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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: Modifications of the ribcage can be done for a variety of body contouring reasons. Most commonly posterior rib removals are done for anatomic waistline narrowing. By removing the ends of ribs 10, 11 and 12, the width of the waistline can be narrowed in width by removing the ‘obstructions’. This is ribcage modification done Read More…
Background: The height of the head can be an important aesthetic issue for some women. Flat or low skull height over the crown area can be seen as an undesirable physical feature. Women will often try to camouflage the lack of crown height by altering their hairstyle with ‘hair heightening’. While this can be effective, Read More…
Background: A disproportionate lower leg size compared to the body, or even to the thighs, is often given the name ‘chicken legs’ This obviously refers to the very small size of the legs that most birds have compared to their bodies. While such a leg size is of no concern to birds, it can be Read More…
In Asian blepharoplasty, more commonly known as double eyelid surgery, the influence of the fold at the inner eye (epicanthus) can affect the aesthetic outcome. As a result many double eyelid surgeries are combined with a medial epicanthoplasty for an improved aesthetic appearance. While the epicanthus is a small structure, there is a large Read More…
The first U.S. penis transplant was performed in Boston on May 8 and 9th by a team lead by a plastic surgeon. This is the third such penis transplant in the world. The 64 year-old male patient had his penis previously removed due to cancer. The operation took 15 hours over two days with the Read More…
Background: The superficial temporal artery is a branch of the external carotid artery. It runs up along the back line of the lower jaw and curves anteriorly where it crosses teh back part of the zygomatic arch at its junction with the temporal bone. Once it crosses the zygomatic arch, it splits into a Y Read More…
Background: The abdominal pannus is a well known medical condition of a large overhanging apron of skin and fat that extends well beyond the waistline. Technically the proper term is a panniculus but it is far more commonly referred to as a pannus. What defines a pannus is how large the actual overhang is. There Read More…
Facial balance is composed of aesthetic relationships between the three thirds of the face. Most commonly perceived from the profile view, there are various known projections of each facial third that makes it aesthetically appealing. When one of the facial thirds is out of balance it makes the other two–thirds of the face look larger Read More…
Background: While many body parts can be partially replaced or augmented, few can be completely replaced in their totality by a single prosthesis. Such is the case with the testes undoubtably due to its small size and location in the hollows of the scrotal sac. While a testicular implant will not resume the functions of Read More…
Background: Rib removal surgery has been done so infrequently that it is a highly misunderstood cosmetic body contouring procedure. While it sounds extreme, and it is certainly for the most motivated, it is neither a dangerous or a radical operation. It is a procedure that is based on an understanding of the lower shape 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...