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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: Upper blepharoplasty surgery, more commonly known as an eyelid lift, is the most common cosmetic eyelid surgery. It is tremendously effective and is associated with a very low risk of complications. While eyelid tissue is very thin and swells significantly after surgical manipulation, the recovery is fairly quick. The results of blepharoplasty surgery is Read More…
Background: Tummy tuck surgery is one of the most common and successful types of body contouring surgeries. It is used in many post-pregnancy and weight loss women to correct the effects of having babies and the changes that process can induce on one’s body in the mid-section area. This type of tummy tuck usually induce Read More…
The recent approval of Kybella for the treatment of under the chin fat (submental) fat appears like it is a new treatment. And as an FDA-approved drug it is. But the concept of a fat dissolving injectable drug is really now new and has a predicate history in the world of mesotherapy and the Read More…
Background: One of the most common aesthetic skull deformities occurs in women with concerns about the shape of the back of their head. Lack of adequate fullness at the vertex and upper occipital region creates a flatness that promotes some women to compensate by puffing up their hair to hide it. This is such Read More…
Background: The nasopalatine cyst is a well known pathology of the maxilla that often presents as an asymptomatic anterior palatal swelling. It usually develops behind the maxillary incisors and is thought to be caused by the ductal tissue within the incisive canals. It appears radiographically as a round or heart-shaped mass in occlusal plane or Read More…
Background: Cleft lip and palate is one of the most common facial birth defects often cited as occurring in about 1 in every 1,000 births. While there are race, gender and world wide differences in this occurrence rate, it is a condition that is well recognized around the world for its prevalance. Almost everyone has Read More…
Augmentation of the upper lip is one of the most commonly done non-surgical facial enhancement procedures. This can usually be successfully done through the use of a variety of different hyaluronic acid-based injectable fillers. Despite their popularity and frequency of use, however, injectable fillers can not solve all aesthetic upper lip concerns. A thin upper Read More…
The fabrication of custom skull implants offers a major advance in the treatment of many aesthetic skull deformities. Historically skull augmentation had to be done using a long and complete coronal scalp incision and resultant scar for access and intraoperatively shaped bone cement materials. But today’s custom skull implants allow for the shaping of Read More…
Surgery of the breast is very common in women with breast augmentation being the most common aesthetic operation. There are many potential complications of breast augmentation surgery but fortunately most of them are minor and some of them are even self-solving. Technically if an after surgery problem eventually resolves on its own without surgical treatment Read More…
It has been nearly 2 1/2 years since a new company, Sientra, was permitted to produce and sell breast implants in the U.S. with FDA approval. Sientra joined two other major U.S. manufacturers of breast implants to make a total of three product lines from which to choose for their patients. While there are 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...