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Keep this study
Lead
Mayo Clinic
With
Aesculap AG
Age
21–any
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
Age: Younger than 21
Gender: Females only. Given the nature of the procedures, as well as our clinical experience, we cannot anticipate recruiting enough male patients to be able to evaluate them as a subgroup. Since there may be differences in distributions of measures, to keep the groups more homogeneous we plan to recruit only females from the outset. Having either:
Reduction Mammoplasty or mastopexy patients:
* Patients who present to the plastic surgery clinic and are scheduled for breast procedures will be recruited and consented by a clinical studies co-ordinator.
You may not be if
Abdominoplasty or panniculectomy patients:
Though women of childbearing age will be allowed to participate in this study, no pregnant patients will be enrolled.
Patients with any factors that may have an adverse effect on wound healing:
* previous hypertrophic scars or keloid
* known vitamin C deficiency
* known zinc deficiency
* smoking
* steroid use
* known connective tissue disorder
* hypoalbuminemia
* any factor not listed that the attending consultant seeing the patient feels would adversely effect wound healing.
Patients who have a known sensitivity to adhesives
