ORLANDO – Inspired by sewing lessons during her childhood, Dr. Cyndi Yag-Howard has developed several suturing techniques that help promote better wound healing and yield more aesthetically pleasing results.
She has published several of her techniques, including the SICM (subcutaneous inverted cross mattress) stitch (Dermatol. Surg. 2011;37:1503-5) and the Zipper stitch (Dermatol. Surg. 2013;39:1400-2), and she has a few more in the works. In a video interview after her presentation at the annual meeting of the Florida Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Dr. Yag-Howard, who is in private practice in Naples, Fla., shared the how-to’s of several of her suturing techniques.
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