Medical aesthetics terms starting with "E"
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Ecchymosis is a flat, non-palpable discoloration of the skin that occurs as a result of subcutaneous blood extravasation, and is the most common soft-tissue complication in aesthetic procedures, especially after under-eye filler and periorbital botox, which resolves spontaneously in 10-14 days with the classical five-stage color transition (red-purple-blue-green-yellow).
The Er:YAG (erbium) laser is an ablative laser that targets water at 2940 nm; it vaporises superficial skin layers in a controlled way, leaves less residual thermal damage than a CO2 laser, and is used fully ablatively or fractionally for wrinkles and atrophic acne scars.
Exilis Ultra is an FDA 510(k) approved zero-downtime non-invasive body contouring and facial tightening combination device produced by BTL Aesthetics, delivering 1-3 MHz monopolar radiofrequency (RF) and 2 MHz ultrasonic energy simultaneously, providing real-time impedance control with Proteus technology, for sub-dermal 4-10 mm deep fat tissue heating and dermal collagen coagulation.