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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 most common lower leg aesthetic augmentation method is that of calf implants. They are used for those patients who want larger calfs due to natural lower leg disproportion (‘chicken legs’), muscle atrophy due to injury (e,g. achilles tendon rupture) or congenital underdevelopment. (clubfoot) Calf implants have been around for decades in the U.S and Read More…
The open rhinoplasty dominates the approach used in surgical nose reshaping today. While there is certainly a role for the closed approach in some patients the visibility of performing certain technical maneuvers in some primary and most secondary patients is unrivaled. Ever since its introduction in the 1990s the open approach has always had the Read More…
Background: The dominant feature of the back of the head that is rarely seen is that of the inion. This small protrusion of bone emanates from the underside of the mid-occipital bone and exists as a source of musculoligamentous attachments. It exists in both men and women and is of variable sizes. When it becomes Read More…
Abdominoplasty or tummy tuck surgery is one of the most common and successful of all excisional body contouring procedures. While it is an operation that is not to be underestimated in magnitude, particularly from a recovery standpoint, its effects can be dramatic. When removing a large segment of lower abdominal skin and fat there is Read More…
Background: The ear is composed of a complex cartilage shape that accounts for much of its external appearance. The simplest shape of the cartilage, the auriculocephalic angle, happens to be the one that is the most requested ear shape change and the most commonly performed aesthetic surgery. (setback otoplasty) The auriculocephalic angle is defined by Read More…
Background: Skull implants represent a new type of aesthetic augmentation procedure in the ability to reshape one’s head. Just like any other face or body feature, however, there are gender specific types of changes that apply to the head as well. While women’s head shapes are overall smaller as would be expected, their bone thicknesses Read More…
Background: Excesses of the chin are commonly perceived as an over projection of bone which is easily seen in profile in the static position. (non-smiling) While this is true in many cases it is not always so. In uncommon cases the excess of the chin is primarily seen only in a dynamic state. (smiling) This Read More…
The anatomy of the marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve crosses from beneath the platysma muscle in the neck up across the side of the chin to innervate multiple lower lip and chin muscles. It causes the action of the lip depressor muscles (labii inferiors and angle oris) as well as that of mentalis Read More…
Background: Rhinoplasty is fundamentally about changing the structural support of the nose to effect an external shape change. But no matter how well the bone and cartilage structural support is changed to look like the desired shape, the overlying skin and how well it adapts to it becomes the arbitrator of the final result. This Read More…
Flatness of the back of the head is the single most common patient concern when a skull shape deficiency exists. The flatness can be on one side or both or can be higher or lower but it is always about lack of enough prominence or projection on the back of the head. In evaluating back 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...