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  2. Skin repair - Wikipedia

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    In a major injury, if epithelial cell migration and tissue contraction cannot cover the wound, suturing the edges of the injured skin together, or even replacement of lost skin with skin grafts, may be required to restore the skin. As epithelial cells continue to migrate around the scab, the dermis is repaired by the activity of stem cells.

  3. Mohs surgery - Wikipedia

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    For these reasons, it is also considered for skin cancers on hands, feet, ankles, shins, nipples, or genitals. [4] [5] Mohs surgery should not be used on the trunk or extremities for uncomplicated, non-melanoma skin cancer of less than one centimeter in size. [4] [5] On these parts of the body, the risks exceed the benefits of the procedure. [4 ...

  4. Cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    Cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma is the second-most common cancer of the skin (after basal-cell carcinoma, but more common than melanoma). It usually occurs in areas exposed to the sun. Sunlight exposure and immunosuppression are risk factors for SCC of the skin, with chronic sun exposure being the strongest environmental risk factor. [26]

  5. Skin grafting - Wikipedia

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    The transplanted tissue is called a skin graft. [1] Surgeons may use skin grafting to treat: extensive wounding or trauma; burns; areas of extensive skin loss due to infection such as necrotizing fasciitis or purpura fulminans [2] specific surgeries that may require skin grafts for healing to occur – most commonly removal of skin cancers

  6. What Is Fat Grafting (& Can It Help with Ozempic Face)? I ...

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    As for whether it’s an effective treatment for Ozempic Face, Dr. Chiu says, “Yes, fat grafting is ideal in helping to restore unwanted loss of volume to the face and body after rapid weight ...

  7. Skin cancer - Wikipedia

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    The skin graft is sutured to the edges of the defect, and a bolster dressing is placed atop the graft for seven to ten days, to immobilize the graft as it heals in place. There are two forms of skin grafting: split thickness and full thickness. In a split thickness skin graft, a shaver is used to shave a layer of skin from the abdomen or thigh.

  8. Mung bean - Wikipedia

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    'Summer Moong' is a short-duration mung bean pulse crop grown in northern India. Due to its short duration, it can fit well in-between of many cropping systems. It is mainly cultivated in East and Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. It is considered to be the hardiest of all pulse crops and requires a hot climate for germination and growth.

  9. Plant sources of anti-cancer agents - Wikipedia

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    Contains ingenol mebutate (Picato) which is used to treat skin cancer [9] Maytenus ovatus. Trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla) is an antibody conjugated to a synthetic derivative of the cytotoxic principle of the Ethiopian plant Maytenus ovatus. It used to treat breast cancer. [10] Mappia foetida