Author: Laurence Z Rosenberg, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital

Coauthor(s): Jorge de la Torre, MD, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Residency Program Director, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Director, Center for Advanced Surgical Aesthetics; Gary D Monheit, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham; John D Kayal, MD, Consulting Dermatologist, NW Georgia Dermatology and Skin Cancer Specialists, LLC

Laurence Z Rosenberg, MD, is a member of the following medical societies:Alpha Omega Alpha, and Phi Beta Kappa

Editor(s): Shahin Javaheri, MD, Chief, Department of Plastic Surgery, Martinez Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Mark E Krugman, MD, Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery & Clinical Professor of Oto/Head, Division of Plastic surgery & Department of Oto-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California at Irvine School of Medicine; Nick Slenkovich, MD, Practice Director, Colorado Plastic Surgery Center; and Jorge de la Torre, MD, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Residency Program Director, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Director, Center for Advanced Surgical Aesthetics.

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