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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...
Facial fractures are common injuries and sporting activities are a common source of them. This was well illustrated by a well chronicled facial injury sustained recently in the NBA. Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook was injured in a game last Friday in Portland when his teammate’s knee collided into the right side of his face Read More…
Background: As a device driven operation. breast augmentation has a variety of implants styles, shapes and sizes from which to choose. Understandably prospective patients think the implant chosen will result in the way the breast will look after surgery. While there is no doubt the implant has a major influence on the result, the natural Read More…
Changing the outer corner of the eye is done for a lot of different aesthetic and reconstructive purposes. The two main reasons are to help correct a lower lid sag from prior surgery (reconstructive) or to create more of an uplifted corner of the eye to change its appearance. (aesthetic) The procedures used to do Read More…
Background: The most common aesthetic skull deformity is that of the flat back of the head. This occurs most commonly from in utero or postnatal infant positioning and also has a strong genetic tendency amongst certain ethnic groups. (e.g., Asian) While a flat back of the head has no detrimental intracranial or neurologic effects, it Read More…
Chin augmentation is most commonly done by placement of a synthetic silicone implant. Chin implants today come in a wide variety of dimensions, historically providing only horizontal projection, but now available in vertical lengthening styles as well. For men chin implants are even available to provide an increase in width, also known as a square Read More…
Annual statistics for plastic surgery in the U.S as gathered by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons showed that almost 16 million cosmetic procedures (nearly 14 million were non-surgical) were performed in 2014. This represents an increase of about 3% from 2013. Like many years before, breast augmentation was the top cosmetic surgery while Read More…
The selection of implant size is one of the most important and debated choices in breast augmentation surgery. Women understandably spend considerable time considering this choice and on today’s internet a lot of breast implant results are available for viewing. While many results give the woman’s height and weight and breast implant size used, that Read More…
Fat grafting and its liposuction harvest has become mainstream in 2015 for both aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery needs. While ongoing clinical studies and experience will continue to evaluate its effectiveness, there is no debating that its use has become adopted by most plastic surgeons. Several of the reasons for its popularity is that most Read More…
Background: A prominent and more defined jawline is a facial feature that has always been in vogue for men and more recently that of women as well. While there are differences between jawline augmentation methods and objectives for man and women, a smooth jawline from front to back is characteristic of both of them. With Read More…
Background: Breast implants can change many feature’s of one’s breasts including obvious size and creating a rounder and fuller shape. But there are other characteristics of the breasts in which they can not and may even make some features worse. If the nipples, for example, are horizontally at two different levels initially, augmentation will usually 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...