FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – More than 5.7 million Americans suffer from chronic wounds that won’t heal. Now, a new, easy to use treatment some are calling a “magic powder” is helping patients heal much faster.
Plastic surgeon Tracey Stokes, MD, FACS, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon is used to being in the operating room, but not as a patient.
“I underwent bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction,” said Dr. Stokes.
Dr. Stokes made the decision after she and her mother tested positive for the gene that causes breast cancer. Unfortunately, she developed a wound on her left breast that would not heal.
“I think in today’s day and age wound care and wound care problems have almost become an epidemic,” said Laura Sudarsky, MD, FACS, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon & Wound Care Specialist at Esse Plastic Surgery … read more