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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...
Background: The Mestizo (Mexican) patient is the largest ethnic minority in the U.S.. One of their most common plastic surgery requests is for rhinoplasty. Their nose shape often presents as a bulbous broad nasal tip without a defined shape and an underlying weak structural framework. These structural characteristics are often combined with thick skin, amplifying Read More…
Background: While shape deficiencies can occur on any area of the skull, the back of the head is the most frequently affected. Most such head shape deformities are positional, occurring either in utero and in the early post natal period. Given the frequent position that the head is in laying in utero or during sleep, Read More…
Background: Aging affects all aspect of the face, albeit in varying degrees and at different times of life. One of the most disliked aspects of aging in women is the development of vertical lip lines. While typically believed to occur primarily in smokers, there are many women who develop them who are not smokers. And Read More…
Background: Facial structural weakness is most commonly associated with the lower face, the chin and jawline. This is easy to identify because these are protruding structures that are at the junction with the neck and there is a natural demarcation between the jawline and the neck. Skeletal weaknesses of the upper face are harder to Read More…
The placement of breast implants can be done either above or below the pectorals muscle. There are advantages and disadvantages to either implant pocket location and each patient must consider these carefully as either approach can be done in any patient. Placing the implant below the muscle, known as subpectoral placement, is more universally done. Read More…
Background: The development of the thyroid cartilages are affected by the level of testosterone and associated gender. This explains their prominence in the neck of men which women do not have. It also explains the deeper male voice due to the larger size of the voice box. This is one of the many structural gender Read More…
A facelift operation is the most recognizable facial rejuvenation procedure by the pubic. Medically known as a rhytidectomy, it is a lower facial procedure that works to achieve better neck-jowl contouring. It is an operation that has been around for almost a century and has evolved considerably over that time. The basic tenets of the Read More…
Background: The sagging neck is one of the telltale signs of facial aging. While it occurs in everyone eventually, the extent to which it occurs is affected by numerous factors. One factor is the thickness of the neck tissues. As one might surmise thicker neck skin and underlying tissues tends to develop earlier onset and Read More…
Background: Chin implants in the history of plastic surgery was the first and still most common form of jaw augmentation. Many surgeons today still see the patient’s desire for lower aesthetic facial enhancement as a chin augmentation procedure. But today’s patients are more informed about the possibilities of jaw augmentation and are often desirous of Read More…
Background: The shape of the skull has varying degrees of convexity on its five surfaces. The forehead and sides of the head come closest to a flatter surface shape but the top and back of head has a well defined convexity to it. A flat top or flat back of the the head is a 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...