Many advances in wound healing have relevance to facial plastic surgery. We briefly highlight some of these advances, including new biological and synthetic products and other potential technologies to improve wound healing, as well as the literature describing them.
Hershcovitch and Hom review the latest information on wound healing as it relates to facial plastic surgery.
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