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The Surgical Technique For Vastus Medialis Quad Muscle Implants

The most common lower extremity body contouring implant is that of the calfs. Both the inner and outer head of the gastrocnemius muscles can be augmented through incisions placed behind the knee. But there are other leg implants that can be done above the knee in the anterolateral thighs. Thigh or quad implants are available Read More…

Technical Strategies – Intraoperative Modification of Body Implants

Augmentation of various muscular body areas is done with solid but soft silicone implants. The most common body areas that have been aesthetically enhanced are the pectoral, bicep, tricep, and calf muscles. Such enhancements have now extended to include the trapezius and thigh muscles as well. To no surprise the vast majority of patients receiving Read More…

Aesthetic Implant Augmentation Of The Vastus Medialis Muscle of the Thigh

The most common leg muscle that is augmented for aesthetic purposes are the calfs. (gastrocs) Calf implants have been used for decades and are a very successful body implant procedure. In more recent times the upper leg has been periodically implanted as well to augment either the rectus femoris or the combined rectus femoris-vastus laterals Read More…

How Are All Other Aesthetic Body Implants Different From Breast Implants?

When it comes to implants for aesthetic body contouring, there are significant differences between breast implants and every other type of body implant in numerous ways. Breast and all other body implants are frequently confused in their physical properties and characteristics because they are made of a similar basic silicone material.  From an implant composition Read More…

Technical Strategies – Surgical Placement of Bicep Implants

Of the available eight sites for possible augmentation of the body by implants, the biceps muscle is number three, following pectoral and calf muscle augmentations. Like its cousin on the opposite side of the upper arm (triceps), the biceps muscle plays a major role in the movement of the arm. It has always had a Read More…

Thigh Implants for Aesthetic Augmentation of the Upper Leg

There are a variety of solid body implants available for augmentation of various muscles for aesthetic contour changes.. Most well known are chest (pectoral), buttock and lower leg (calf) implants. Lesser well known ones involve the arms (biceps and triceps), trapezius and shoulder (deltoid) implants. But this is not the complete list and one of Read More…

Custom Deltoid Implants for Shoulder Augmentation

Soft solid silicone implants are commonly used in men to augment multiple muscles throughout the body. Enhancement of the chest (pectoralis major) and calves (gastrocnemius) has been done for a long time as evidenced by multiple styles and sizes of performed commercially available implants to do so. More recently other muscle groups of the upper Read More…

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