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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...
The forehead occupies a large amount of the face, encompassing up to one-third of its frontal surface area. While it appears to be a featureless surface, there are well known gender differences in its shape. It is traditionally known that men have prominent brow bones and a forehead that has more of a relative backward Read More…
The shape of the skull can be affected by a variety of irregularities that cause various elevations and depressions. Some of these are natural, some have occurred from minor amounts of trauma and other have been directly caused by some form of surgery. Most of these are modest in size and can always be felt Read More…
The labiomental fold is a transverse indentation that makes a separation between the upper lip and chin. Its depth differs amongst people in which it can be quite shallow or very deep partially influenced by the development of the lower jaw and the upper and lower incisor tooth relationship. Three muscles help create the fold Read More…
Background: A muscular appearing upper body has long been a desired physical appearance for men. This is evidenced by the large number of physical fitness and training centers that exist as well as gym and workout equipment sold every year. With the proper amount of time and sustained effort, most muscles can be enlarged. Such Read More…
Background: Buttock sagging, more formally known as buttock ptosis, occurs for a variety of reasons. Large amounts of weight loss is one well known cause of the lower buttocks to bottom out with volume deflation and the creation of a relative skin excess. Aging is another common cause and is particularly prone to occur in Read More…
Aesthetic skull augmentations are done for both men and women. But there are gender differences in the types of skull augmentations that are done. The most common augmentations done in men are for a flat or asymmetric back of the head, a head shape symptom exposed by short haircuts or a shaved head. The most Read More…
Like all facial implants, temporal implants comes in a number of standard sizes and styles. Standard and extended implants exist to cover either the anterior lower temporal (zone 1) or the both anterior lower and upper temporal areas. (zone 1 and 2 or extended style) Within these two styles there are also various thicknesses (sizes) Read More…
While cosmetic eyelid surgery is very common, there are major differences between the upper and lower blepharoplasty procedure. This is primarily due to the much more static but suspensory nature of the lower eyelid. This makes it much more unforgiving than the upper eyelid and even slight disruptions of support or scar contracture creates lid Read More…
Background: A significant prominence in the center of the neck is that of the tracheal cartilages and it is an almost exclusive male feature. The tracheal cartilages become larger during development imen, like the deepening of the voice, due to hormone influences. While there are men, usually with thin necks, that desire tracheal reduction due Read More…
Scalp incisions are a necessary part of any aesthetic skull reshaping procedure. Whether it is onlay augmentation with materials or bone reduction techniques, access to do the surgery and work under the scalp is necessary. But the resultant scalp scars in aesthetic skull surgery have much greater significance than it would for medically necessary neurosurgery 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...