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Rabindranath Nambi, MD Consulting Staff, Department of Dermatology, Dudley Group of Hospitals, UK

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Abiram Ponnuswami, MD, MBBS, DNB Consultant Dermatologist, Observership in Hair Transplant, Lasers and Aesthetics, Cutis Skin Clinic and Hair Transplant Center, India; Observership in Lasers and Aesthetics, Dr. Venus Institute of Aesthetics and Anti-Aging, India

Abiram Ponnuswami, MD, MBBS, DNB is a member of the following medical societies: Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists

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Richard P Vinson, MD Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Paul L Foster School of Medicine; Consulting Staff, Mountain View Dermatology, PA

Richard P Vinson, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, Texas Medical Association, Association of Military Dermatologists, Texas Dermatological Society

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Van Perry, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio

Van Perry, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Dirk M Elston, MD Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Dirk M Elston, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology

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Eleanor E Sahn, MD Director, Division of Pediatric Dermatology, Associate Professor, Departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina

Eleanor E Sahn, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Dermatology, Southern Medical Association

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