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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...
There are multiple techniques for browlifting surgery which differ by incision location and how the browlift is performed. (tissue excision vs tissue shifting) The endoscopic browlift technique is a tissue shifting method based on forehead skin and scalp relocation through subperiosteal mobilization and tissue fixation in an elevated and relocated position.While effective patients with a Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation for many patients can largely be a one dimensional operation. For those who do not need any vertical change (lengthening or shortening) and width is not a significant concern, then the amount of horizontal augmentation desired in profile becomes the goal and measure of success of the surgery. Regardless of how the Read More…
Background: Pectoral implants are used for male chest enhancement and, most commonly, are done for the same reason women get breast implants. (lack of adequate development) Males with small chest muscles who just want to have a normal chest or want some chest enhancement over what they have achieved by their exercise program make up Read More…
The chin is a unique facial area because its surface can have some very distinct features. Two types of topographic chin features can occur, dimples and clefts. While often confused they are different in shape. A chin dimple is located in the central chin pad and is a circular indentation. A chin cleft is a Read More…
Background: Otoplasty is a very common aesthetic ear surgery that has a long history of various techniques to lessen the appearance of the protruding ear. Regardless of the technique used the goal is to being the ear to a more pleasing position along the side of the head. What the position is has an ideal Read More…
Background: Chin implants in females are commonly performed but must take into consideration how their aesthetic objectives differ from men. Chin augmentation is often made too dimensionally simplistic by just looking at the patient’s profile and making all decisions based on how much projection is being created. The change that occurs in the frontal view Read More…
Background: The temporal muscle has a significant functional and aesthetic role to the entire side of the head. Its size influences the contour of the entire side of the head from the lateral orbital wall all the way to the parietal bone on the back of the head. It is one of the muscles that Read More…
Background: While not precisely defined there is an aesthetic relationship between the size of the penis and the underlying scrotum. (penile-scrotal proportion) While it defies a specific measurable ratio or number to determine whether there is a good size match between the elongated penis and the more rounded inferior scrotum, it is obvious when it Read More…
Background: There are a variety of orbital areas that can be augmented with implants. The brow bones, the infraorbital rim and the orbital floor are the most commonly done. But anywhere along the orbital rims can be augmented if there is a reason to do so. Case Study: This Read More…
Facial feminization surgery (FFS) is mainly a reductive procedure of bony structures. This is done on such facial areas as the brow bones, cheeks and jawline/chin. To do so the subperiosteal stripping of the attached soft tissues is done. Between the soft tissue release and the subsequent bone reduction, the overlying soft tissues need to 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...