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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...
Rhinoplasty in the Asian nose is well know to be an augmentation operation, raising the bridge of the nose and increasing tip projection. Together these changes fundamentally increase nasal length which is measured as the distance from the nasion to the tip-defining point. Besides nasal length, other measurements used to define the short nose including Read More…
Background: The size and shape of the lips is controlled by many factors. But one of the most important is the pink part of the lip known as the vermilion. The size of the lips is largely controlled by the vermilion height of the vermilion. (lip line out to the skin edge or vermilion-cutaneous junction) Read More…
Fat grafting has been around for over fifty years but has reached present day popularity due to the introduction of liposuction for harvest, droplet injection techniques and the discovery of adipose-derived stem cells. Fat injection grafting is mainly used to create more volume in the face and body for a variety of aesthetic and reconstructive Read More…
Background: An underdeveloped jaw or mandible has been historically treated by chin and jaw angle implants. A chin implant enhances the front part of the jaw while jaw angle implants augment the posterior part of the jaw. While these types of facial implants are tremendously effective at augmenting the two obvious prominences of the jaw, Read More…
Injectable fillers are the other half of injection treatments (Botox is the other half) that have revolutioned the approach to facial. Evolving from the first FDA-approved injectable filler in 2002 (Restylane), there are now over a dozen different facial fillers from various manufacturers. The latest filler options have become focused on filling a specific type Read More…
The skull develops its shape from a variety of influences including genetics, sutural development, the growth of the underlying brain and external molding forces. While the shape of the skull has recognizeable normal characteristics, it is prone to wide variations in its dimensions and no two people have exactly the same looking head. But, in Read More…
The Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) is one of the most popular body contouring procedures today. Using the patient’s own fat which is harvested by liposuction and then concentrated, it is injected into the buttocks to increase its size. It is not really a buttock lift per se but one could argue that the increase in Read More…
Background: The frontal view of the face allows one to see its width from the forehead down to the jawline. This width and its proportion to the length of the face helps create an overall facial shape. It is generally acknowledged that there are seven basic facial shapes which for women an oval shape is Read More…
It is well acknowledged that rhinoplasty is one of the most challenging of all aesthetic plastic surgeries. This translates into a significant after surgery incidence of some level of aesthetic dissatisfaction and nasal airway compromise. Estimates vary but the risk of the need for revisional surgery after rhinoplasty is around 15%. Unfortunately secondary rhinoplasty Read More…
Injectable fillers continue to enjoy a prominent role in aesthetic facial enhancement due to their ease of administration and their instantaneous effects. The most popular and commonly used fillers are hyaluronic-acid based (Juvederm, Restyane for example) with calcium hydroxlapatite (Radiesse) being a more distant second choice. While the occurrence of complications with these FDA-approved fillers 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...