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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...
Real Self is a community-driven website where readers can review treatments and find a plastic surgeon to perform them. The website is chocked fill of reviews, popularity rankings and lots of general information on plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine. The layout of the site allows readers to post questions for doctors to answer and Read More…
Sientra breast implants may have had a rough patch in the past six months due to a voluntary cessation of manufacturing and distribution of their implants. But now that their breast implants have been fully cleared again by the FDA with no concerns about them or their manufacturing process, they are now again clinically Read More…
The crooked nose is one of the most challenging problems in rhinoplasty surgery and is the most severe form of a deviated nose. While every crooked nose is different to some degree, they all have anatomic deformities of the nasal bones, the upper and lower alar cartilages and the nasal septum. One distinguishing feature of Read More…
In skull implant surgery, the limiting factor in terms of the amount of augmentation obtained is the stretch of the scalp. With the use of 3D CT scans and computer designing, any size and shape of skull implant can be made. But just because it can be made does not mean that it can be Read More…
Facial implants are having a resurgence in popularity and use over the past decade. This is due to a variety of reasons including the widespread use of injectable fillers, new facial implant styles and patient demand for permanent facial volume enhancement methods. With increased use large volume facial implant clinical studies that describe the Read More…
Background: Severe sagging of the breasts occurs for a variety of reasons but the most common is weight loss. Weight loss creates the unaesthetic combination of excessive stretched out breast skin and loss of breast volume. Occurring together this allows many breast mounds to fall over the inframammary fold carrying the nipple with it. The Read More…
Chronic foot pain of various causes is a not uncommon problem. Pain that emanates from the heel pad region of the foot is most frequently due to plantar fasciitis (bottom of the heel) and Achilles tendonitis. (back of the heel) While some heel pain problems resolve by conservative measures such as rest, shoe support, Read More…
Background: Fat collections exist throughout the face interpersed amongst the various tissue planes. Large deeper pockets of fat exist with the well known buccal fat pad with its various fingers throughout the deeper face extending up into the temporal regions. Thinner more widespread fat exists under the facial skin as well as right under the Read More…
Background: One of the most common of all aesthetic skull deformities is flattening of the back of the head. Commonly called plagiocephaly it causes a flatness on one side of the back of the head that is frequently associated with an overall craniofacial scoliosis. It can occur in mild to more severe manifestations whose aesthetic Read More…
Jaw surgery has a long association with the need for maxillomandibular fixation. (MMF) Wiring the jaws together is an essential first step in many types of maxillofacial surgery. Whether it is in elective orthognathic procedures, the treatment of jaw fractures or in the reconstruction of the jaw after cancer reconstruction, the application of maxillomandibular fixation 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...