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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...
Skull reshaping surgery uses a variety of augmentative and reductive techniques to treat a large number of aesthetic deformities. One such skull shape problem that is commonly treated is the sagittal crest or ridge deformity. This is a thickened midline of bone that runs between the original anterior and posterior fontanelles. It can extend completely Read More…
The corner of the mouth, despite its small size, plays a major role in the appearance of the perioral region. It affects the expression of the mouth (happy or sad/mad) as well as its size. (horizontal length) Being a bilateral part of the mouth it is also subject to issues of asymmetry as well. Changing Read More…
Many patients of different ethnicities have full lower faces. One anatomic cause of a full lower and posterior face is masseteric muscle hypertrophy. The most common treatment for this aesthetic form of masticatory muscle enlargement is Botox injections. There is no doubt that Botox injections can effectively reduce the appearance of large masseter muscles and Read More…
Background: The forehead is a broad comparatively flat surface area for the most part with the exception of the lower brow bone area. In women the brow bone area has little if any protrusion and thus has no aesthetic significance. In men, however, the medial protrusions caused by the pneumatized development of the underlying frontal Read More…
Background: The most common chin reshaping procedure is the placement of a chin implant. Its most common use is to increase the horizontal projection of the chin. But the placement of an implant may not be the end of the patient’s aesthetic chin reshaping desires or procedures. Some patients will go on and seek additional Read More…
Shoulder width reduction surgery is done by shortening the horizontal length of the clavicle. Performed through a small skin incision above the medial third of the clavicle, a section of the bone is removed and put back together. While often compared to that of a clavicle fracture, such a clavicle osteotomy technique is more favorable Read More…
Shoulder width reduction is done by shortening the length of the clavicle by removing a segment of bone on each side. This collapse of the bone is achieved by a procedure known as clavicular reduction. It involves removal of a segment of bone through spaced osteotomies and an intervening ostectomy. The medial and lateral segments Read More…
Background: Pectoral implants are the definitive treatment for enhanced muscle definition and size of the male chest. They are placed in a completely submuscular location underneath the pectoralis major muscle unlike female breast implants which are usually partially submuscular or on top of the muscle. Also, unlike breast implants, they are designed out of a Read More…
Shoulder width reduction, also known as shoulder feminization surgery, is a bone-based surgery not a soft tissue one. There are no methods to reduce the fat or muscle mass of the shoulders, and even if there were, they would not make the shoulders appear more narrow. Effective shoulder width reduction involves reducing the length of Read More…
Temporal reduction surgery is an aesthetic head reshaping procedure done to reduce the width at the wide of the head. This is done through removal of the posterior portion of the large temporalis muscle which covers the side of the head. Done through a hidden incision in the sulcus behind the ear, it creates an 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...