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Diced Ear Cartilage Graft in Rhinoplasty

Cartilage is the best type of graft or augmentation material to use in rhinoplasty. For most rhinoplasties the preference for donor site harvest is the septum, ear and then the rib. When the septum is inadequate the ear or conchal cartilage is the back up donor site. While the ear may be able to provide Read More…

Septorhinoplasty for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Symptom Improvement

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a well known medical condition that is caused by obstruction of the upper airway. This obstruction can be anywhere from the nasal passages, the upper nasopharynx (soft palate), the oropharynx (tongue) down to the epiglottis. In many cases it is believed that the cause of OSA is at multiple levels Read More…

Sliding Genioplasty Step-off Removal (Shaving) for Smoother Jawline

A sliding genioplasty is a well known chin reshaping procedure. In its original and most traditionally perceived form, it is a bone cut that allows the downfractured bony chin segment to be moved forward. This creates at the front edge of the chin a stair step bone shape after the lower chin segment is moved Read More…

Safety of Tummy Tuck Combined with Abdominal Liposuction

A tummy tuck is a major abdominal operation that usually removes a large horizontal ellipse of lower abdominal skin and fat. While tremendously effective, many patients having the procedure have excess fat beyond the zone of the tummy tuck excision whose reduction would improve the overall abdominal contouring result. While liposuction of the flanks is Read More…

Total Head Widening with Anterior and Temporal Implants

The sides of the head, known as the temporal regions, is made up of the overlying temporalis muscle and the underlying temporal bone of the skull. What separates the temporal region on the visible outside is hair. The temporal hairline stops before reaching the side of the orbit leaving a strip of skin that runs Read More…

Product Review – XAF5 Ointment for Eye Fat Reduction

An ointment that would help melt fat? Sounds to good to be true? Well it might be but preliminary clinical studies suggest that such an ointment exists and will be a clinical fat treatment in the not so far future. An active ingredient used in the treatment of glaucoma is showing promise as a nonsurgical Read More…

Facial Asymmetry in Deviated Nose Rhinoplasty

Patients that seek rhinoplasty have many reasons for doing so. One of the most common and often at the near top of the list is that of the deviated nose. Since the nose is a prominent midline facial structure, its straightness or lack thereof, is fairly easily discernible. While nasal deviation is a common problem Read More…

Botox vs. Xeomin for Upper Facial Wrinkles

Aesthetic facial neuromodulation, aka ‘Botoxing one’s face’, is a long proven method for reducing the development of certain facial wrinkles and unwanted facial expressions. It has been done for so long and with such success that the original facial neurotoxin and still the most popular, Botox, has worked its way into the cosmetic procedure Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Stretch Marks and Breast Augmentation Surgery

Background: Breast implant surgery works by the simple principle of placing a device under the breast tissues that pushes outward and creates a larger breast mound. Regardless of whether the implant is placed under the glandular tissue (subglandular) or partially or completely submuscular the outward result of a larger breast remains the same. Since the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Power-Assisted Liposuction for Male Gynecomastia Reduction

Background: Gynecomastia, or male breast enlargement, occurs in a wide variety of forms and ages. While typically perceived as a condition that occurs in teens and young men as a reaction to elevated hormonal levels from puberty, gynecomastia occurs equally in older men as well. ‘Man boobs’ as they are often called can be an Read More…