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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...
One of the most common uses for the well known aesthetic drug, Botox, is injection into the forehead. While it is most commonly used to treat horizontal forehead lines and vertical glabellar rhytids, it is also used to create a chemical brow lift. While such injections can be very effective, it it not uncommon Read More…
The enhancement of the male chest has some obvious differences from that of the female chest. In women the goal is to make a larger mound that sits on top of the muscle. Conversely in men, the goal is to enhance the size and projection of the deeper pectoralis major muscle. As a result the Read More…
Background: Jaw asymmetry is one of the most common forms of perceived facial asymmetry. Whether it is localized to the chin or extends back along the jawline to involve the two jaw angles as well affects the magnitude of the deformity. The long length of the body of the mandible and the size of the Read More…
Narrowing one’s waistline can be effectively done for most people by a variety of non-surgical and surgical methods. Dieting, exercise, liposuction and tummy tucks will fulfill the aesthetic goals of the vast majority of people who choose to do so. But for a select few patients such methods are not effective enough for their waistline Read More…
The endoscopic brow lift has been the most popular forehead rejuvenation technique for some time now. Its appeal is that it eliminates most of the scalp or hairline scarring that occurs from either the traditional coronal or pretrichial incisional approaches. While this is certainly true it is also important to remember that it is not Read More…
Background: Plagiocephaly is the medical term used to describe a diagonal asymmetry of the head. It is meant to refer to a flatness on either the back or front of the head. But in reality there is always a contralateral flattening opposite the dominant flat part due to the way the skull develops. Hence plagiocephaly Read More…
Permanent aesthetic augmentation of the midface is done by cheek implants. While there are other areas in the midface that can be augmented, the cheeks are done the most frequently. A variety of standard preformed styles have evolved over the years that largely provide differing amounts of augmentation over the main body of the Read More…
Buttock augmentation by injection fat grafting, known by the urban term of Brazilian Butt Lift or BBL, has been the fastest growing body contouring procedure in the past decade. Because it is ‘fat recycling’ procedure offers the dual benefit of reduction of undesired body contours by the liposuction harvest and the increase in buttock size Read More…
Buttock implants have had an increasing role in buttock augmentation due to the popularity of Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) surgery. It has greater awareness of surgical buttock augmentation. But when the results from fat grafting are inadequate or one does not have enough fat to harvest, implants are the remaining buttock enhancement option. While buttock Read More…
Pectoral implants are the male equivalent of breast implants for women. While done far less frequently, as men can build their pectoral muscles by exercise, they are very effective at enhancing the size of the pectoral muscle through placement behind it. They are actually done more often in men that workout than in men who 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...