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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...
One of the techniques to help create a thinner face is that of a buccal lipectomy procedure. Because it is the largest collection of encapsulated fat on the face and its extraction is a straightforward and uncomplicated procedure, it is an easy target when it comes to facial slimming efforts. Despite that the buccal lipectomy Read More…
Background: A sliding genioplasty is the most well known of all the facial osteotomies and also the most commonly performed. It is done for various chin augmentation and reshaping purposes. It if often compared to a chin implant and doctors often tout one versus the other for aesthetic chin augmentation. But the reality is that Read More…
Aging affects all facial tissues to some degree including the nose. The effects of time on the nose occurs at the nasal tip where the cartilages are help up by ligaments to the cartilage structures of the middle value. The effects of age on the nasal tip are that some increased droop can occur as Read More…
Correction/repositioning of sagging brows is done by well known browlift procedures. The vast majority of browlift surgeries are done in women with access to do the procedure coming from above in and behind the frontal hairline. The three different female browlift techniques (coronal, pretrichial and endoscopic) are chosen based on forehead skin length and the Read More…
Background: A webbed neck, medically known as pterygium colli deformity, is a well known but rare congenital neck condition. Skin folds are present along the sides of the neck from the back of the head behind the ears down to the shoulders. The hairline often follows the skin folds in their upper part. It is Read More…
Lip augmentation is a popular facial filling procedure that has been done by a wide variety of materials. Synthetic fillers, fat injection and implants have all be done with well known advantages and disadvantages. The perfect lip augmentation material, however, remains elusive Of all the known injectable fillers, fat has a high appeal but is Read More…
Primary or secondary correction of nasal bridge deformities is now well known to be corrected by injectable fillers. The use of hyaluronic acid-based (HA) injectable fillers provides a quick and very directed approach to a wide variety of nasal contour deformities. While effective, no HA filler to the nose provides a permanent contour correction in Read More…
Chin reduction surgery is sought for those patinets afflicted with a chin that is too strong or protrusive. A large chin can exist in numerous dimensions, albeit being vertically too long, too horizontally forward or too wide. In many cases the chin protrusion is caused by at least two and sometimes all three dimensional excesses. Read More…
High cheekbones, whether it is in women or men, is an often desired facial feature. Careful inspection of what constitutes the ‘high’ or ‘strong’ cheekbone look reveals that it has several anatomic components. The main portion of the cheekbone is indeed high but the prominence extends back along the zygomatic arch, stopping just short of Read More…
Background: Jaw angle reduction is a well known surgery that is most commonly performed in Asian patients to narrow a wide lower face. The historic approach for this operation, and still one that is commonly performed, is that of an amputation technique of the jaw angle bone. By cutting off the jaw angle, the lower 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...