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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 tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) is one of the most popular of all the body contouring procedures. Whether helping to reverse the effects of pregnancy or that of weight loss, it achieves what no amount of diet and exercising can do…the removal of loose/stretched out abdominal skin. But it does so with the aesthetic trade-off Read More…
Breast augmentation is one of the top cosmetic plastic surgery procedures performed today. It has a relatively long history and its success is based on using either a saline or silicone gel breast implant to achieve its breast expansion effect. Like many medical devices, it is tremendously successful but not complication free. With breast implants Read More…
Breast augmentation remains one of the most popular body contouring procedures. Between the many choices of implant options, incision locations, implant placement and size considerations, there are many decisions that a women has to make before her breast implant surgery. Women will also have other questions that relate to their recovery and the long-term effects Read More…
The association of silicone materials and plastic surgery dates back almost fifty years when silicone oil injections were first used for breast enhancement and facial rejuvenation in the late 1960s. While silicone oil injections have been banned in the U.S. for a long time due to adverse tissue reactions, silicone gel remains as a Read More…
The use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections epitomizes the statement ‘heal thine own self’. Using a patient’s blood, a platelet extract is obtained by centrifugation that can be spot injected to an area of need. Since platelets are well known to be storehouses of growth factors and cytokines, their administration into a variety of Read More…
Fat grafting is an emerging and versatile technique in plastic surgery. While it can be used just about anywhere on the body, one of the trendiest areas for fat injections is the breast. Whether it is for reconstruction of breast defects or cosmetic enlargement, fat has become an accepted method of soft tissue volume enhancement Read More…
Body implants, primarily for muscle augmentation, can be done for a variety of anatomic sites including the chest, shoulders, arms, buttock and calfs. While some of these implanted areas are new, the calfs represent one of the original types of body implants. Calf implants have been around now for several decades using a variety of Read More…
The ears on the side of the head are relatively inconspicuous unless they stick out too far. A good looking ear is one that goes unnoticed, only bad looking ears catch our attention. But despite the small size of the ear, it has a compact anatomy that is filled with ridges and valleys. By Read More…
While many things have changed in plastic surgery over the past few decades, one of those has been the age of the patients seeking improvements. Older patients appear today for procedures than twenty years ago would have been unimagined. And this does not necessarily refer to the patients who seek facial rejuvenation, an obviously Read More…
Background: The concept of a facelift is one of the most recognizeable plastic surgery terms/procedures. It is such a pervasive term in the world of anti-aging treatments that the mere mention of its name evokes strong reactions, some positive and others very derogatory about it. But despite its familiarity and perceptions, it is one of 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...