'soft tissue augmentation'

It is a process of inducing peeling of the superficial surface layers of the skin with various chemicals such as Trichloro Acetic Acid, Glycolic Acid, Lactic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Retinoic Acid, Jessner's Solution, Phenol and recent newer peeling agents (Black peel, Yellow peel, Miami peel etc.) to treat facial hyperpigmentation, acne, freckles, superficial scars, dilated pores, rough texture, dark undereye circles, underarms, back. It can be carried out over the affected area or tulltace.

Replacement of the lost skin due to injury, removal of tumours, burns, non-healing ulcer done by transferring autologous (patients own) healthy skin from donor sites. It is carried out as full sheet grafting or as multiple small pinch grafts.

Electrical energy is used in the form of electrofulguration / desiccation / coagulation for treating warts, skin tags, milia, seborrheic keratosis acne and its scars and small benign growths. Radiosurgery it is a sophisticated electrosurgical method where radio-frequency waves are used to treat – skin conditions as mentioned in electrosurgery. It also has got additional electrosectioning mode which is used for cutting the tissue and removing moles and small skin tumours with superior aesthetic results.

Hair restoration surgeries such as Follicular Unit Transplant (FUT) and Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) using patients own hair from scalp or other body parts are carried out using 1500 to 3000 micrografts (single/multiple/mega sessions) for treating male and female patterned hairloss (common baldness) and cicatricial (scarring) alopecia. FUE is also used for cosmetic correction of leukotrichia (white hair) of eyebrow and eyelashes in vitiligo.

Nail surgeries are carried out on nail unit and consist of nail avulsion that is nail plate removal (for treating underlying warts, glomus tumours), lateral nail matrix phenolization (for treating ingrowing nails), nail matrix and bed biopsies (for diagnostic purpose), intra-matrix injections (for treating psoriasis and lichen planus), drainage of paronychial as subungual abscess or haematoma, pincer nail surgery, myxoid cyst removal. Nail avulsion is also carried out as an adjuvant therapy along with medical treatment for dermatophyte infection that is fungal infection of nail.