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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: Rhinoplasty in the non-caucasian ethnic nose poses different challenges than many typical rhinoplasty procedures. The goal of making a more defined and less wide nose requires a major change in the cartilage construct of the nose. Increasing the height of the bridge and the tip requires a considerable push from beneath to lift often Read More…
Besides Botox, injectable fillers are the most popular form of non-surgical facial rejuvenation. While they have undergone major compositional changes since bovine collagen was initially introduced in 1981, their growing popularity is because they have an instant effect, are largely effective for the right indications and it is generally perceived that they have few complications. Read More…
A recent story from the New York Daily News reports on a young woman who had a breast implant ‘fall out of her body’. While very unfortunate for this young lady, this very concern is one that prospective breast augmentation patients often ask if it can happen. Since the most common location for the Read More…
Stem cells has understandably caught the imagination of both plastic surgeons and patients alike with their regenerative potential. This has led over the past few years to surgeons promoting their benefits to patients by so-called stem cell-enhanced or derived procedures. From facelifts to fat grafts, the moniker of the words ‘stem cells’ confers an improved Read More…
The use microcannulas has been a major advance in the delivery of injectable fillers. Besides a dramatic decrease in discomfort they result in no risk of bruising…two major improvements over that of traditional needlle delivery approaches. Despite these very obvious benefits, which are apparent in one’s very first use of them, I observe very Read More…
Lebanon, formally known as the Lebanese Republic, is a small country located on the eastern Mediterranean sea. It is bordered by Syria in the north and east and Israel to the South. Because of its location at the crossroads between the Mediterranean and much of the Arab world, it has a long and rish Read More…
Breast implants have now been with us for over fifty years and they are likely to be with us for at least another fifty years and longer. Their popularity has never been higher in the U.S. with over 300,000 breast augmentations performed in 2012, making it the number one cosmetic procedure performed. Women who get Read More…
Background: The neck is generally a flat surface in youth that may have a bump or prominence in the middle about halfway between the jawline and the upper sternum of the chest. This laryngeal prominence, known more commonly as the Adam’s Apple, is formed by the size and angle of the thyroid cartilages that surround Read More…
Male chest enlargement by soft solid pectoral implants is done by placing them under the pectoralis major muscle. The implant is placed so that it stays above the lower muscle border, creating a larger pectoralis muscle bulge. These are the typical postoperative instructions to follow after having had pectoral implant surgery. 1. Pectoral implants Read More…
Every plastic surgery procedure has numerous issues that every patient who is undergoing a procedure should know. These explanations are always on a consent form that you should read in detail before surgery. This consent form, while many perceive as strictly a legal protection for the doctor, is actually more intended to improve the 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...