Constantin El Habr facts for kids
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Dr.
Costi
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Constantin el Habr
June 26, 1984 Beirut, Lebanon
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| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Education | BS in Biology |
| Occupation | Dermatologist |
| Years active | 2015-present |
| Known for | Botox and fillers |
Constantin El-Habr (known as Dr. Costi) is a Lebanese dermatologist and philanthropist specializing in both medical (skin cancer) and cosmetic dermatology.
Education
Costi studied BS in Biology from the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Beirut, Lebanon and then attended Medical school at the University of Balamand (UOB). After completing his medical studies in Beirut, Costi travelled to the United States of America where he specialized in procedural and cosmetic dermatology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
Career
In 2014, he founded "Dr. Costi's Dermatology Clinic", in Beirut. While studying in New York, Costi became interested in the fashion and beauty industry and in 2016, he participated in the first season of "The Fashion Hero", a reality TV show. After being chosen as a spokesperson to raise awareness for cancer, Costi started #costi4acause campaigns to raise fund for the Hue Medical Centre, a clinic in Vietnam.
He is also a published researcher and has written several academic pilot projects, research articles and book chapters that were featured in international scientific journals. Costi is an active member of the Lebanese Society of Dermatology, American Society of Dermatologic Surgery and International Society of Dermatologic Surgery.
Publications and research
- Adalimumab - Induced Lichenoid Drug Eruption \\ Lebanese Medical Journal .
- Acrocyanosis and necrotic purpura: a manifestation of multiple myeloma and Type I cryoglobulinemia
- Folliculocentric Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus in a 10-Year-Old Girl
- Reconstruction of an Alar Defect With a Fusiform Nasolabial Turnover Flap With a Proximal, Superiorly Tapered Apex
- Adalimumab - Induced Lichenoid Drug Eruption
- Reconstruction of an Alar Defect With a Fusiform Nasolabial Turnover Flap With a Proximal, Superiorly Tapered Apex
- Temporary henna tattoos and hypertrichosis: a case report and review of the literature
- Adalimumab - Induced Lichenoid Drug Eruption
- Acrocyanosis and necrotic purpura: a manifestation of multiple myeloma and Type I cryoglobulinemia
- Cutaneous Mastocytosis with atypical mast cells in a 7-year-old girl.
- Mass Spectrometry Imaging can distinguish on a proteomic level between proliferative nodules within a benign congenital nevus and malignant melanoma.
- Clinical and Histopathologic characterization of Fox-Fordyce disease induced by laser hair removal.
- Temporary henna tattoos and hypertrichosis: a case report and review of the literature.
- Cryoglobulinemia and Multiple Myeloma: Case report and literature review.
- Don't miss this blue toe: Hair tourniquet syndrome.
- Drug-induced linear IgA bullous dermatosis simulating Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.
