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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...
Facial laser resurfacing has evolved over the past twenty years from in both how the energy is delivered to what depths into the skin that is treated. When initially introduced laser resurfacing was known as ‘fully ablative’, meaning that at any energy level it treated 100% of the skin’s surface. While many of the results Read More…
Repositioning of an aesthetically low eyebrow can be done by a variety of browlift procedures. Historically and most commonly, an approach from the scalp (coronal, hairline or endoscopic) is how many browlifts have and are done. This is the most logical approach because lifting up or pulling back seems the right direction for an eyebrow Read More…
One of the historic debates in primary (first time) breast augmentation is whether the implants should be placed above or below the pectoralis muscle. While this issue has various opinions amongst different plastic surgeons and has waxed and waned over the years as implant options have changed, it is important that prospective patients know the Read More…
Every plastic surgery procedure has numerous issues that every patient who is undergoing a procedure should know. These explanations are always on a consent form that you should read in detail before surgery. This consent form, while many perceive as strictly a legal protection for the doctor, is actually more intended to improve the understanding Read More…
Dr. Eppley, Thank you for doing such a great job on my facelift and nostril narrowing! Only three people knew that I was having surgery and at my family’s Christmas dinner, some people commented that I looked good and asked if I had lost weight. I was always very self conscious about my nose Read More…
A tummy tuck can produce a dramatic change in the shape of one’s abdomen and frontal waistline. By removing a large horizontal ellipse of loose skin and fat, a tightening and flattening effect is seen when the remaining abdominal tissues are put back together. Such reapposition is known as a transposition of the remaining Read More…
The desire for fuller and more uplifted buttocks is one of the most popular body contouring requests in the past few years. When it comes to the buttocks, the issues mainly consist of its size and shape as well as the texture of the overlying skin. Implants, fat injections, liposuction and cellulite treatments are Read More…
Background: One source of forehead migraine pain is compression of the supraorbital nerve. Squeezing of the nerve as it comes out of the supraorbital foramen or notch by the enveloping muscles is a well recognized source of migraines that is treatable by decompression either through Botox injections or surgical removal of muscle tissue. (migraine surgery) Read More…
The placement of a breast implant is often viewed as being either under the pectoralis muscle or above it. When it comes to being above the muscle in the so-called subglandular position it can only be completely in that position. But when it comes to the submuscular position, a partial or complete placement relative to Read More…
The visible lip is composed of a special tissue known as vermilion. It is the pink or red part of the lip. Its vertical height determines the size of the lip that is seen. Vermilion is uniquely different than the surrounding skin being thinner, much more pliable and capable of substantial stretch. This is a 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...