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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...
There are two powerful jawline techniques for changing the size and shape of the lower third of the face. Orthognathic surgery is well known and has been done for many decades. In the developmentally deficient lower jaw sagittal split osteotomies, particularly if a chin augmentation is combined with it, can produce dramatic changes in the Read More…
Background: A sagittal ridge skull deformity is most commonly perceived as its fullest expression with sagittal craniosynotosis in an infant. But there are greater numbers of patients affected by lesser or more ‘aesthetic’ sagittal deformities where the height of the sagittal crest and the degree of parasagittal depression along the sides is much less severe. Read More…
There are a variety of biomaterials that are used for aesthetic facial implants. The vast majority are either solid silicone or Medpor (porous polyethylene) all around the world. There are advantages and disadvantages for the use of either biomaterial and there are an equal number of advocates for each as well. Silicone is the Coke Read More…
Familial multiple lipomatosis (FML) is a well recognized but rare condition where the patient experiences the development of subcutaneous lipomas over their lifetime on their torso and extremities. Such patients will often develop hundreds of lipomas of all sizes throughout their lifetime of which some will necessitate removal due to their size and uncomfortability. Why Read More…
In the surgical placement of breast implants, it is important to prevent bacterial contamination and inoculation of the implant as it is placed into the tissue pocket. Besides the risk of infection, bacteria can create a well known biofilm layer on the implant’s surface which can lead to a far more common complication known as Read More…
Facial implants have been around as a common aesthetic facial procedure for about three decades. Over this time many different styles and sizes of facial implants have become commercially available and they do satisfy may modest to moderate aesthetic facial bone deficiencies. But not every aesthetic facial volume need can be meet with the use Read More…
Aesthetic augmentations of the face has been done for decades using standard implants for the chin and cheeks primarily. But other preformed implants also exist for the jaw angles, nasal, paranasal and tear trough areas although they are less frequently done. The widespread use of injectable fillers and patient awareness has made these less frequently Read More…
Background: Few women have perfectly symmetric breasts. While most women would acknowledge that anatomic fact, most women would prefer to not undergo an aesthetic procedure where their natural asymmetry becomes magnified. But this is exactly what can happen in breast augmentation surgery. Two symmetrically shaped and sized implants will merely enlarge what exists before surgery Read More…
Rhinoplasty is capable of changing many features of the nose based on bone and cartilage manipulations. And while the shape of the nostrils is influenced by cartilage changes at the nasal tip, not all aspects of the appearance of the nostrils can be so changed. While the width of the nostrils is not necessarily influenced Read More…
Undereye hollows are a bothersome aesthetic deformity. They occur for a variety of reasons with the cost common being aging with loss of fat and a congenital infraorbital bone deficiency with a negative orbital vector. This creates for the patient a look of aging and tiredness and even a pseudoproptotic appearance. The most common treatment 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...