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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...
The Asian eyelid is known to have a lack of a supratarsal fold and the presence of an epicanthal fold. These are unique eyelid features which are the complete opposite eyelid features seen in the non-Asian eyelid. These differences drive some Asians to seek cosmetic improvement through double eyelid surgery and in the inner eye Read More…
While the belly button or umbilicus is only scar tissue, it has a significant aesthetic impact on the appearance of the abdomen. The pleasing characteristics of the umbilicus have been well described with a sufficient inward depth, superior hooding and a slightly vertical almond shape. The belly button on women often end up astray from Read More…
Augmentation of the jaw angle (often referred to as jawline augmentation) is becoming an increasingly popular aesthetic facial procedure. The recognition that the back part of the jaw as similar aesthetic significance as that of the front part of the jaw (chin) creates a more comprehensive diagnostic and treatment approach to lower facial aesthetic enhancement. Read More…
Temporal augmentation has been a popular cosmetic procedure due to the use of synthetic injectable fillers and fat grafting. Such injection techniques make it easy to treat undesired temporal hollowing of varying degrees. By none of the injection materials are perfect and most will eventually dissolve and their benefits lost with the exception of fat. Read More…
Background: As breast augmentation is the most popular cosmetic body procedure done today, it is no surprise that it captures a wide range of female ages. Just as it has the interest of very young women, even under the age of 21, it has of equal interest to those older women 55 years and Read More…
Background: Large amounts of weight loss, whether from bariatric surgery or from other non-surgical methods, creates a lot of secondary body issues. The loss of subcutaneous fat causes deflation of the overlying skin, resulting in skin sagging and often interference with numerous normal bodily functions. The arms are a classic example of this expected phenomenon Read More…
When a chin implant ‘fails’ it may be replaced or revised by a sliding genioplasty. Chin implant failure can usually be defined as an implant that had not met the patient’s aesthetic desires due to design, size or positioning issues. This is most commonly seen when a chin implant is used for larger chin deficiencies Read More…
From an anatomic perspective, the mouth is made up of two basic parts. There is the oral cavity proper which lies between the teeth where the tongue resides and is bounded superiorly by the palate and inferiorly by the mylohyoid muscles of the floor of the mouth. But the second and often forgotten part of Read More…
Otoplasty is a relatively simple and effective procedure for reshaping the prominent ear. Cartilage bending/repositioning through sutures is the backbone of the operation with a minor role for cartilage excision/scoring. But the ability to do these maneuvers requires an incision and this is almost always placed on the back surface of the ear. While Read More…
Background: Occipital plagiocephaly is a well recognized skull shape deformity that is caused by deformational forces. Whether this is the result of intrauterine constraint, post delivery head positioning or both, the thin and malleable skull bones are prone to be inadvertently molded into a deformed shape. This classically appears as a flatness on one side 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...