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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...
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…
Background: The shape of the top of the head is highly influenced by the sagittal suture. The sagittal suture is a connective tissue joint between the two parietal bones of the skull. The sagittal suture in an adult connects the bregma (the intersection of the sagittal and coronal sutures above the forehead) back to the Read More…
Background: The consistent success of breast augmentation over the past five decades has been because of the stable volume provided by an implant. But breast implants are not perfect, are prone to failure and need to be replaced over one’s lifetime, For these reasons some women understandably would prefer a more natural breast augmentation method. Read More…
Background: The skull is prone to numerous aesthetic deformities and the back of head is a common area that is affected. The most common deformity of the back of the head is excessive flatness or asymmetry. The least common aesthetic deformity is an excessive projection or development of the bone. An occipital protrusion or excessive Read More…
Background: Depressions along the dorsal line or bridge of the nose can be caused by a wide variety of reasons. Trauma, congenital deformities and adverse outcomes from a prior rhinoplasty can create dorsal line irregularities and indentations. The use of cartilage grafts for their correction would be a standard approach. Cartilage grafts can be obtained Read More…
Buttock augmentation has become the fastest growing cosmetic body procedure over the past five years. While the us of fat injections (aka Brazilian But Lift) accounts for the majority of these buttock augmentation procedures, buttock implants also has a role for thinner patients who have inadequate fat stores for harvest. Just like fat grafting the 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...