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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...
Incision planning and execution is one of the most overlooked aspects of facelift surgery. While patients may get caught up in the details of whether and how the SMAS is manipulated, for example, facelift incisions actually are more crucial to a successful outcome and the long term satisfaction from a facelift. Visible scars or changes Read More…
The natural looking facelift result is the most important goal to most patients that consider or undergo the procedure. Few patients want to look like they have had a facelift or look excessively pulled. (windswept look) Patients desire to set the clock back so to speak and look like a more youthful version of themselves. Read More…
A Mondor’s cord is a painful and hardened ridge which may appear weeks after breast augmentation surgery emanating downward from the lower breast crease. (if an inframammary incision was used) It may also develop in the upper arm if a transaxillary breast augmentation technique was used. This is not a complication of breast augmentation surgery Read More…
Background: Double eyelid surgery is one of the most common Asian facial surgeries. Many Asian upper eyelids do not have an upper eyelid crease and can be seen as a single or monolid. (single eyelid) This specific Asian blepharoplasty procedure is to create an upper eyelid crease that is very distinct, hence making visibly apparent Read More…
Background: Ethnic rhinoplasty is a term used to describe nasal reshaping surgery for specific type noses based on racial background or country(s) or origin. The Middle East is made up of a wide variety of countries and cultures whose nose shapes can be as varied as the collection of countries that make up the region. Read More…
Background: Breasts that are either deflated or have developed sagging are prime reasons to pursue breast augmentation surgery. Pregnancy and weight loss are the most common culprits for causing this type of breast shape change. Breast augmentation surgery is the solution to these breast shape concerns. With loss of the supporting breast volume combined with Read More…
The most common surgical treatment today for sagging brows is the endoscopic browlift. As opposed to browlifts that involve long incisions and remove forehead or scalp tissue to create the lifting effect, the endoscopic technique uses minimal incisions and removes no tissue. It achieves a browlifting effect through a deep subperiosteal brow tissue release Read More…
Background: Gynecomastia reduction is a well known surgical procedure that can be used in males of almost all ages. Male breast tissue enlargement can occur for a variety of endocrine reasons from pubertal hormonal surges to the older male with declining testosterone levels. In every case the mass of breast tissue increases starting centrally under Read More…
Chin dimples are a not uncommon but anatomically perplexing facial feature. Sitting as a round central depression on the soft tissue chin pad, it serves no functional purpose other than a distinctive facial adornment. Like all facial dimples the cause has been shown to be caused by an underlying muscle deformity, specifically that of the Read More…
Background: Rhinoplasty surgeries fundamentally fall into the three main types, reductive, rehaping and augmentative. A reductive rhinoplasty is where bone and cartilage tissues are removed and none are added and the overall goal is to make the entire nose smaller. A reshaping rhinoplasty is where most of the manipulations are done by suturing and small 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...