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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...
Breast implants are the second most common body contouring procedures behind liposuction and the most frequently performed implant placed in the body. As a result there is tremendous familiarity with breast augmentation surgery and its potential aesthetic effects. There is little question that the primary effect of breast implants is to make the breasts bigger. Read More…
Cheekbone reduction surgery is accomplished by a combination of a front and back osteotomy. (bone cut) The front osteotomy is performed intraorally and cuts through the main body of the cheekbone. The back osteotomy is performed through a skin incision and cuts through the end of the smaller zygomatic arch. The two osteotomies work in Read More…
Removal of parts of ribs for body contouring is most commonly associated with waistline narrowing. This relates specifically to the lower ribs, the so called floating ribs (#11 and 12), although in my technique I remove part of rib #10 as well. While this posterior ribcage area is the common aesthetic rib removal area, an Read More…
Background: Noses present in all sizes and shapes for reshaping surgery and every nose is unique in its own way. But there are certain anatomic tendencies amongst various ethnicities that are commonly seen with resultant intraoperative strategies to change them. In many African-American noses there are five anatomic components that are frequently present. These include Read More…
The skull, like any other face or body area, can be augmented. Unlike the face and body, however, fat injection grafting is not a reliable technique to do so. For very small areas of indentation or contour deficiency such fat grafting may be effective. But for more major types of skull augmentation it is not Read More…
The most common complication in facelift surgery is postoperative bleeding which leads to a hematoma. It is more common in men than women due to the preponderance of blood vessels from beard hair follicles and the male propensity for elevated blood pressures both before and after surgery. Various ranges of hematoma occurrence are cited after Read More…
While both upper and lower eyelids experience adverse aging effects, they display different anatomic changes in doing so. While the upper eyelid develops skin redundancies, the lower eyelid is more prone to exhibit the formation of bags. (fat herniation) This is particularly true in the younger patient where any excessive skin on the lower eyelid Read More…
Background: The back of the head is composed of the central lower occipital bone and the upper paired parietal bones. It also represents at its most projection point the intersection of the sagittal and lambdoidal sutures. It is much more anatomically complex in its development than its frontal counterpart of the forehead. It is also Read More…
Background: The chin implant is a common performed procedure for the weak chin. For some patients this is a ‘one and done’ procedure in which a satisfactory result is obtained and the implant remains a permanent device. But for others the initial results may be underwhelming and the patient seeks further surgery for an enhanced Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation in females is uniquely different than in men. This is particularly relevant in the horizontal and width dimensions. Women do not need as much horizontal chin augmentation as men. The classic vertical line dropped down from the lip as the advancement goal for the chin is frequently too much, less horizontal augmentation 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...