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What is Punch Excision & Dermal Grafting?

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Punch Excision is a procedure whereby a Dr. will use a tool to "punch out the scar and then sew the remaining skin together. Dermal grafting is a procedure whereby a Dr. removes skin from a different part of your body (usually from behind the ear) and places it into the scar. Ice picks are often treated this way.
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What is a dermal punch?

Piercing FAQ about surface piercing.
A dermal punch is like a round needle with no bevel - it's like a sharp, round cookie-cutter for skin. The medical industry uses them to take biopsy samples, but piercers use them to make round piercings which remove an actual piece of skin.
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Why is a dermal punch good for cartilage piercing?

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First of all, cartilage piercings are very prone to keloiding. Because a dermal punch eliminates the pressure that a piercing puts on the injured tissue, keloiding risks are drastically reduced. More importantly, cartilage piercings are very difficult to stretch. Because they are so sensitive to keloiding, any stretching is a very slow and tedious process. A dermal punch allows for the placement of a piercing as large as 0ga in an initial cartilage piercing.
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What do I need to know before doing a dermal punch?

Piercing FAQ about surface piercing.
Using a small flashlight shone through the ear, you can illuminate all blood vessels. This should be done both from the front and from the back. By doing this you can map out the blood vessels in the skin and cartilage and decide upon the least destructive placement. If you hit large vessels they can bleed almost indefinitely.
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How do I best heal a large dermal punch piercing?

Piercing FAQ about surface piercing.
Smaller (6ga and below) dermal punches are healed just like normal piercings, but larger ones can be healed a little differently. The jewelry should be worn for the first few days to allow the tissue to seal, but after that, it can be removed. A piercing without jewelry in it heals MUCH faster. However, it is important to make sure the piercing doesn't close - this is especially a risk on inner conch piercing.
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What is skin grafting?

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In an autologous (use of a person’s own tissues) skin graft, the doctor removes skin from one area of a patient's body and attaches it to another area. This type of skin grafting is sometimes used for patients with small patches of vitiligo. The doctor removes sections of the normal, pigmented skin (donor sites) and places them on the depigmented areas (recipient sites). There are several possible complications of autologous skin grafting.
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What are punch out catalogs?

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Punch-out catalogs reside on the vendor specific website. The catalogs are maintained by the vendor. Punch-out catalogs function based on vendor website functionality. Punch-out catalogs provide additional information not available in a hosted environment such as real time product availability and shipping status.
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What is Mole Excision?

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A mole is also known as a nevus. Excision of a mole involves removing it by cutting it from the skin. The benefits of this procedure include removing protruding moles that get in the way of shaving; reducing skin irritation that happens when certain moles rub against clothing or jewelry; achieving smoother and clearer skin; and enhancing appearance and improving self-esteem.
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What is the difference between mini/micro grafting and follicular unit grafting?

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Hair in the scalp grows in naturally occuring groupings of 1 to 3 hairs. These groupings, known as follicular units, are dissected under microscope while still maintaining the naturally occuring grouping. Mini/micro grafting is a rather outdated technique by which small grafts are transplanted that do not necessarily correspond to the original follicular unit and contain anywhere from 3 to 6 hairs.
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How is the mole excision performed?

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The surgeon employs a scalpel to cut the mole and a border of good skin surrounding it. The surgeon will decide on the size of this border. Stitches are positioned either deep within the skin, or on the upper surface, depending on the depth of the excision. For the procedure that entails no stitches, a scalpel is applied to shave the mole allowing it to be flush with the surrounding skin. Next, via an electrical instrument, the doctor cauterizes the area to prevent any bleeding.
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How can I search punch-out catalogs?

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In order to search a punch-out suppliers catalog you need to punch out to the site and use the search tools available on the vendor website.
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What is Cyst Excision?

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A dermal cyst excision or dermal cyst removal is a procedure where the cyst, which is a sac filled with liquid or a jelly-like material, is removed from the skin. Most of these cysts are found on the skin of the abdomen, chest, face, neck or scalp. Cysts may stay small for years or gradually grow larger. Cyst excision is done not only for cosmetic reasons, but also to effectively remove cysts, especially those that can be cancerous.
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What is Lipoma Excision?

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Lipomas are the adipose tumors that usually occur in the subcutaneous tissues of the head, neck, shoulders and back. These slow-growing, almost always benign, tumors typically present as non-painful, round, mobile masses with a characteristic soft, doughy feel. Lipomas can rarely be linked with syndromes such as hereditary multiple lipomatosis, adiposis dolorosa, Gardner's syndrome and Madelung's disease. The outcome and prognosis of lipoma excision are excellent for benign lipomas.
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What is grafting or budding?

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Grafting is any method which surgically connects a part of one plant to a part of another plant; the two then grow together to become a single plant. The top part, which will produce the branches, leaves, flowers, and fruit, is known as the "scion" (pronounced sigh-on). The lower portion, which produces the root system and the very bottom part of the trunk, is known as the rootstock, understock, or simply "stock.
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What is Fat Grafting?

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Fat grafting is the procedure where your own fat stores are utilized to augment, rejuvenate or correct. Fat grafting can be used to augment the cheeks or lips or anywhere else augmentation is desired, correct tissue deficiencies or simply rejuvenate the mature or thin face for a more "refreshed" look. Fat Grafting is also referred to as free fat transfer, liposculpture, lipostructure, Space Lift? and others.
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What is a dermal delivery system?

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A dermal delivery system is a release of additives/nutrients to the epidermal layer of the skin. In the case of NatraGel, the dermal delivery system is formed by the flow of nutrients inside of the hydrogel matrix onto skin.
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What is Excision Peyronie’s Placque?

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Excision Peyronie’s Plaque is a kind of surgical treatment for the correction of Peyronie’s disease which involves elongating the concave side of the tunica albuginea of the penis either be incision or excision of the plaque and graft placement. This procedure is able to treat patients suffering from Peyronie’s disease.
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Why Should I have FUE? What about Strip Excision?

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There is currently a large debate between these two and this FAQ is not meant to foster this debate, only to present the facts. I see the following as risks of Strip Excision and benefits of FUE. With strip excision a strip of flesh is removed from the permanent ring of hair around the occipital lobe and sides of the head. The most serious problem that occurs is excessive scarring, because the remaining tissue cannot accommodate the tissue that has now been depleted, and over time stretches.
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What is excision of varicose veins?

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Excision of varicose veins is often a surgical procedure involving incisions over varicose veins. The vein is then pulled out and tied off. The patient is left with many small (or sometimes large, depending on the skill of the surgeon) scars. Infrequently, those scars can become rather large and thick and/or form keloids.
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Why does the fire department punch a hole in the roof of a house when it is on fire?

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When there is a fire in a closed structure, the fire and smoke build up and move upward until it cannot go up any farther. Smoke travels upward until something stops it like a ceiling or a roof. At this time, the smoke mushrooms outward filling the structure. If the firefighters punch a hole in the roof, the smoke is able to escape. If there are victims inside, this could better enable them to breath and be more easily located by the firefighters.
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Can I compare punch out supplier’s products against others?

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No, at this time, comparisons between punch out suppliers is not a feature in eCAT3. Because you are in a specific supplier’s website there is no way to technically compare to products outside of that site.
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What is the punch-through zone?

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On pulse radar (k, x, ka super wide ,instant-on and the new POP) when it is shot from the gun, it comes out in a cone shape, the further it goes, the wider and weaker the signal gets. Punch- through is when the signal being reflected off the car is equal in strength to our scrambling strength. (On average, 50-200 feet) At this range lock-on is possible. There is no punch through with laser.
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What is a power punch?

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POWER PUNCHTool into which you can place a punch, apply pressure using a lever and create a punchie. A much easier way to create multiple punchies that using your thumb.
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What is Punch Art?

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PUNCH ARTA decoration made up from punchies. The components may or may not have anything to do with the final art. For example, a flower may be made from overlapping heart shaped punchies in a circle with a small circle punchie in the centre. Freehand cut a stalk and place leaf punchies along it. Punch art can be simple to quite elaborate.
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What are dermal fillers?

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Dermal fillers are substances that are injected just below the surface of the skin to replenish the collagen layer, filling lines, wrinkles and scars from the inside out. Dermal fillers can temporarily restore a smoother, more youthful appearance. Dermal fillers can also be used to add definition to the lip border. Collagen dermal fillers have been proven safe and effective for more than 20 years.
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CosmoDerm and CosmoPlast Human Collagen Information
Sunlight, natural aging and lifestyle factors can diminish the collagen layer that supports the skin. And where this collagen layer diminishes, unwelcome lines and wrinkles may appear. These unwelcome lines and wrinkles are often injected with fillers under the surface of the skin to fill them in, temporarily restoring a smoother more youthful appearance, by replacing the damaged collagen. These produces injected into the dermis of the skin are called "dermal fillers".
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