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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...
It is always of interest to try and do whatever is possible to expedite the recovery process after any aesthetic plastic surgery procedure. While each procedure has its own specific postoperative recovery issues, all share the natural reactions of swelling and bruising as a result of the invasive surgical process. Many different modalities have been Read More…
A sliding genioplasty is a well known chin augmentation procedure whose effects at increasing the projection of the lower face are well known. By bringing the mandibular symphysis forward not only is the chin bone enhanced but the neck angle is improved with the skeletal lengthening of the jawline above it. But there are other Read More…
Background: A well defined jawline is a desirous lower facial feature for both men and women. Such a look is usually when there is a smooth connection between the chin in the front and the jaw angles in the back. This also means that both the chin and jaw angle points have a visible presence Read More…
Temporal reduction is an aesthetic procedure that is used for the treatment of the ‘wide head’ or undesired convexity to the side of the head above the ears. It is a muscle removal procedure since the posterior temporal muscle belly makes up a greater percentage of the width of the head in this area that Read More…
There are a variety of solid body implants available for augmentation of various muscles for aesthetic contour changes.. Most well known are chest (pectoral), buttock and lower leg (calf) implants. Lesser well known ones involve the arms (biceps and triceps), trapezius and shoulder (deltoid) implants. But this is not the complete list and one of Read More…
Open rhinoplasty continues to be the most effective approach in a large number of nose reshaping patients. There is no question that the visualization provided to many of the critical structural elements that need to be modified creates the best opportunity to achieve the desired changes in a predictable manner. The tradeoffs to do so, Read More…
Background: Besides asymmetry the most adverse breast shape encountered in the preoperative breast augmentation patient is sagging. More medically known as ptosis this poses numerous issues including whether augmentation will improve or worsen teh sagging as well as overcoming the patient’s expectations, often erroneous, that implants will lift sagging breasts Breast sagging comes in a Read More…
The concept of an injectable cranioplasty to augment various areas of the skull has tremendous appeal. Avoiding scalp incisions has an obvious benefit as well as limiting the magnitude of the surgery. Having worked years ago at trying to develop this surgical technique, it was eventually abandoned due to not being able to solve the Read More…
Background: In an era where it is common to see an adult male with a shaved head or a very closely cropped haircut, the shape of the head takes on great aesthetic significance. Not only are large head shape issues glaringly apparent but small ones that would normally never be seen with a head of Read More…
Background: The size of one’s head or shape of the skull is usually congenitally controlled. While microcephaly is a pathologic skull development condition that restricts brain development, some patients have small narrow heads but not true microcephaly. Sometimes called ‘peanut heads’ and often having issues with wearing hats or helmets their head shape might be 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...