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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 head, and more specifically, the skull can be reduced like almost any other face or body part. The desire for skull reductions comes in different magnitudes of size. Some enlargements are small, such as osteomas, bumps and horns, and can usually be completely removed as the problem is relegated to the outer cortical Read More…
One of the most aesthetic augmentations in the face due to a natural genetic shape is the midface in Asians. Lack of forward development of the nasal base (pyriform aperture) is common in such patients, and while paranasal augmentation was once reserved for an adjunctive procedure in rhinoplasty, it is now often done as a Read More…
Liposuction under the chin (submental) and into the neck is a common enhancement procedure done below the jawline. While it can be a stand alone procedure it is most commonly performed as an ancillary procedure with other regional surgeries such as chin and jawline implants. While the main effect may come from the bone enhancement Read More…
The high cheekbone look is a specific form of cheek augmentation requested often by men but sometimes by women as well. It is a well known aesthetic facial look externally but what creates that internally at the anatomic level is not as well described. Flat cheeks are typically associated with am inward rotation of the Read More…
Jaw angle augmentation is most effectively and permanent done with implants. While chin implants have been around for a long time the front part of the lower jaw has different and much more simplistic anatomy than its back part. Thus neither patient or surgeon should confuse placement of chin implants with jaw angle implants which Read More…
Background: Liposuction is now an ‘old’ fat removal procedure that has always had several basic principles for an effective and uncomplicated result. While the technology of liposuction has changed many of these basic principles remain the same. The goal is an even reduction of the subcutaneous fat layer to create a smooth external contour without Read More…
Background: While there are various methods of performing a lower facelift the one aspect that all share are am incision in and around each ear. One can debate whether the pre auricular incision goes in front of or behind the tragus but it will always wrap around the earlobe on its way to the back Read More…
Background: Aesthetic augmentation of the cheek area is second only in frequency to that of the chin and jawline. But unlike the lower third of the face the term ‘cheek’ is imprecise when defining what a patient wants to accomplish and there are significant gender differences in what this term means. As the cheek area Read More…
Transfemale (transgender male to female ) breast augmentation poses its own unique set of challenges. Unlike the female chest the congenital males chest has tighter tissues, stronger sternal attachments of the pectoralis major muscle, a wider sternal gap and a more inferolateral position of the nipple areolar complex. In addition the nipple-areolar complex is usually Read More…
Background: The skull and head size can be aesthetically increased like almost every other external face and body feature. While fat injections have some role in fat and body augmentations their use in skull augmentations is very limited. And when it comes to skull augmentations of any significant size they are of no value at 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...