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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: Poland’s syndrome is a well recognized congenital body deformity that affects the chest wall and upper extremity. It is almost always affects just one side of the body, most commonly the right side, and affects men more than women. There is a hypoplasia of the chest muscle in both men and women and lack Read More…
Background: The accumulation of fatty tissue at the back of the neck is a well known side effect from certain HIV medications. One of these lipodystrophic sites is the cervicodorsal region where abnormal fat distributions can occur. Because of its raised area below the back of the head it has been given the moniker of Read More…
Rib removal is most commonly known for its effect on helping reduce the anatomic waistline or waistline slimming . Usually the ribs that are partially removed (outer halves) are #s 11 and 12. This is because these are the true free floaters and are pointed 45 to 60 degrees straight downward. Once one realizes the Read More…
Background: Breast implants are often perceived as one-time lifelong devices. But this is the exception and not the rule. Depending upon the age at which they were placed, breast implants are often replaced at some point in a woman’s life. (and in more rare cases even removed) They are numerous reasons for why breast implants Read More…
Ear molding is a well acknowledged method or correcting or improving various ear shape deformities. One of its basic principles is that it must be done very early in the neonatal period usually within the first few weeks after birth. Studies have indicated that the success of non-surgical ear reshaping diminished dramatically when applied after Read More…
Cheek implants are the third most commonly performed facial implant procedure. Trailing behind nasal and chin implants, cheek implants provide augmentation to a lateral facial structure and not a midline one. As a result most cheek augmentations are bilateral or paired and that poses a unique challenge in their surgical placement. But prior to having Read More…
Background: Transgender plastic surgery is a large compilation of feminizing face and body procedures. Of all of these procedures breast augmentation has the greatest impact on making a feminization change. It also do so in a rapid and assured manner, creating an instantaneous body shape change as all breast augmentation surgeries do. On average transgender Read More…
The use of a custom jawline implant is the most effective technique to reshaping the lower face. Its one-piece design allows the changes in the front of the jaw (chin) and the back of the jaw (jaw angles) to be connected in a smooth linear fashion. While the one-piece design of the implant has numerous Read More…
Background: Facial reshaping surgery is a broad collection of bone augmentation and reduction procedures. Almost all of the facial bone augmentation procedures are done by some form of onlay augmentation, most commonly preformed by preformed implant styles. Of all available facial implants the four most common areas augmented are the chin, nose, cheek and jaw Read More…
There are a variety of aesthetic ribcage modification procedures that are not well known. When people speak of ‘rib removal’ this is commonly perceived as a procedure for waistline reduction through removal of portions of ribs #11 and 12. (and sometimes #10) While this is certainly true this is not the only rib removal procedure 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...