Meet the editor

Dr. Diane Irvine Duncan is a US-based board-certified plastic surgeon known for research and international education. She has published frequently in peer-reviewed journals, books, and video format. She is on the editorial board of the *Aesthetic Surgery Journal*, and reviews for LMS and JCD. Dr. Duncan is a coordinator for the Lasers and EBD alert section and a member of the IMCAS faculty. She has recently completed a BBC documentary

and has participated in and moderated many educational panels and webinars. Her current area of focus is regenerative modalities for the treatment of skin and soft tissue, including reversal of age-related sarcopenia.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

History of Body Contouring

*by Malcolm D. Paul and Garrett Wirth*

*by Ali Juma, Jamil Hayek and Simon Davies*

*by Michael Kreindel and Stephen Mulholland*

on the Fibrous Septal Network

*by Vaishali B. Doolabh*

Skin Texture and Form

*by Robert Stephen Mulholland*

The Safe Evolution of Liposuction into Liposculpture

The Basic Science of Radiofrequency-Based Devices

*by Mohan Thomas, James D'silva and Amal Abraham*

Part 1 "Inside Out" Thermal Tissue Tightening

Contractile Effects of Radiofrequency Energized Helium Plasma

Use of Technologies to Improve the Liposuction Outcome Including

Internal and External Radiofrequency Assisted Lipo-Coagulation (RFAL) in the Control of Soft Tissue Contraction during Liposuction:

**Preface V**

History **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 17**

Science and Physics of Liposuction and Energy Based Devices **29**

**Chapter 3 31**

**Chapter 4 57**

Energy Based Devices and Liposuction **71**

**Chapter 5 73**

**Chapter 6 105**
