Preface

"My intentions are to spread knowledge; I consider this the most important happiness."

Biruni, a Persian encyclopedic scientist (973 – after 1050)

The above sentences from Biruni describe the main reason for writing this textbook. It is a great pleasure to contribute to the advancement of science and the standards of care by sharing knowledge and unique experiences with colleagues.

In PART 1, we dealt with teaching, medical, and publication pearls. In the second part, we present procedural and business pearls. Some procedures mentioned in this textbook, such as the removal of glomus tumor, can hardly be found elsewhere. In fact, a strong point of this book is the presentation of novel tips that cannot be found or hardly can be found in other publications.

Fortunately, I have been successful and honored to receive the contributions of some world leaders in aesthetic procedures, such as Joe Niamtu and Samuel Lam, for the procedural part of this book.

A unique feature of this textbook is the inclusion of business pearls. Unluckily, business issues, while important, are not included in the dermatology curriculum. The result is that many expert dermatologists end up working in clinics belonging to businessmen.

Importantly, this book does not aim to provide detailed information on each topic, rather it is aims to provide interesting tips which cannot be found or can hardly be found elsewhere. Therefore, as an advanced dermatology textbook, many important essential information which can easily be obtained from other publications is not included in this book.

I would like to thank all my dear colleagues who have kindly referred surgical patients to me, especially Drs. Namiyan, Kalafi, Naseri, Koraee, Moradi, Abtahiyan, Khosravi, Abbaspour, Mehrabadi, Fereydounpour, Hamedpour, and other colleagues whom I may not remember.

I would also like to thank my assistants, Mr. Mohammad Khanchefalak and Ms. Bahar Bayat, for their help in taking photos.

This preface cannot be concluded without sincerely thanking Bentham’s publishing staff for their help in making the dream of this book a reality.

I hope the readers find this book interesting.