Image-Guided Aesthetic Treatments

This book provides a detailed and up-to-date overview of image-guided aesthetic treatments, covering a wide range of procedures across different body regions in more than twenty chapters. Each procedure is explained with a clear account of how image guidance is used and what it adds to the treatment.

The coverage includes the major tools employed by aesthetic and plastic surgeons, such as spectral imaging, laser, microfocused ultrasound, and radiofrequency technologies. Image guidance lets the physician measure skin thickness and fat tissue depth, evaluate the elasticity of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, and map arteries, veins, and nerves to provide preoperative landmarks.

These capabilities support improved thermal treatment outcomes, reduction of postoperative bleeding, avoidance of nerve damage, and non-invasive identification of subdermal fillers or implants, including detection of migration with attendant vascular compromise or nerve entrapment. The book serves aesthetic practitioners, plastic surgeons, other specialists, imaging technicians, and interested laypersons.

Key Features

Highlights

• Detailed overview of image-guided aesthetic treatments across more than twenty chapters
• Covers spectral imaging, laser, microfocused ultrasound, and radiofrequency technologies
• Explains how image guidance supports measurement of skin thickness, fat tissue depth, and skin elasticity
• Describes mapping of arteries, veins, and nerves for preoperative landmarks
• Suitable for aesthetic practitioners, plastic surgeons, specialists, imaging technicians, and interested laypersons