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Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Surgical Technique of Clavicular Osteotomies in Shoulder Width Reduction
Shoulder width reduction is done by shortening the length of the...
The shape and appearance of the forehead is highly influenced by...
Background: The evolution of rhinoplasty surgery over the past twenty years...
Injectable Fillers Enhancing the shape and size of the upper and lower lips can be one of the most powerful gender facial changes. Though small in size their impact on gender identification is significant. A variety of surgical and non-surgical lip augmentation procedures exist. The most common form of lip augmentation done is with the Read More…
Correction of a drooping or downward corner of the mouth can be done by both surgical and non-surgical methods. While Botox and injectable fillers can help lift the mouth corner, the only permanent method is surgical. The corner of the mouth lift has been around for decades of which my modification, the pennant technique, alleviates Read More…
Background: The lips can be affected by several shape features that have either occurred naturally or are the result of aging. One undesirable aspect of the lips is when their corners turn down. While often developing as a result of aging being weighed down by falling facial tissues, some people have it naturally. Lip volume Read More…
The corner of the mouth, despite its small size, plays a major role in the appearance of the perioral region. It affects the expression of the mouth (happy or sad/mad) as well as its size. (horizontal length) Being a bilateral part of the mouth it is also subject to issues of asymmetry as well. Changing Read More…
Background: The lateral vermilion-cutaneous borders of the lips provide a boundary line for the outer aspects of the mouth. The converged lip corners define both the width of the mouth as well as have an impact on facial expression. While dynamic facial movement will always create a smile, a static facial expression can either have Read More…
The corner of the mouth has relevance in aesthetic surgery due to its position and location. With aging or in some people who have it naturally, the mouth corners turn down. Treatments consist of Botox and filler injections or a surgical corner of the mouth lift. The mouth corner also establishes the width of the Read More…
Background: The smile is one of the most important forms of facial expression. The perception of the entire face changes as soon as one sees someone smile. But the time when one is smiling is far more limited than when one is expressionless. While an expressionless face is supposed to convey no emotion that is Read More…
Background: Lip augmentation is one of the most popular non-surgical facial enhancement procedures. Done primarily by synthetic injectable fillers the size of the lips can be increased for the duration of the filler’s persistence. When skillfully done injectable fillers can create a myriad of perioral effects from lip size increase, correction of lip asymmetries and Read More…
The lips play a major role in the appearance of the lower third of the face. Their size and shape gives indications of gender, expression and age. The lips are well known to be affected by age with thinning of the amount of vermilion show, lip lines and downturning of the corners of the mouth. Read More…
Background: Aging affects all areas of the face and is always most observed in the sphinteric areas of the eyes and mouth. The mouth develops very consistent age-related changes including thinning of lip vermilion show, lengthening of the upper lip and a downward slant to the corners of the mouth. It is all part of Read More…
Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Surgical Technique of Clavicular Osteotomies in Shoulder Width Reduction
Shoulder width reduction is done by shortening the length of the...
The shape and appearance of the forehead is highly influenced by...
Background: The evolution of rhinoplasty surgery over the past twenty years...