San Diego — Artes Medical has announced enrollment is completed in the 1,000-patient post-marketing study required by the Food and Drug Administration for ArteFill, the only FDA-approved non-resorbable dermal filler, according to Business Wire.

Tehran, Iran — Though the long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser and the alexandrite laser are both efficacious in long-term hair removal, a combination of the two lasers causes more adverse effects with no additional benefit, HealthDay News reports.

France — Melanoma patients treated with a special tumor-fighting T cell have a greater change of survival without relapse, according to HealthDay News.

Exton, Pa. — Isolagen has presented an analysis of phase 3 study data of Isolagen Therapy for the treatment of nasolabial folds, PR Newswire reports.

Las Vegas — A meticulous history and scalp examination are key in diagnosing and managing hair loss in women, says Jerry Shapiro, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., department of dermatology, New York University, New York, and department of dermatology and skin science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, in a presentation at the Fall Clinical Dermatology Conference here.

Las Vegas — One American dies from malignant melanoma every hour, according to Darrell S. Rigel, M.D., M.S., co-director of the 27th Annual Fall Clinical Dermatology Conference, and clinical professor of dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York.

Chicago — From the sexual proclivities of senior citizens to the continuing spread of HIV, the state of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) worldwide is more dire than casual observers would guess, says one expert.

Las Vegas — To paraphrase English surgeon and anatomist Sir Ashley Paston Cooper, the best surgeon is the one who makes the fewest mistakes.

Las Vegas — The most common diagnosis of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma diagnosis in the practice of dermatology is mycosis fungoides (MF), according to Peter W. Heald, M.D., professor of dermatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., who spoke here at the 27th Annual Fall Clinical Dermatology Conference.