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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...
There are many technical maneuvers in rhinoplasty that help change the shape of the nose. One of the most historic and commonly used techiniques for the nasal tip (tip rhinoplasty) is that of the cephalic trim. A cephalic trim is the removal of a portion of upper edge of the lower alar cartilages. It is Read More…
Background: Increasing the size of the calf (gastrocnemius) muscles is very difficult. The tight and dense muscle fibers of this lower leg muscle take extreme muscle-building exercises to enlarge the overall muscle size. And unless one is willing to continue these exercises for the rest of one’s life, the size of the calf muscles will Read More…
Background: A custom jawline implant made from a 3D CT scan is becoming recognized as the most definitive method to modify the shape of the lower jaw. Because it is a unified one-piece implant and can be preoperatively designed to whatever dimensions the surgeon and the patient desire, it is hard to argue with Read More…
Background: It is well known in breast implant surgery that the final shape of the breasts afterwards is highly influenced by what they looked like before. Besides asymmetry, the most common adverse breast shape problem seen in breast augmentation patients is sagging or ptosis. Such breast mound sagging can occur in many degrees of Read More…
Aging around the eyes occurs just like that of the rest of the face through loss of volume and thinning of the skin with wrinkle formation. While a variety of well known surgical techniques are available to rejuvenate the eye area (blepharoplasty and browlifts), the use of eye fat injections is still regarded as precarious Read More…
Background: Augmentation of the nose is a frequently needed maneuver in rhinoplasty surgery. This is particularly needed in many ethnic patients who are genetically prone to low and wide nasal bones and lack of an elevated straight dorsal line. Dorsal augmentation requires some form of material which can be either synthetic or harvested from the Read More…
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) just released their annual plastic surgery statistics from procedures performed by their members in 2015. The annual number of procedures done rose 2% from 2014 with close to 16 million surgery and non-surgical procedures done. To no surprise the overall number of procedures performed from 15 years ago Read More…
The most common expected early outcomes and complications from many types of plastic surgery are various types of undesired fluid collections. These are caused by bleeding (bruising and hematomas) as well as prolonged lymphatic leaks. (seromas) While the body has many natural clotting and healing mechanism to limit the occurrence or extent of these fluid Read More…
Injectable Fat-grafting, also known as lipofilling, has become a standard plastic surgery treatment in a wide variety of aesthetic and reconstructive needs of the face and body. Although technical improvements have increased the concentration of fat cells injected, the amount of fat graft survival is still unpredictable and far less than 100%. Various methods have been Read More…
Background: Flatness in the midface occurs primarily due to natural development and occurs in certain ethnicities. The Asian face is well known to be broader with less anterior projection and it is most manifest in the appearance of the nose and the underlying maxillary support. But loss of maxillary support can also occur from trauma, 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...