ACS(I) Textbook on Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery Mysore Venkataram
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ACS(I) Textbook on CUTANEOUS AND AESTHETIC SURGERY
Editor-in-ChiefMysore Venkataram DVD MD DNB DipRCPath (Lond) Consultant: Dermatologist-Dermatopathologist-Hair Transplant Surgeon Director: Venkat Charmalaya-Centre for Advanced Dermatology and Postgraduate Teaching Centre 1st ‘G’ Cross, 7th Main, Subbanna Garden, Vijayanagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka,India President: Association of Cutaneous Surgeons(I) Past Editor: Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery Co-Chairman: Assembly of National Societies, Dermatologists and Aesthetic Surgeons League Chairman: Therapeutic Guidelines Committee, Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists Vice-President: Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons, India Vice-President: Karnataka Branch, Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists Author: Dermatological Diseases: A Practical Approach, Histopathology of Skin
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ACS(I) Textbook on Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery
(Published Under the Aegis of Association of Cutaneous Surgeons(I))
First Edition: 2012
9789350258903
Printed at: Ajanta Offset & Packagings Ltd., New Delhi
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Dermatosurgery has been passing through interesting times; as disease dermatology paves the way for desire dermatology, as illness gets replaced by wellness and patients are replaced by clients—today's interventional dermatology seeks to dominate over armchair dermatology of yesterday. What we now have is a youthful, vibrant, fast changing subspecialty; Change has been so striking over the last decade that in some ways dermatosurgery represents a Theseus' paradox; “This is my grandfather's axe. My father replaced the shaft, and I put a new head on it. It's my grandfather's axe”
Despite the rapid progress, there have been few books in this field, specially focusing on brown skin, and the need for a comprehensive book, encompassing all aspects of cutaneous surgery, lasers and esthetics has long been felt. Sensing this need, the Association of Cutaneous Surgeons (I) decided to bring out this book.
The rapidly changing profile, range and scope of the subject, with multitudes of procedures being performed, necessitated a multiauthor book. Fortunately, our association is blessed with the talent that was needed for authoring the chapters—the result is what you see; an exhaustive compilation with 66 chapters, including nearly 33 subchapters, by as many as 105 authors. Every aspect of cutaneous surgery has been comprehensively dealt with, keeping in mind the recent advances.
The brown skin has many peculiarities and variations—in fact, it defies any classification! Pigmentation response, healing and scarring reactions, aging changes are all different in the brown skin. Similarly, the epidemiological situations are also different; vitiligo surgery is more relevant than skin cancer surgery! The textbook aptly seeks to address these challenges and requirements.
Our effort has been to keep the book comprehensive, yet simple; to make the book all inclusive, yet reader friendly; exhaustive and yet relevant—to the beginner and the expert, the novice and the connoisseur. We hope that we have succeeded in achieving this objective.
Writing a book is an experience – exhilarating at times, excruciating at others. And in a multiauthor book, it is even more so, as deadlines are chased, furiously, frenetically. Despite the highs and the lows, I must say the experience has been some thing to cherish—it has been my privilege to have been the Editor-in-Chief for this effort — and on behalf of the editorial board, I thank each author for his contribution. It truly has been a great work done by a number of smaller things together!
I was indeed fortunate to have an experienced editorial board of senior dermatosurgeons, available at all times for counsel and advice. My heartfelt gratitude to each one of them. And I record with a touch of pride and happiness the splendid work done by my young team of deputy and assistant editors, who toiled for long hours in correcting proofs, and drafts. The book would not have been possible without their long endeavours.
Lastly, an effort of this size is never possible without support and understanding from the family—my wife Dr Jayashree, and my children Aniketh and Ankitha, suffered from months of my preoccupation with the book—my apologies and heartfelt thanks to them.
M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers have done an outstanding work in bringing it out on time—in particular, my thanks to Mr Jitendar P Vij (CEO), Ms Sunita Katla (PA to CEO), Ms Shagufta Khan (Exec. Asst. to MD), Mr Sumit Kumar and Mr Ram Murti (Graphic Designers), Ms Geeta Srivastava and Laxmidhar Padhiary (Proofreaders) and Mr Venugopal (Branch Manager). My gratitude to them.
I earnestly hope that the book will be appreciated by the readers, and welcome comments and feedback. My earnest hope is that book will serve as an instrument in furthering progress in the field, and the grandfather's axe shall improve further!
Mysore Venkataram