Dr. Nestor is a consultant and advisory board member for and has received research grants from Sinclair Pharma; a consultant, advisory board member and speaker for Thermi-Almirall; is aconsultant and advisory board member for Almirall; is a consultant for Bayer Healthcare, Consultant and Speaker for Sensus Healthcare, Speaker and Principal Investigator for IFC, S.A., Principal Investigator and Consultant for CROMA Pharma, Ferndale, Johnson & Johnson, Principal Investigator for Actavis, Allergan, Annacor Pharmaceuticals, Biofrontera, Brickell Biotech, Cynova Laboratories, DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Demira, Evolus, Intraderm, LEO Pharma, MC2 Therapeutics, SASIF & Sonoma. Industry Support: Editorial support provided by X-Medica, LLC.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors thank Ginny Vachon, PhD of Principal Medvantage, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA for providing medical writing support.
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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE
Z. Paul Lorenc MD FACS lorenc@lorenc.com