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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: The chin has a major impact on the appearance of the lower face. While most think of it as only from a horizontal projection perspective, its frontal shape has a major influence on the gender identification to whom it is attached. Men often have strong more square chin shapes in the front view while Read More…
One of the most facial aging surgeries is that of blepharoplasty or the removal of excessive eyelid skin. It is most common because everyone develops redundant skin of the eyelids with enough age and everyone has four eyelids. Even for those patients not driven by a desire for an aesthetic improvement, an upper blepharoplasty is Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty is a powerful changer of chin shape that dates back to its first description in the early 1940s. It is not used nearly as often as a chin implant due to being a more invasive procedure that requires greater technical expertise and experience to perform. But it historically offers the advantages Read More…
Background: Injectable fillers along with Botox has revolutionized facial rejuvenation. While often confused from the public’s perspective, injectable fillers are used for soft tissue enhancement such as softening nasolabial folds and enlarging lips. But as the number and types of injectable fillers has grown over the past decade, their uses has been expanded to include Read More…
One of the hardest nasal problems to correct in rhinoplasty is the deviated or twisted nose. A major contributor to an asymmetric external nose is the septum, the ‘tentpole’ of support for the external cartilage and bone that gives the nose its outward shape. Straightening the septum as a nose realignment technique is well known Read More…
Background: All areas of the face eventually show the signs of aging. But the mouth area in women is affected more by aging than that seen in men and is affected by sagging, thinning and wrinkling. The once fuller lips of youth give way to thinner lips with less vermilion show and vertical lip lines. Read More…
Why do we have eyebrows? They initially seem to have no specific purpose. They are just a clump of short hairs coming our of the skin over the brow bones which create a wide variety of eyebrow shapes. While their biologic purpose may be perplexing, their aesthetic value can not be debated. They are plucked, Read More…
The nose can have many shapes and they are most commonly perceived from a static standpoint. Since the nose is usually thought of as having a stable shape, it is not often seen as having a change in shape with dynamic facial motion. But the smiling deformity of the nose is well known with the Read More…
Background: The frontal nerve of the forehead is better known as the supraorbital nerve. It is the terminal branch of first division of the trigeminal or fifth cranial. Like the rest of the trigeminal nerve, it is responsible for supplying sensation or feeling to its distribution. For the supraorbital nerve, this means feeling to the Read More…
Other than skin, fat is the most commonly manipulated tissue by plastic surgeons. Most people think of fat removal by liposuction when they think of plastic surgery by fat transplantation by injection is becoming increasingly popular. But when fat cells are removed or transplanted the questions are whether they will come back or do they 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...