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Improvements in Vibra-Puncture Technique
COLONEL ROBERT S. HIGDON, MC;
MAJOR WILLIAM R. VINEYARD, MC
AMA Arch Derm. 1960;81(4):603-605.
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Following recent reports1-3 concerning the use of the vibra-puncture technique in the treatment of various cutaneous disorders, we decided to experiment with this new therapeutic modality. A Conway Dermajector Electric Tattooing Machine with a Conway Multiple Needle Injector* was obtained. This attachment was made by the same company, and was adaptable to the dermabrasion equipment already in use at Walter Reed Army Hospital.
Initial vibra-puncture procedures were somewhat painful and caused mild damage to the epidermis when the motor was operated at high speed. Further experiments brought about individual discoveries by the co-author and by Captain William E. Amos, MC, U.S. Army, Resident, that the vibra-puncture technique could be carried out with a minimum of discomfort and no visible epidermal alteration when the motor was operated at a very low speed.
Despite the most conscientious efforts on the part of the operator, attempts to obtain constant low motor speed
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Author Affiliations
U.S. Army
Footnotes
Submitted for publication July 28, 1959.
Consultant in Dermatology to the Surgeon General, U.S. Army, and Chief of Dermatology Service, Walter Reed Army Hospital (Colonel Higdon); Assistant Chief of Dermatology Service, Walter Reed Army Hospital (Major Vineyard).
Manufactured by the Robbins Instrument Company, Chatham, N.J.
Manufactured by the Superior Electric Company, Bristol, Conn.
Manufactured by the L. S. Starrett Company, Athol, Mass.
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