Explore the fascinating world of cosmetic and plastic surgery with world-renowned double board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Barry Eppley
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 temporal region of the head is an historically overlooked and under appreciated area of aesthetic augmentation. Standard temporal implants have become available in the past ten years for the permanent treatment of temporal hollowing. But this area of the temples is limited to the anterior or non-hair bearing region by the sides of the Read More…
Background: The anatomy of the jaw angle area is unique when it comes to implant augmentation. It is the only facial area where strong insertion ligamentous attachments need to be released for proper implant positioning. While this is an absolute technical requirement in implants that lengthen this part of the jaw it is still needed Read More…
Background: The size and shape of the head can be augmented for aesthetic purposes like any other part of the face or body. Historically and often still done today this is done by various types of bone cements. While bone cements are very biocompatible their working properties make them effective for only small skull augmentations. Read More…
Intramuscular buttock implants is viewed in the U.S. as the most successful long term implant buttock augmentation method. Despite the reduction in complications with this pocket location, as opposed to that of the subfascial, it is still not popular or commonly done amongst plastic surgeons. The reason is that the anatomic dissection is not easy Read More…
Background: While BBL surgery is the most common form of buttock augmentation today not everyone is a good candidate or achieves a satisfactory result. Some patients have inadequate fat to harvest while others have the BBL procedure but not enough fat survives to achieve their their aesthetic augmentation goal. As a result implants remain a Read More…
Background: The tricep muscle primarily creates extension of the upper arm through three heads of the muscle. Despite being comprised of three muscles two of them (the long and lateral head) comprise most of what we see and run the full length of the back of the arm. In the upper arm the close proximity Read More…
Background: While a good jawline is desired by both men and women there are differences in the desired shape. It is not a question of whether one is bigger or smaller but the specific shapes at the ‘corners’ is what is the difference between them. While men may desire a square chin shape women usually Read More…
Background: For surgical waist narrowing conventional procedures like liposuction and tummy tucks have a primary role. When they are inadequate or an increased narrowing effect is desired the lone remaining option is structural modification of the lower ribcage. Whether this is done by rib fracture or rib removal the concept is that a collapse or Read More…
Background: Chin implants are the original form of permanent facial augmentation and are still the most commonly performed aesthetic implant today. But chin implants only cause an incomplete jaw augmentation effect. The jaw angles behind the chin on both sides provide a fertile area for additional aesthetic augmentations for a different type of jaw enhancement. Read More…
Background: All bony areas of the craniofacial skeleton can be both augmented and reduced. As a general rule the amount of augmentation capability is greater than the ability to reduce it as greater amounts of implant thicknesses can be added than the thickness of the bone that can be removed. This is equally true for 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...