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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...
Radiation for a variety of head and neck cancers is well known to affect all tissues in its path. Since the parotid gland frequently is involved in radiation portals, it receives unintentional radiation and suffers the side effects of such exposure. This almost always causes some degree of dry mouth or xerostomia. When xerostomia Read More…
While everyone knows that the most psychologically healthy reason to have cosmetic surgery is based on internal motivations, some patients do experience external stimuli for it. I have had many ‘couple’ consultations where the husband, fiancee or significant other was just there for support for the female seeking some cosmetic enhancements. In almost every case Read More…
Closing incisions is an inherent part of every surgery and a well healed and good looking scar is a desireable goal. But for plastic surgeons the appearance of the incisional closure and the resultant scar takes on even greater significance. For operations that are done for cosmetic change only, a good looking scar is an Read More…
The sheer number of cellulite therapies that have appeared over the years is a testament to two basic issues. First, cellulite is a difficult aesthetic problem that defies one single effective treatment. While Cellulazae and Cellusmooth are two new laser treatments, they are invasive. Otherwise, topical treatments of either creams or energy-based devices have dominated Read More…
Elective plastic surgery done for cosmetic gain always take a careful look at the patient’s general health beforehand. With some notable exceptions (morbid obesity, diabetes, smokers) it is fair to say that any person under the age 50 is unlikely to have medical problems that would exclude them from having almost any type of Read More…
There are numerous surgical procedures to feminize a masculine facial appearance. They include jawline reshaping (chin and mandibular angle reduction), rhinoplasty, cheek reduction, tracheal shave and forehead reduction/reshaping. While every transgender patient’s face is different and may need just a few or all of these facial feminization procedures, the forehead is one of the Read More…
Breast augmentation is the ‘simple’ procedure of placing an implant to increase the size of the breast. It does so by pushing out the overlying soft tissue and creating a bigger mound. While the increase in breast size is always completely predictable, the final shape that the breast will achieve is not. The breast may Read More…
Injectable fillers such as Juvederm and Restylane are used to help smooth wrinkles and fill in folds that occur from aging. They are injected into the nasolabial folds, upper and lower lips and marionette lines as the most common treated areas. Newer applications are for such areas as tear troughs, undereye hollows, temples, cheeks and Read More…
Despite the different types and sizes of breast implants and the different incisions used to place them, all these breast augmentation issues share one factor…implant insertion. With a prefilled and fully inflated silicone breast implant, there is increased difficulty in getting the implant into place because of the mismatch between the diameter of the Read More…
Breast augmentation requires the placement of an implant to create its desired effects. To put the implant in place, a skin incision is needed of which the three standard options are the inframmary crease (lower breast fold), the areolar area (nipple) and a transaxillary (armpit) location. Each of these breast implant incisions have their 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...