Do You Know What Your Dermatologic Surgeon Has Been Up To?

New statistics released by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) demonstrate the broad scope of practice and breadth of experience of dermatologists. In fact, ASDS members, like the physicians at Sanova Dermatology, continue to be a leading provider of a diverse range of cosmetic and other medical procedures among patients.

According to the 2011 ASDS Survey on Dermatologic Procedures, dermatologists and dermatologic surgeons performed:

• An estimated 2.6 million total skin cancer treatments.
• Nearly 1 million BOTOX® and 275,000 Dysport® procedures
• 1.6 million laser and light procedures, including 378,230 facial redness and/or vessels procedures)
• 830,800 soft tissue dermal filler procedures, including Restylane®, JUVEDERM® and RADIESSE®

Overall, the total number of cosmetic and medical procedures rose from 7.8 million in 2010 to more than 8 million in 2011. 

Dr. Susan Weinkle, president of the ASDS said, "These findings show that patients continue to choose dermatologic surgeons for their unique training and experience to treat the health, function and beauty of skin through both cosmetic and medically necessary procedures. There are no other physicians with training and experience and our focus on the skin."