Enduring Materials: Order the Supplement

Educational Method

This activity is certified for continuing education credits by the Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation, which offers credits for physicians. Participants should read the objectives before reading the supplement. This activity should take approximately 1 hour to complete. To obtain credit, you must complete and return the posttest answer sheet and evaluation form. This form is on pages 19 and 20. Please follow instructions provided on the form. Continuing medical education (CME) credit is available through the November 30, 2008, expiration date. No credit will be awarded after this date.

This CME activity was developed for dermatologists, plastic surgeons, specialists in the management of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and other physicians managing dermal atrophy.

Faculty

Gregory Alan Buford, MD, Founder and Director, Body by Buford, Englewood, Colorado; Cheryl M. Burgess, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC; Victor G. Lacombe, MD, who is in private practice in Santa Rosa, California; Richard N. Sherman, MD, of The Skin Institute of New Orleans, Louisiana; Danny Vleggaar, MD, Head of Dermal Rejuvenation and Substitution Therapy, Esthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nouvelle Clinique Vert Pré, Geneva, Switzerland; Susan H. Weinkle, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology, University of South Florida, Tampa; and William Philip Werschler, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine/Dermatology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.

Faculty disclosures are included in the supplement.

The supplement covers these topics:

• Classification of Dermal Fillers
• Assessing the Face
• Facial Aging
• Case History: Assessment
• Superficial changes
• Photodamage
• Rhytides
• Subsurface changes
• Loss and redistribution of facial fat
• Administration
• Proposed Treatments: Stimulatory Fillers and Plastic Surgery
• The Importance of the Aesthetic Eye
• Treatments
• Session 1
• Session 2
• Session 3
• The Role of Stimulatory Fillers in Nonfacial Rejuvenation
• Conclusion

Learning Objectives

At the end of this CME activity, participants should be able to:

• Assess the changes that characterize the aging face
• Develop a plan to rejuvenate the face that balances the principles of aesthetics with the capabilities and limitations of currently available
  dermal fillers
• Establish guidelines for reconciling the patient’s expectations with
  realistic outcomes
• Describe the optimal techniques for reconstituting and administering
  dermal fillers
• Administer dermal fillers, singly or in combination, to achieve optimum results without “overcorrecting” the signs of aging

Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation and SCIOS Continuing Education. The Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

The Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

If the supplement described above is not the one you were seeking, or if you are experiencing difficulties accessing it, please contact SCIOS CE at (215) 867-2700 or admin@clinicalreflections.com.

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