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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 sliding genioplasty is a well known surgical procedure to change the position and shape of the chin. It is used for a variety of anesthetic chin issues from horizontal recession, vertical excess and deficiencies and asymmetries. It is done from an intraoral approach and cuts and releases the chin bone (mandibular symphysis) from below Read More…
Background: Advanced aging of the neck presents as a turkey neck deformity. Loose skin, excess fat and midline platysma muscle separation create a central droop of the neck that often ends up as a straight line in profile from the chin to the Adam’s apple. Besides its appearance, the laxity of the tissues often swings Read More…
Shoulder augmentation is a procedure requested by men who want to widen their shoulder width. This can be done by either fat injection grafting, deltoid implants or clavicular bone lengthening. Each method has their advantages and disadvantages. Fat injections are minimal surgery but their volume persistence is unpredictable. Conversely clavicular lengthening is the most invasive, Read More…
The paired position of the eyes is a very discernible physical feature. Using a horizontal line drawn between the pupil of each eye, they should lie along the same position on this line as it crosses between the eyes. One structural condition that affects such eye symmetry is that of vertical orbital dystopia. Most commonly Read More…
Background: The standard treatment for abdominal excesses and muscular wall laxity is the tummy tuck procedure. Based on a horizontally oriented segment of skin and fat excision the underlying abdominal wall can be tightened underneath and the superior skin flap advanced to reshape the entire stomach area. This results in a scar line on the Read More…
Augmentation of the brow bones has been done by a variety of materials and surgical approaches. Over the years I have evolved to doing brow bone augmentation using custom design implants placed through an endoscopic approach. This provides the greatest amount of complete brow bone augmentation with the least amount of incisional length to do Read More…
The development of vertical wrinkle lines around the lips (perioral rhytids) is a common aging sign of the mouth. It occurs earlier and in greater amounts in Caucasian females with thinner skin and fairer complexions. They are difficult to eradicate as they are the result of the muscle activity of the surrounding orbicularis muscle with Read More…
Background: A full crown of the head is a desirable physical feature for some women today. For those women who have a deficiency in the crown area, they commonly try to camouflage it by teasing their hair up but eventually may tire of the effort due to lack of effect or thinning of their hair. Read More…
Background: The breasts are ideally perceived as having a nipple-areolar complex (hereafter referred to as the nipple) that is centrally positioned on the breast mound skin. Life (pregnancies, weight loss and gravity) can change what was once an ideal position of the nipple but breast enhancing surgeries can restore it. Implants enlarge the breast mounds Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation has been done by a variety of materials over the years. Each biomaterial used has is own unique handling and tissue response characteristics. But fundamentally these materials come down to those with a smooth or non-smooth outer surface. Materials with a non-smooth surface are associated with varying degrees of tissue adherence and/or 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...