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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...
Facial implants offer a permanent solution to many desired areas of skeletal augmentation such as the chin, jaw angles and cheeks. There are many factors that go into a successful facial implant augmentation outcome from the preoperative planning, style and size of the implant, implant placement and last, but not least, implant stability. Prevention of Read More…
Background: Like the rest of the face the brows and forehead tissues do fall or go south with age. Besides the horizontal forehead lines and vertical glabellar wrinkles, the lowering of the brows is the most noticeable feature of aging of the upper third of the face. Sagging of the brows, as defined by where Read More…
Background: Like the rest of the face, the appearance of the forehead is very gender specific. A female forehead usually has three specific components to it. First there is no perceptible brow bone ridge or brow bone break into the forehead. It is smooth as it ascends from the supraorbital rims into the upper Read More…
Botox injections into various areas of the face are tremendously effective at reducing specific wrinkle areas, particularly around the eyes and forehead. While effective they are not necessarily pain-free. Despite using a very small 30 gauge size needle, some discomfort still exists with Botox injections. This has led to a variety of pain management Read More…
One of the newer types of silicone gel breast implants is that of the shaped implant style. Often called the tear drop or anatomic breast implant, it is designed to distribute the gel volume differentially with about 2/3s of the volume in the lower half of the implant. This is done by having an implant Read More…
One of the many important areas to change in facial feminization surgery (FFS) is that of the forehead. The typical male forehead has a prominent brow bone, a visible brow bone break into the upper forehead and a central forehead area that is often flat or even slopes backward to some degree. This is Read More…
The glabellar frown lines (between the eyebrows) are a top target for Botox injections. They are what the initial studies for FDA approval was based on and continue to be the number one wrinkle area treated by injection. Other than an occasional bruise or temporary soreness in the injected area there are few other Read More…
Background: A strong jawline is always viewed as a favorable facial feature in a man. This desirable male facial feature dates back thousands of years and is of no less significance today. Once can debate as to why the development of the lower jaw and its attached musculature is so appealing for men, but jawline Read More…
Background: The normal rounder shape of the skull can be altered for a wide variety of reasons. One of the most common reasons for skull deformation is congenital or genetic. Usually this affects one or several of the cranial sutures creating a variety of fairly classic skull shape deformations. But there are a whole host Read More…
Liposuction is one of the most common and successful body contouring procedures. Having now been around for almost 35 years in the U.S., it has undergone many evolutions and refinements in treatment strategies and in the equipment to do it. With widespread use of liposuction by many different practitioners and methods, complications from liposuction surgery 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...