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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...
Belly fat has been an historic scourge of the vast majority of the American population for a long time. Much of the popularity of liposuction can be traced to the desire to reduce unwanted belly fat. But to illustrate that even bad things have a silver lining, fat has been shown to be a Read More…
Background: In the evolution of breast augmentation, shaped breast implants offer a relatively new and exciting option. While round implants can certainly enlarge any breast, some women do not prefer the resultant rounded shape to the breast that may occur if they have fairly taut overlying skin. Even in loose breast skin, large implants can Read More…
The desire for an hourglass body shape by women has a long history. The concept can be traced to the Victorian era where a very narrow waist, often times ultra narrow, was viewed as the ideal figure for women to have. A narrow waist, often called a ‘wasp’ waist, revealed flared hips and moderately-sized Read More…
Scar revision techniques have a long history in plastic surgery and are used as much today as they were many decades ago. While many patients think of scar revision as being done with a laser, like a magic eraser, the reality is that surgical excision and rearrangement of adjacent tissues is often more effective. Such Read More…
The lower eyelids are just one component of the management of the peri-orbital facial area. While browlifts and removal of excessive skin from the upper eyelids (upper blepharoplasty) are well known and established anti-aging treatments, lower eyelid surgery has evolved in its techniques over the past decade. Traditionally, lower blepharoplasty was all about the removal Read More…
Brow Bone Reduction and Forehead Reshaping ‘Had brow bone and forehead bone reshaping done recently by Dr. Eppley. The results are amazing. I had a really big protruding brow bone that made me look like a Neanderthal man. The whole process was very smooth and transparent. A large amount of bone was removed, some of Read More…
Background: While breast augmentation will produce an immediate and significant change in the size of the breasts, it is important to remember that it does so with the implantation of a medical device. As such there are always the risk of complications with any implanted device. One of the most well known complication risks of Read More…
Much of one’s facial expression has to do with the mouth or perioral area. While there are over 10,000 different facial expressions, most can be lumped into six major categories. One of these categories of major facial expressions is smiling of which the mouth plays a major role. Everyone knows that an upturned smile line Read More…
Background: A brow bone prominence is largely a male feature caused by a greater pneumatization (expansion of air cavity) of the frontal sinuses than in women. While female brow bones are relatively flat, most men will have some degree of prominence or ridging that creates a brow bone break as it ascends into the forehead. Read More…
Burn care and surgery is often not thought of as a basic part of plastic surgery. There are many burn centers throughout the U.S. and the majority of them are not headed or run by plastic surgeons today. But burn care was originally done almost exclusively by plastic surgeons and most of the major 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...