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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 tip of the nose is the most common area that is changed in many rhinoplasty surgeries. It is the most anatomically complex part of the nose due to the confluence of the lower alar cartilages, septum and the nostril openings. As a result there are a large number of technical maneuvers to change Read More…
Background: There are eleven (11) different muscle areas that can be aesthetically enhanced by implants in the body. (minus the face) In the upper body this includes the pectoral (chest), bicep and tricep (upper arm), deltoid (shoulder), brachioradialis (forearm) and trapezius. (upper back muscles) Of all of these muscle enhancement sites the trapezius is the Read More…
Background: A well defined jawline, particularly for a male, is one of the most important facial features. There are many dimensional aspects to what constitutes a well defined jawline but in the end it is a more prominent chin and jaw angle appearance. What differentiates the enhanced jawline is the magnitude of these corner projections Read More…
Background: There are a wide variety of aesthetic skull shape deformations that can be divided into either deficiencies or excesses. The excess category may be called protrusions and some are seen in profile where they violate the ‘Golden Arc’ of the skull. This arc is the shape and distance of the head from the nasion Read More…
Background: There are limited options for autologous or bony jaw augmentation methods. The most well known and used is the sliding genioplasty but this is limited to the chin. Lesser known is the chin wing osteotomy, touted as a complete jaw augmentation method but it is limited by the bone cuts to the anterior 2/3s Read More…
Background: There are numerous body contouring surgeries that transfemales may find of benefit. The most common ones performed are liposuction, BBL and breast, buttock and hip implant surgeries which are primarily soft tissue enhancements. These are also structural body modifications (aka hard tissue procedures) that are gaining popularity which include shoulder reduction by clavicle bone Read More…
The definitive aesthetic jaw augmentation method is the custom jawline implant. Standard chin and jaw angles have their role in enhancing the shape of the lower face but they should be perceived as more corner enhancements of the jaw since they are not connected. Besides the ability to create/control the dimensions of the implant preoperatively Read More…
Surgical lip reshaping involve relocation of the vermilion border through either direct or indirect methods. The most recognized method is the well known subnasal lip lift (bullhorn lift) where the the amount of upper lip vermilion show is increased by removal of a strip of skin under the nose. This skin removal pulls the lip Read More…
Background: Amongst the numerous types of implants for aesthetic body augmentation the arms are the least commonly performed. Breasts, buttock, pectoral and calf implants make up the majority of augmentations while arm implants (shoulder, biceps, triceps) are done by comparison far less frequently. This is evidenced by lack of any FDA-appoved shoulder and arm implants. Read More…
Removal or modification of the lower ribcage is based on the premise that it provides structural support to the abdominal wall. This premise is anatomically supported by the numerous attachments of abdominal muscles to the free floating ribs. Ribs #s 11 and 12, also known as the vertebral ribs, have attachments to the anterolateral abdominal 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...