, Macquarie University Hospital, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Daniel Brauman, MBBS, MD, FACS. Private Practice, White Plains, New York, United States

Dena M. Bravata, MD, MS. Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford, California, United States; Department of Internal Medicine, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States

Håkan Brorson, MD, PhD. Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Małgorzata Brzezińska. Department of Pharmacognosy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland

Christina A. Buchanan. Recreation, Exercise & Sports Science Department, Western State Colorado University, Gunnison, CO 81231, United States

Aime L. Burns. Burn and Shock Trauma Institute

Erik Bustillo, RD, CISSN, CPT

Wieslawa Bylka. Department of Pharmacognosy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland

Anitra C. Carr. Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand

Laurie A. Casas, MD, FACS. Assistant Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School Glenbrook Hospital, Evanston Northeastern Healthcare, Evanston, Illinois, United States

I-Ping Chen, DDS, PhD. Department of Reconstructive Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT

Jin-Yun Chen, MD. State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, Cofounded by Chongqing and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Wen-Zhi Chen, MD. State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, Cofounded by Chongqing and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Morad Chughtai. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Sarah D. Cleveland, PT, DPT, CLT-LANA. Department of Rehabilitation Services, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States

Marc Cohen. School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Scott Conger. Department of Kinesiology at Boise State University

M. Conti. Terme di Castrocaro

Jonathan Copp. Department of Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Cord Christian Corterier. Department of Plastic Surgery, Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann, Potsdam, Germany

Luiz Augusto Costa. School of Physical Education and Sport (F.B., G.A., V.P., L.A.C., H.R., B.G., A.L.), São Paulo, Brazil; Vita Institute (E.M., F.S., L.A.C.), São Paulo, Brazil

Rosalba Courtney. RMIT University School of Health Science, Avalon, New South Wales, Australia

Walter Cromer. Department of Medical Physiology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Temple, Texas

Mehran Dadras. Department of Plastic Surgery, Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann, Potsdam, Germany; Department of Plastic Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

P C Dagnelie. Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Lance C. Dalleck. Recreation, Exercise & Sports Science Department, Western State Colorado University, Gunnison, CO 81231, United States

Steven H. Dayan, MD, FACS

S.M.M. de Castro. Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam

Patricia DePoli, MD. Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, United States

Alberto Di Giuseppe, MD. Senior Registrar of the Plastic Surgery Department of the University of Ancona since 1982, and is also Associate Professor of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery at the University of Oradea, Romania and Associate Professor of Surgery at the Lipoplasty University of Austin, Texas, United States

Luisa A. DiPietro. Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Alcohol Research Program, Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States

Pietro Giovanni di Summa, MD, PhD. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland

Varun V. Dixit. Department of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hinduja Healthcare Surgical and Dr. LH Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

V. Donec. Rehabilitation Department, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Jiying Dong. Department of Plastic Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Dorothy B. Doughty, MN, RN, CWOCN, FAAN. Emory University WOC Nursing Education Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Janet Drake. Leg Ulcer Support Nurse, Community Leg Ulcer Clinic, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Jay R. Ebert, PhD. School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia and Hollywood Functional Rehabilitation Clinic, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

M.G Ellabban. Plastic Surgery Unit, Castile Hill Hospital, Cottingham, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Alan M. Engler, MD

Paolo Erba, MD. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland

William J. Evans. Adjunct Professor in the geriatrics program at the Duke University Medical Center

Amir Feily. Department of Dermatology, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Richard Feinn, MD. Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Arny Ferrando. Professor, Department of Geriatrics University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas, United States

Eduardo Ferriolli. Division of General Internal and Geriatric Medicine (E.F., K.P.), School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Mark Floors. Expertise Center Health, Social Care and Technology Saxion University of Applied Sciences Enschede, The Netherlands

Professor Etelka Földi. Földiklinik, Hinterzarten, Germany

Carl Foster. Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

Xiujun Fu. Department of Plastic Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Jose I. Garri, MD, DMD

V. Gasbarro. Operative Unit of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, S. Anna University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy

Gerd G. Gauglitz. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Mojtaba Ghods. Department of Plastic Surgery, Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann, Potsdam, Germany

Allison L. Gienger, BA. Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States

M Giezenberg. Policy-Analysis and Entrepreneurship in Health and Life Sciences at VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

I.D. Gkegkes. First Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Attica “KAT”, Athens, Greece 

Dr. Mitchel P. Goldman. Volunteer Clinical Professor in the Division of Dermatology at the University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States

Frederick Hulme Gott. Flinders University of South Australia

Jean-Philippe Gouin, MA. Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Ioannis Goulos. Centre for Cutaneous Research, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

Mark S. Granick. Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey (UMDNJ)–New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States

Lawrence Green. Editor in chief, Oxford Bibliographies Online—public health

Michele P. Grieco. Department of Medicine and Surgery, Plastic Surgery Section, University of Parma, Cutaneous, Mini-invasive, Regenerative and Plastic Surgery Unit, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy

Bruno Gualano. School of Physical Education and Sport (F.B., G.A., V.P., L.A.C., H.R., B.G., A.L.), São Paulo, Brazil

Mr. Phillip Guest

Michael R Hamblin. Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Rose L. Hamm, PT, DPT, CWS, FACCWS. Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States

Dr. Michael Shane Hamman. Procedural Dermatology Fellow in the Division of Dermatology at the University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States

Aram Harijan. Well Plastic Surgery Clinic, Seoul, Korea

David Harris. Department of Immunobiology and Biorepository, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States

N.B Hart. Plastic Surgery Unit, Castile Hill Hospital, Cottingham, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Y Heerkens. Dutch Institute of Allied Health Care, Amersfoort & HAN University of Applied Sciences, Research Group Occupation & Health, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Birgit Heinig. Centre of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitative Medicine, Dresden, Germany

Scott A. Heinrich. Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Alcohol Research Program, Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy

Karen L. Herbst. Department of Medicine and TREAT Program, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States

Asha Heydon-White, B Physio. The Clinic Physiotherapy, Macquarie University Hospital, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Machteld Huber. Department of Healthcare and Nutrition, Louis Bolk Institute, Driebergen, The Netherlands 

Tarik M. Husain, MD. Mosa Plastic Surgery

Joy Hussain. School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

C. Iavazzo. Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Metaxa Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece

Alejandro R Jadad. Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Hubert Janik. Chair of Complementary Medicine, Center of Internal Medicine, Rostock University Medicine, Rostock, Germany

Jeffrey E. Janis, MD. Department of Plastic Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States

Berit Jardine, BVSc, RMT. Hollywood Functional Rehabilitation Clinic, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Marc G. Jeschke. Ross Tilley Burn Centre and Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Beatrice Joest. Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Brendan Joss, PhD. School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia and Hollywood Functional Rehabilitation Clinic, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Daniel Felix Kalbermatten, MD, PhD. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital of Basel, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland

Susanne Kanter. Ernst von Bergmann Clinical Center, Center of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Surgery Management, Potsdam, Germany

Dr. Norma Kassardjian. San Juan Capistrano, California, United States

Katrina Kastanias, BSci (Health and Exercise). Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Afshin Kazerouni. Department of Dermatology, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Shawn M. Keeling. Recreation, Exercise & Sports Science Department, Western State Colorado University, Gunnison, Colorado, United States

Ibrahim Khansa, MD. Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Lara Khansa, PhD. Department of Business Information Technology, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Anton Khlopas. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

J.K. Kiecolt-Glaser. Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States

Ho Jeong Kim, MD. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, Korea

Guenter Klose. Founder of Klose Training & Consulting, LLC

Karsten Knobloch. SportPraxis, Hannover, Germany

J André Knottnerus. Department of General Practice & Scientific Council of Government Policy, Maastricht University, The Hague, The Netherlands

Gerard J. Koel. Expertise Center Health, Social Care and Technology Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede, The Netherlands

Louise A. Koelmeyer, B App Sc (OT). Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Patrick Kortebein. Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (3J/149), Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Arkansas, United States

Elizabeth J. Kovacs. Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Alcohol Research Program, Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy

Karin Kraft. Chair of Complementary Medicine, Center of Internal Medicine, Rostock University Medicine, Rostock, Germany

Robert Krämer. Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

A. Kriščiūnas. Rehabilitation Department, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Daan Kromhout. Vice President, Health Council of the Netherlands

Thomas C. Lam. Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Vincent B. Lam, MD. the Department of Ophthalmology, Drexel University College of Medicine

Antonio Lancha, Jr. School of Physical Education and Sport (F.B., G.A., V.P., L.A.C., H.R., B.G., A.L.), São Paulo, Brazil

Robert Landkroon. Expertise Center Health, Social Care and Technology Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede, The Netherlands

Léo Lasalle. School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and Villa Medica Rehabilitation Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Karen Lay-Flurrie. Leg Ulcer Specialist Nurse, Community Leg Ulcer Clinic, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Brian Leonard. Pharmacology Department, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Robyn Lewis, MA. Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States

Fernanda Lima. Divisions of Rheumatology (M.S., F.L.), São Paulo, Brazil

Nancy Lin, ScD. Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States

Gary Linkov, MD. Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine

Dr. Juan Lombeida, MD 

Kate Lorig. Stanford Patient Education Research Center, Palo Alto, California, United States

Maria Isabel Loureiro. Coordinator for health promotion and protection, National School of Public Health/New University of Lisbon, Portugal

Kathleen Ly. Flinders University of South Australia

Douglas J. MacKay, ND. Technical Advisor, Thorne Research, Inc; Senior Editor, Alternative Medicine Review; private practice, Sandpoint, Idaho, United States

Helen Mackie, MBBS. Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Mt. Wilga Rehabilitation Hospital, Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia

Silvia Maggini. Bayer Consumer Care Ltd., Basel, Switzerland

John S. Magnussen, PhD, MBBS, FRANZCR. Macquarie Medical Imaging, Macquarie University Hospital, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Peter Joachim Mallinger. Department of Plastic Surgery, Klinikum Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria

Andrea Mangion. Lymphoedema Physiotherapist, ALERT Education, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Paul Martin. The Departments of Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Annette M. Matthies. Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Departments of Microbiology and Immunology

Harvey N. Mayrovitz. Department of Physiology (HNM), College of Medical Sciences, Health Professions Division, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States

DJ McGrath

KT McKenna

Thomas McNemar, MD. Private practice, a faculty member of the Stanford Medical School Division of Plastic Surgery as well as a diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery

Alan L. Miller, ND. Technical Advisor, Thorne Research, Inc; Senior Editor, Alternative Medicine Review

E.E. Minis. First Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Attica “KAT”, Athens, Greece

Julie A. Moeller, PT, DPT, CLT-LANA. Department of Rehabilitation Services, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Katy Regional Care Center, Houston, Texas, United States

Michael A. Mont. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York, United States

Eduardo Montag. Plastic Surgery (E.M., F.S.), São Paulo, Brazil

S. Morgner

Ryoichi Mori. Departments of Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Leela S. Mundra, MD

David Alex Munnoch, MBChB, FRCSEd (Plast). Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Plastic Surgery, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom

Marie H. Murphy. University of Ulster, United Kingdom

Elaine Murtagh. University of Ulster, United Kingdom

Rhoda S. Narins, MD. Director, Dermatology Surgery and Laser Center of New York, White Plains, New York, United States 

Bernadette Nedelec. School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and Villa Medica Rehabilitation Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Rodrigo Neves. School of Medicine, and Institute of Biomedical Sciences (R.N., M.S.), University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Alan Nevill. University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Jared M. Newman. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States

Quan D. Ngo, MBBS, MS, FRACS. Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Paul B. Nolan. College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

James E.C. Norris, MD. Private practice, New York, New York, United States

Andreas Nowak. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Medical Care, Emergency Medicine and Pain Management, Academic Teaching Hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Dresden, Germany

S. Oberg. Center for Perioperative Optimization, Department of Surgery, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Bianca Ohana. Plastic surgeon in private practice, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

N. Ojeh. Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Michael, Barbados

Peter B. Olaitan, MB, BS, FWACS. Department of Surgery, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria

Marie B.V. Olesen. CEO, La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre (LJCSC)

R. Merrel Olesen, MD. Founder, La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre (LJCSC)

Ingram Olkin, PhD. Department of Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States

J. H. H. Olsen. Center for Perioperative Optimization, Department of Surgery, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Odunayo M. Oluwatosin, MBBS, FMCS (Nig). Department of Surgery, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Fredrikus G. J. Oosterveld. Expertise Center Health, Social Care and Technology Saxion University of Applied Sciences Enschede The Netherlands

Douglas Paddon-Jones, PhD, FACSM. Professor in the Department of Nutrition & Metabolism in the School of Health Professions (SHP) at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)

Vitor Painelli. School of Physical Education and Sport (F.B., G.A., V.P., L.A.C., H.R., B.G., A.L.), São Paulo, Brazil

Thomas A Pane, MD. Plastic surgeon in private practice in Palm Beach Gardens and Miami, Florida, United States

I. Pastar. Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States.

Nader Pazyar. Department of Dermatology, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Chelsey Perez, BA 

Ramiro Perez, MD

Arthur W. Perry, MD, FACS. Clinical associate professor of plastic surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine; clinical associate, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Karina Pfrimer. Division of General Internal and Geriatric Medicine (E.F., K.P.), School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Neil Piller. Professor of Lymphology and Director Lymphoedema Research Unit, Flinders University of South Australia, Australia

John Porcari. Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

Elizabeth Protas. School Health Professor in Dean of Health Professions, a department of The University of Texas Medical Branch

Jacob Rabin. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Katherine A. Radek. Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Alcohol Research Program, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Wassim Raffoul, MD. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Edoardo Raposio. Department of Medicine and Surgery, Plastic Surgery Section, University of Parma, Cutaneous, Mini-invasive, Regenerative and Plastic Surgery Unit, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy

Johannes J. Rasker. Department of Communication Studies, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences and Philosophy University Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Ernst J. Reichenberger, PhD. Department of Reconstructive Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Jorn Rittweger. Institute of Aerospace Medicine German Aerospace Center Köln, Germany and Institute for Biomedical Research into Human Movement and Health (IRM) Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester United Kingdom

Chantelle A. Robitaille. Recreation, Exercise & Sports Science Department, Western State Colorado University, Gunnison, Colorado, United States

Ola Ronsen. Chief Medical Officer for Aker Solution and Head of Aker Care Health Services

Hamilton Roschel. School of Physical Education and Sport (F.B., G.A., V.P., L.A.C., H.R., B.G., A.L.), São Paulo, Brazil

J. Rosenberg. Center for Perioperative Optimization, Department of Surgery, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

M. Rudd

Abigail Ryskey. Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

Fábio Saito. Plastic Surgery (E.M., F.S.), São Paulo, Brazil

C. Andrew Salzberg, MD. Chief of Plastic Surgery at Dobbs Ferry Hospital and clinically active at Westchester Medical Center and Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center

Christopher J. Salgado, MD (Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery)

Renato Saltz. Saltz Plastic Surgery & Spa Vitória, Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah, United States

Linsen T. Samuel. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Dr. Martin Sasada

A. Sawaya. Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States

Dr. Jeffry B. Schafer, MD

Mark V. Schaverien, MBChB, MD, MSc, MEd, FRCS (Plast). Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States

Adam Schell. Department of Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States 

Paul Schnabel. Director, Netherlands Institute for Social Research, The Hague, Netherlands

Marília Seelaender. School of Medicine, and Institute of Biomedical Sciences (R.N., M.S.), University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Steven Seidel, MD. Chief of Staff at Cullman Regional Medical Center 

Kerry A. Sherman, PhD. Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Melvin A. Shiffman. Chair of the Section of Surgery at Tustin Hospital and Medical Center and 2009-10 President of the American College of Legal Medicine. He is Editor Emeritus of the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery and an examiner for the International Board of Cosmetic Surgery. He is also a former Editor-in-Chief of both the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery and the International Journal of Cosmetic Surgery.

N. Shkuratova. Department of Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia

S. Sileno. Operative Unit of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, S. Anna University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy

John R. Sirard, PhD. School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Henk Smid. Director, Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, The Hague, Netherlands

Richard Smith. Director, UnitedHealth Chronic Disease Initiative, London, United Kingdom

Thomas J. Smith. Oncology, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Crystal Smith-Spangler, MD. Department of Internal Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States

Marina Solis. Divisions of Rheumatology (M.S., F.L.), São Paulo, Brazil 

Daegu Son. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea

Aditya Sood. Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey (UMDNJ)–New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States

Jamie Starkey. LAC Center for Integrative Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Christopher D. Stave. Stanford University School of Medicine, Lane Medical Library, Stanford, California, United States

O. Stojadinovic. Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States.

Brian Stramer. Departments of Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Elżbieta Studzińska-Sroka. Department of Pharmacognosy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland

Assem A. Sultan. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Vandana Sundaram, MPH. Center for Primary Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States; Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States

T. Brock Symons. Exercise Physiology, University of Louisville, Louisville Kentucky, United States

Sotiria Theodosiadi. Department of Plastic Surgery, Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann, Potsdam, Germany

Marie Todd. Lymphoedema Clinical Nurse Specialist, Specialist Lymphoedema Service, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Nancy L. Tomaselli. Premier Health Solutions, LLC, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States

M. Tomic-Canic. Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States

E. Tsolaki. Operative Unit of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, S. Anna University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy

Christopher Ussery. Department of Medicine and TREAT Program, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States

Mart A. F. J. van de Laar. Department of Communication Studies, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences and Philosophy University Twente Enschede The Netherlands, Department of Rheumatology Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

J.W. van den Esschert. Tergooi Hospital, Hilversum, The Netherlands

Henriëtte van der Horst. Department of General Practice, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Rene R. W. J. van der Hulst, MD, PhD. Department of Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Maastricht, The Netherlands

Berend van der Lei, MD, PhD. Department of Plastic Surgery, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen and Bergmann Clinics, Zwolle and Heerenveen, The Netherlands

Jos W M van der Meer. General Internal Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Lisa Vanhoose. University of Central Arkansas, Arkansas, United States

Bob van Rennes. Expertise Center Health, Social Care and Technology Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede, The Netherlands

M van Vliet. Department of Healthcare and Nutrition, Louis Bolk Institute, Driebergen, The Netherlands and Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden

Chris van Weel. Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre

P. Vidal. Clínica La Parva, Santiago, Chile and Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile

Peter M. Vogt. Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Milind S. Wagh. Department of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hinduja Healthcare Surgical and Dr. LH Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Shen Wang. Department of Plastic Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

A.R. Ward. Department of Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia

Reto Wettstein, MD. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Robert Wetzel. Department of Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States 

Marina White, BSc, HK, CAT(C), CSCS. Orthoquest Pedorthics and Rehabilitation Inc.

P.A Will. Plastic Surgery Department, BGU Klinik Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany and Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Caleb J. Winch, B Psych (Hons). Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

B Winkens. Department of Methodology and Statistics, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Aaron J. Wodash. Augustana Health Care Center of Minneapolis, United States

Uwe Wollina. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Dresden, Germany.

David J. Wood, BSC, MBBS, MS, FRCS, FRACS. School of Surgery (Orthopaedics), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Allan E. Wulc, MD. Department of Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, United States

T. A. Wynn. Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Reza Yaghoobi. Department of Dermatology, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Min Yan. Department of Plastic Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Min Yao. Department of Plastic Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

N. Yin. Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States.

Jean A. Yzer, PT, CLT. Total Lymphedema Care, Penbroke Pines, Florida, United States

Wen-Peng Zhao, MD. State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, Cofounded by Chongqing and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Paulna Znajdek-Awiżeń. Department of Pharmacognosy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland

Jan Zwijnenberg. Expertise Center Health, Social Care and Technology Saxion University of Applied Sciences Enschede The Netherlands

 

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