This book is a thorough, step-by-step guide to the basic principles, procedures, and complications of dermatologic surgery, covering all areas, from diagnosis and therapeutics to cosmetics. A large section of this text is a practical guide to many other aspects of patient care, such as general management issues, including operating on patients with a cardiac defibrillator and prophylactric antibiotics, with guidelines and recently published recommendations. Topics include suturing, biopsy, lasers, Mohs, flaps, grafts, liposuction, peels, and BOTOX.