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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...
Wide nostrils are a not uncommon feature of a nose that is often treated as the final step in rhinoplasty surgery. It can occur as a natural feature of a nose or one that is created by surgery from the overall nose narrowing effect. (induced nostril widening) The origin of the wide nostrils may affect Read More…
Background: In aesthetic forehead augmentation what differs between male and females is the brow bone component. Females usually do not have a brow bone section of their implant or, if it does, it does not extend beyond the forehead projection above it. While men can have a forehead implant alone, if they have good brow Read More…
Rib removal surgery is an aesthetic body contouring procedure that aims to narrow the waistline. It is the final option when conventional body contouring approaches have already been done or the patient is not a candidate for them. In the original technique (now known as type 1 rib removal) it was done for specifically for Read More…
Background: Like all pendulous structures of the body (e.g., breasts) the scrotum has the potential to haver excessive hang or sag. One might argue that ptosis is its natural aesthetic appearance due to the loose and very elastic scrotal skin. When this natural scrotal ptosis becomes excessive is a matter of personal preference for which Read More…
Background: The tummy tuck procedure is one of the most well known body contouring procedures that has been around for almost a century. It is most commonly performed in women to remove excessive abdominal tissues and tighten loose abdominal muscles as a result of pregnancies and weight changes. There are a variety of different techniques Read More…
Background: The occipital bone is often referred to as the skull bone on the back of the head even though this is not anatomically accurate. It does not make up all the bone on the back of the head even though it makes up a significant part of it. It really only makes up the Read More…
The most common and effective form of lip augmentation over the past two decades is with the use of injectable fillers. Such synthetic fillers work by expanding the existing size of the vermilion tissues of the lip. (visible pink area) While such volumetric expansion is three dimensional given the suspension of the lip tissues in Read More…
Background: The clavicle may be a well known and visible human bone but its anatomic shape is under appreciated. While often perceived as having a relatively symmetric tubular shape throughout its actual dimensions are quite different. First it is not a straight bone but instead has a lazy-s shape that is angulated forward. The thickness Read More…
A well known minimally invasive facial rejuvenation procedure is the thread lift. This term refers to a concept of lifting sagging facial tissues by placing special designed sutures that can grab onto the subcutaneous tissues to be pulled upward along the line of the suture placement. This occurs as a result of a tied knot Read More…
There are various aesthetic procedures that require the separation of the scalp from the underlying skull bone to create their effects. The most well known historically is the endoscopic browlift at the front part of the scalp. But in some ways the reverse of an endoscopic brow lift is the hairline lowering forehead reduction procedure. 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...