About the Authors

Claudia Chavez-Munoz

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago Illinois, United States of America

Khang T. Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago Illinois, United States of America

Wei Xu

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago Illinois, United States of America

Seok-Jong Hong

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago Illinois, United States of America

Thomas A. Mustoe

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago Illinois, United States of America

Robert D. Galiano

dracchavez@yahoo.com.mx

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCM RDG. Performed the experiments: CCM KN WX SJH. Analyzed the data: CCM RDG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RDG TAM. Wrote the paper: CCM RDG.