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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 features of the aging process is sagging of the neck. When more advanced the central neck become a repository for loose skin, fat and and the appearance of platysmal banding. While platysmal banding is part of every aging neck, it is usually only seen well in thinner necks with less Read More…
The decision to undergo surgery with a custom facial implant for aesthetic facial augmentation is an exciting change. Like all elective surgeries, there is a recovery process before the patient will finally see the results of the implant design and surgical placement efforts. This is a predictable process that always involves more swelling than Read More…
Breast lifting is often needed in breast augmentation surgery when the nipples sits at or below the level of the inframammary fold. While there are four different types of breast lifts, the most effective of them involve the excision and tightening of skin beyond the areola on the lower pole of the breast. Breast lifts Read More…
Significant aging of the neck is most commonly treated by a neck lift, also known as a lower facelift. While earlier signs of neck sagging/fullness may be treated by liposuction and other more limited procedures, true neck wattles can only be treated by more traditional and aggressive approaches. A lower facelift/necklift repositions the hanging neck Read More…
The development of new jaw angle implant styles has finally allowed augmentation of the back part of the jaw to get caught up with that of the chin. The jaw angles have been overlooked for a long time as implant styles and sizes of the chin have progressed. With the chin and jaw angle implant Read More…
Orthognathic surgery is a well known type of bone procedures that move the upper and lower jaws to improve one’s bite (occlusion) as well as improve jaw relationships to the face. It is done on the upper and lower jaws with the mainstay procedures of a LeFort I osteotomy (upper jaw) and sagittal split ramus Read More…
Chin augmentation is traditionally thought as a choice between a chin implant and a sliding genioplasty. While seen as the two procedure choices for chin reshaping they are not really interchangeable. Besides the difference between synthetically augmenting the bone vs actually cutting and moving the bone, they can achieve different dimensional chin changes. The one Read More…
Background: Breast implants are intended to enlarge the existing breast mounds. In so doing it is often erroneously believed that other features of the breast may be similarly improved. Unfortunately this is rarely true. Conversely any other deformities or asymmetries of the breast may actually become more noticeable not less. The most visible feature of Read More…
Background: Buttock implants offer a method of buttock augmentation when one has inadequate fat to harvest. It has become more popular over the past decade than ever before as the patient demand for buttock augmentation has risen dramatically. But unlike fat transfer there are multiple considerations when buttock implants are considered. These include size, shape Read More…
Background: While jawline augmentation is most commonly associated with men, it is gaining aesthetic significance in women as well. A strong jawline is historically associated with increased masculinity. Women are more associated with softer and more recessed chin positions and jawline shapes. But the contemporary female jawline is now desired to have a more definitive 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...