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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...
The clavicle reduction procedure is the only method to reduce the width of the shoulders. It is most effective at ‘desquaring’ or softening the shape of the shoulders. While the removal of a segment of the clavicle bone is a straightforward concept surgically, executing it and getting the bone segments together with plate and screw Read More…
The 2nd most common aesthetic ear surgery is a setback otoplasty. (earlobe manipulations is #1) In this procedure the shape of cartilages are changed by a variety of techniques to lessen the distance of the ear from the side of the head. (decreased auriculocephalic angle) But no matter which technique(s) are used for the setback Read More…
Rhinoplasty surgery has tremendous capabilities of changing the shape of the nose. In doing so there are many tried and true techniques of how to do it successfully as well as how to maintain the result long term. Despite the many techniques available to change the structural framework of the nose, there are no established Read More…
Background: One of the main aesthetic proportions involved in facial beauty is that of the facial thirds. This is based on the concept that the face is divided into horizontal thirds. The upper third is from the hairline to the glabellar region between the eyebrows, the middle third is from the glabella to the base Read More…
Background: The skull is prone to a wide variety of surface contour irregularities across its broad areas including lumps, bumps and indentations. Many indentations or ‘dents’ are the direct result of trauma that often has occurred early in life when the skull is thinner and more easily deformed. They can also occur much later in Read More…
Background: The webbed neck is a well known congenital neck deformity that has a variety of origins. While the syndromic versions seen in Turner’s and Noonan’s are well described there are equal if not greater number of webbed necks that are non-syndromic.They exist without other physical abnormalities and with no genetic markers of other syndromes. Read More…
Rib removal surgery represents the ultimate or final surgical procedure for those women seeking waistline reduction/narrowing. By removing fat, muscle and free floating rib support at the waistline level whatever reductive narrowing effect that is possible will be achieved. But like any other body contouring surgery there will be expected swelling and soft tissue remodeling Read More…
Background: Clavicle reduction osteotomies has become an effective surgery for patients affected by dysphoria of their shoulder width and square shape. It works by the obvious shortening of the length of the clavicle which produces close to a linear reduction effect. But it also has a rounding effect on the shoulders given the lazy s-shape Read More…
Background: The ear occupies the side of the head and is a frequently overlooked facial feature given its location. It only becomes aesthetically relevant when some feature about it makes it stand out. The most common aesthetic ears deformity is protrusion, the ear sticks out too far from the side of the head with an Read More…
Background: There are numerous facial feature differences between men and women which can be separated by anatomic site. The foreheads eyebrows, eyes, nose, cheeks, chin, jawline and lips all have specific gender specific shapes. The largest of these anatomic areas by surface area is the forehead which occupies more than a third of the total 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...