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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...
Buttock augmentation by fat injections (Brazilian Butt Lift) is one of the fastest growing body contouring procedures over the past decade. By combining a reductive liposuction harvest with recycling of that fat into an immediate buttock augmentation effect accounts for its popularity. But as the autologous procedure has become commonplace, complications have occurred that are Read More…
Background: The development is a complex interplay between multiples independently bone plate sites. This combined with the influence of various muscle and facial attachments makes for irregular surfaces around the base of the skull. One such common bony protrusion site is the inion or occipital knob on the back of the head. While everyone has Read More…
Injectable fillers have enjoyed widespread usage over the face for a variety of aesthetic augmentations. The nose has not been neglected for these injectable filler applications for specific bridge and tip enhancements. But the high concentration of blood vessels in the nose and its relatively tight skin, particularly in the tip area, gives one pause Read More…
Background: One distinct male feature is the of a prominent brow bone at the lower end of the forehead. It is one of many facial features that distinguishes males from females. It extends over the eyes with a horizontal projection, has a brow bone break before heading up into the forehead and has a slight Read More…
The most aggressive procedure for horizontal waistline reduction is rib removal surgery. Once thought of as a fictional procedure or one that is too ‘dangerous’ to undergo, it is actually a safe and effective body contouring procedure. It may seem an extreme effort to remove portions of ribs for aesthetic waistline reduction but that Read More…
Background: Aesthetic chin deficiencies are common and most are not associated with a superior occlusal abnormality. But the converse is almost always true….when an occlusal abnormality exists there almost always is a chin deformity. Everyone knows that when the lower jaw is significantly underdeveloped the chin will be correspondingly horizontally short. And this is best Read More…
Background: Facial asymmetry has highly variable presentations. But in many cases a smaller jawline on the affected side is seen. While this is typically perceived as a smaller jaw angle area, closer inspection by 3D CT scan analysis will usually reveal that the entire jawline is deficient from the chin posteriorly back to the jaw Read More…
Rib removal surgery is done for a variety of reasons. I divide indications for these ribcage modifications into aesthetic waistline narrowing, vertical waistline elongation and removal of asymmetries or anomalous rib lengths/shape. But no matter the indication for their removal the technique consists of opening the musculoperiosteal ‘tube’ in which it resides and removing it Read More…
Background: Synthetic injectable fillers have their origins in the use for lip augmentation. The desire for fuller lips by injections dates back to the 1980s and, while many different compositions of fillers have been subsequently used, they all can provide an immediate change in lip size albeit temporary. While the development of injectable fillers has Read More…
Reconstruction of congenital ear defects, of which microtia is the most common, requires a framework to recreate the basic structure of the ear. Such framework recreations can be done either fabricating it from rib cartilage or an off-the shelf prefabricated implant. (porous polyethylene or Medpor) Each ear framework approach as its own advantages and disadvantages 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...