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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...
Background: The forehead is an important facial feature for both men and women. There are specific gender differences in their shapes with the forehead in men being more retroclined, broader and with more visible temporal lines. The male forehead can also be higher due to a recessed frontal hairline or no hairline at all. The Read More…
Background: Clavicle reduction osteotomies are the only method to feminine the shoulders by reducing their width and softening their square shape. It is typically performed in a bilateral fashion reducing both shoulders during the same surgery. While this poses challenges in the recovery process due to the limited arm motion required, it does offer efficiency Read More…
Background: Pectoral implants are the male equivalent of breast implants in women when it comes to chest enhancement. But there are major differences in both the implants used and their desired effect. Pectoral implants are made of a solid soft silicone material which can never undergo failure or need to be replaced. They are inserted Read More…
Background: Aesthetic skull augmentations consist of placing various materials on top of the surfaces of the skull to change its external shape. In the history of plastic surgery this skull augmentation material has been PMMA bone cement, one of the few true plastic materials used in aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. While originally intended as a Read More…
Background: While the most common chin procedure is augmentation a lesser number of chin shape changes are done for reduction. Besides their lower numbers chin reduction surgery is also dominated by female patients much more so than men. Chins that stick out too far, are too vertically long or are too wide are the dimensional Read More…
Background: Plagiocephaly is a unique form of craniofacial asymmetry and its probably the best known because of its syndromic presentation from its axial twisting developmental pattern. With predominant symptom of a flat back of the head on one side (right more frequently than left), which is often the major issue, there is a series of Read More…
Background: While the nose is composed of bone and cartilage components, its greatest anatomic complexity is in its lower third. The near union of the lower alar cartilages in the midline with the septal support behind it makes for the external size and shape of the nasal tip. The lower alar cartilages is composed of Read More…
Background: Custom jawline implants are the most powerful aesthetic structural changer of the lower third of the face. However, while they are custom made for each patient, such custom designs can not guarantee that the patient’s desired aesthetic result will be achieved. Until there comes a time when the exact correlation between an implant design Read More…
Background: Forehead feminization today is typically associated with a transgender male to female patient. The most common procedure used for this forehead softening effect is a brow bone reduction. Because the congenital male brow bone is more developed than a females the technique used to adequately reduce its projection is a bone flap setback technique Read More…
Background: The presentation and excision of cysts are a mundane procedural request by patients to their plastic surgeon. They often are not the primary procedure the patient is undergoing and usually a ‘hey doc’ request as an addition. Such lumps and bumps are usually garden variety dermoid cysts and lipomatous masses that can develop anywhere 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...