You can always be judged by your scars. This is the idea that sums up one of the new breakthroughs in basic and biomedical research published today in the journal Science, an achievement of the ...

A plastic surgeon is helping a domestic violence victim fix her physical scars, free of charge.October is domestic violence awareness month and a Tri-State woman is still recovering from a domestic ...

Acne, one of the most stubborn and difficult skin conditions to treat, is also one of the most common. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, 85 percent of people suffer from breakouts at ...

Faulty DNA repair mechanisms can lead to an accumulation of mutations and rearrangements in critical genes that then give rise to cancer. Now, MSK and the New York Genome Center (NYGC) have employed a ...

Scars are frequently an irritating and aesthetically displeasing reminder of past wounds or surgical procedures. While many products available in the market vouch for their capability to reduce scars’ ...

Why Some Pimples Leave Scars—and Others Don’t Not all breakouts are created equal. Some pimples heal without a trace, while others linger as dark spots or textured scars that feel impossible to fade.

Scars come in many shapes and sizes, but they all have one thing in common: itchiness. While new scars are often the itchiest, old scars can itch too, especially when you experience skin changes like ...

Sometimes these procedures happily improve function of eyes so that they may see and noses so that they might breathe freely; sometimes the scars are unhappy reminders of cancer. I influence and ...

Corneal scarring can be caused by complications from lasik surgery, by infections that develop under contact lenses or by accidents. In general, the recommended approach to repairing corneal scarring, ...