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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...
Body contouring has been on the rise for years and almost always consists of combining multiple procedures for an overall improved body look. The most well known body contouring combo has been the Mommy Makeover, reversing the effects of pregnancy through breast implants with or without lifts and some form of a tummy tuck. But Read More…
Facelift surgery has undergone many evolutions in technique over the past thirty years. Most of these innovations have been largely based on anatomic revelations and efforts to maximize the degree of improvement and the longevity of the procedure. This has led to a wide variety of technique proponents and even marketing names to differentiate Read More…
Aging of the face has been historically perceived as being a soft tissue problem. This has led to how the vast majority of anti-aging facial surgery has been done, employing lifting and redraping of the soft tissues back up from whence they came. There is a reason the term ‘facelift’ has persevered for nearly Read More…
The cosmetic treatment of spiders vein by injection (sclerotherapy) dates back for over fifty years. The traditional sclerotherapy agents include hypertonic saline and sodium tetradecyl sulfate. (STS) While effective, they are associated with pain on extravasation, tissue necrosis with extravasation, and a moderate risk of hyperpigmentation. A ‘new’ sclerotherapy agent, Asclera (polidocanol), was approved Read More…
Patients present with a wide variety of aesthetic problems from the top of the head down to the lower leg. Within each aesthetic problem, there is a range of magnitude of the anatomic problem and the patient’s concern about it. While the problems may range from small to large, the degree of success in correction Read More…
There are numerous trends in plastic surgery that are on the rise but one in particular is extremely disturbing. The increasing number of injuries and horrific outcomes from so-called ‘illegal plastic surgery’. This term is a bit offensive to real board-certified plastic surgeons because they are not at all behind these illegal activities. Rather Read More…
Background: Loss of the frontal or forehead bone can occur for a variety of reasons, usually from depressed fractures or loss of a craniotomy flap from infection. With removal of the protective bone cover, the brain and its dural covering sit directly up against the skin not only creating an obvious depression but pulsating Read More…
While the overall number of plastic surgery procedures continue to slowly rise each year, some procedures have increased more than others. One such procedure is buttock augmentation, up nearly 40% last year. Plumping procedures have always been popular in plastic surgery and the buttocks represents the biggest body part to plump of them all. Read More…
Rejuvenation of the upper third of the face is based on improving the appearance of the upper eye and brow area. Besides an upper blepharoplasty to remove excess skin, lifting of the eyebrows may also be needed to improve upper eyelid hooding and elevate low hanging brows. The intent of both is to open Read More…
Tummy tuck or abdominoplasty surgery recontours the waistline area out into the hips. Most tummy tucks do influence the area below the location of the incision line known as the mons pubis. While it is commonly believed that the upper abdominal skin flap covers the entire area of abdominal tissue excision in a tummy tuck, 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...