Effective Treatment of Xanthelasma

July 2016 | Volume 15 | Issue 7 | Case Reports | 891 | Copyright © July 2016


Kimberly Sansalone, Kenneth Beer MD, and Janelle Pavlis MD

Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

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electrodessication. The patient presented here was treated in a staged approach, with excellent cosmetic results.

DISCLOSURES

The authors have no conflict of interests to declare.

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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Kenneth Beer MD…….............. kenbeer@aol.com
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