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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 most common form of buttock augmentation is by fat injections. Known worldwide as BBL surgery (Brazilian Butt Lift), it offer a natural buttock enhancement procedure with the dual benefit of reductive body contouring from the fat harvest. But despite its appeal not everyone is a good candidate for it. It requires a certain amount Read More…
Temporal muscle removal has been shown to be effective at head width reduction. By removing the posterior temporal muscle belly, which is much smaller than the larger anterior temporal muscle and sits above the ears, a round or convex head shape can be narrowed. Interestingly the removal of this portion of the temporal muscle has Read More…
Skull reconstruction in young children is almost always done by bone reshaping operations. For common craniofacial deformities like numerous forms of craniosynostosis, the deformed bones are removed and put back in a reshaped fashion to allow for brain growth to continue to mold the developing skull shape. But once the child reaches several years of Read More…
Background: Faces are well known to come in a wide variety of shapes. One of the well known facial shapes is the square one. The square facial shape is created mainly by the influence of the facial bones. One has to have strong cheek and jawline bones to make such a facial shape….at least in Read More…
Synthetic implants are widely used and important for many types of facial augmentation. Without them many aesthetic facial procedures would not be possible or would be far more difficult to perform and have higher risks. The risk of infection with facial implants is acknowledged by surgeons and patients alike. Fortunately facial implant infections are very Read More…
Background: The appearance of the female nose is quite different from that of men. While it is usually smaller when patient size is relatively comparable, it is more than just a size difference. The female nose is known to have shape changes as well with a lower dorsum, a more narrow tip and an increased Read More…
Background: There are many benefits to tummy tuck surgery including a better shaped waistline due to the elimination of loose skin and extra fat. One of the ‘smaller’ benefits is in the creation of a new umbilicus. (belly button) A distorted and misshapen belly button often occurs due to the development of loose skin around Read More…
Augmentative rhinoplasty requires either a graft or implant to perform. In most cases the use of the patient’s own septum or ear donor site is adequate. In more substantative dorso-columellar augmentations consideration must be given to either rib grafts or synthetic implants to achieve the desired effect. In some cases even an amalgamated approach can Read More…
The Ideal implant is the first truly new idea in breast implants that has come along in decades. Its innovative internal baffle and dual chamber design allows a saline-filled implant to act more like a silicone breast implant. It has a fairly natural feel and does not develop rippling but also offers the piece Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty is a well known chin augmentation procedure that is often viewed as a substitute for a chin implant. While this is certainly true in some patients, for other patients it is a better alternative as both an autologous operation and because it can offer some dimensional chin changes that an implant 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...