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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...
Background: The ear has the most complex shape of any facial feature with its many convolutions and ridges. But because it is on the side of the head, it is not scrutinized as easily that of the eyes, nose and lips. The size of the ear is often overlooked unless it has abnormally big or Read More…
Background: The webbed neck deformity is a congenital skin fold disorder that runs along the sides of the neck to the shoulders. Known technically as the pterygium colli deformity, it is known to occur in a large number of medical conditions but the most common are the genetic conditions of Turner’s and Noonan syndrome as Read More…
Background: There are different types of browlifts that are done to help rejuvenate an aging eye area. The historic coronal browlift is done to lift up the entire brow arch through a long scalp incision way behind the hairline. An endoscopic browlift is performed using an endoscope through several small incisions just behind the hairline. Read More…
Injectable fillers are a very effective method of adding volume to facial wrinkles, folds and regional areas such as the cheeks. The most popular injectable fillers are made of hyaluronic acid materials which have the lowest incidence of complications as they are completely resorbable. Lumps and bumps may occur with their use due to overcorrection Read More…
The use of implants is one effective method for buttock augmentation. It is far surpassed by fat injections (aka Brazilian Butt Lift, BBL) in number of buttock enhancements done, however, due to the appeal and usual availability of adequate fat to harvest to do the procedure. The exact numbers are not known but I would Read More…
Background: The shape of the eye has a significant impact on both facial appearance and expression. Its inner and outer shape is largely created by the overlying eyelids and how they come together and attach to the inside and outside of the orbital bones. The union of the upper and lower eyelids forms the inner Read More…
Unlike facial implants, the use of skull implants for aesthetic head reshaping has a very short history. While the use of facial implants dates back more than five decades in plastic surgery, skull implants have been done for just a few years. It has not been that skull implants are radically different or more complex Read More…
Numerous browlift procedures exist to lift sagging brows and help rejuvenate an aging periorbital look. The success of most browlifts are based on a tissue release and a superior elevation of the sagging brows. Most techniques employ some form of fixation to the skull bone to hold the lifted forehead tissues as they heal. These Read More…
The number of different procedures available for correction of chin ptosis (chin pad ptosis) indicates that there is no one single procedure that works the best. While chin ptosis correction techniques vary, it is important to appreciate that there are different anatomic variants of chin ptosis. There are contributions of bone, skin and fat, mentalis Read More…
Background: Lip augmentations are very popular and are most commonly done with the use of injectable fillers. But not every smaller lip can be satisfactorily augmented by fillers alone and, even when a satisfactory result is achieved, women may eventually tire of the need for repeated injection sessions and their cost. A lip advancement is 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...