Table of Contents

Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Defining Skin of Color, Sejal K. Shah and Andrew F. Alexis
2. Evaluation of the Ethnic Skin Patient Presenting for Cosmetic Procedures, Roopal V. Kundu and Rebat M. Halder
3. Potential Adverse Effects After Procedures in Ethnic Skin, Henry Hin-Lee Chan and Changhuh Huh
4. The Consent Process for Procedures in Ethnic Skin, Siegrid S. Yu
5. Epidermal and Color Improvement in Ethnic Skin: Microdermabrasion and Superficial Peels, Diana Leu and Simon S. Yoo
6. Epidermal and Dermal Color Improvement in Ethnic Skin: Pigment Lasers and Lights, Nicola P.Y. Chan and Henry Hin-Lee Chan
7. Dermal Color Improvement in Ethnic Skin: Vascular Lasers and Lights, Taro Kono and Henry Hin-Lee Chan
8. Nonablative Dermal Resurfacing in Ethnic Skin: Laser and Intense Pulsed Light, Suneel Chilukuri and Ashish C. Bhatia
9. Ablative Dermal Resurfacing in Ethnic Skin: Laser, Deep Peels, and Dermabrasion, Tina Bhutani and Sonia R. Batra
10. Hair Removal in Ethnic Skin: Laser, Lights, and Medical and Mechanical Epilation, Roopal V. Kundu
11. Liposuction in Ethnic Skin, Murad Alam
12. Nonsurgical Tightening and Lifting in Ethnic Skin, Vic A. Narurkar
13. Surgical Lifting and Tightening in Ethnic Skin, David J. Kouba, Kee-Yang Chung, and Ronald L. Moy
14. Cosmeceuticals in Ethnic Skin, Zoe Diana Draelos
15. Treatment of Melasma, Jennifer Y. Lin, Joyce Teng Ee Lim, and Henry Hin-Lee Chan
16. Treatment of Dermatosis Papulosa Nigra, James C. Collyer and Susan Leu
17. Postinflammatory Hyperpigmentation, Yan I. Zhu
18. Treatment of Acne Scarring in Ethnic Skin, Greg J. Goodman
19. Treatment of Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars in Ethnic Skin, Voraphol Vejjabhinanta, Keyvan Nouri, and Asha R. Patel
20. Special Considerations in African American Skin, Cheryl M. Burgess
21. Special Considerations in Asian/Far Eastern Skin, Henry Hin-Lee Chan and Stephanie G.Y. Ho
22. Special Considerations in Indian/Near Eastern Skin, Joslyn N. Witherspoon, Richard H. Huggins, and Murad Alam
23. Special Considerations in Latino Skin, Joseph F. Greco and Teresa Soriano
Index

About the Author

Murad Alam, MD, is Chief, Section of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery, and Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Otolaryngology, and Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Ashish C. Bhatia, MD, FAAD,, Director, River North Dermatology & Dermatologic Surgery, DuPage Medical Group, Naperville, IL; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL Roopal V. Kundu, MD, Director, Northwestern Center for Ethnic Skin, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY Simon S. Yoo, MD, is an Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL Henry Hin-Lee Chan, MD, FRCP, Honorary Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China; Visiting Scientist, Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA