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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: Lip augmentation is one of the more popular uses of injectable synthetic fillers and has been so for more than two decades. They offer an immediate and non-surgical method of lip augmentation that works fairly well when adequate vermilion height exists. But it does require periodic injections to maintain the effect and injections into Read More…
Background: The soft spots on a baby’s head are well known and are its most distinguishing features. These open areas between the developing skull bones , known as fontanelles, total six in number but the most visible are the anterior and posterior ones. The anterior fontanelle is the largest of the two and closes between Read More…
Background: Facial lipoatrophy, also known as facial wasting, refers to the loss of fat tissue causing concave facial contours. (So called gaunt face) These always occur above and below the horizontal skeletal lines of the zygomatic arch and jawline in the temporal and submalar/lateral facial areas. Lipoatrophyu occurs along a spectrum of expression from mild Read More…
Background: The most common form of cheek augmentation today is with the use of synthetic fillers. While fillers offer an immediate and non-surgical result their effects are not permanent. Fat is also an injectable option but its results can similarly not be permanent. Cheek implants provide a permanent augmentation effect and can create a wide Read More…
Background: In penile enlargements it is not uncommon to augment the underlying scrotum either at the same time or secondarily to maintain penile-scrotal proportions. In testicular size enhancements there are two different implant approaches, side by side and some form of wrap around implant. Each has their advantages and disadvantages and neither approach is perfect. Read More…
Background: Buttock augmentation is most commonly performed by fat injections, reserving implants for non-candidates or inadequate BBL results. While these buttock enhancement approaches apply to both women and men there are some gender differences. While men can do like women synthetic fillers and fat injections they often are less tolerant of procedures that require multiple Read More…
Background: The metopic suture runs down the midline on the frontal bone of the forehead. At its back end is the bregma where it intersects with the transverse coronal sutures. At its front end it intersects with the nasal bones. Its function in the neonate is to facilitate passage through the birth canal by allowing Read More…
The occipital knob is a common midline skull protrusion on the back of the head. It is normal to have one but when its size becomes larger it can cause an undesired prominence. While a large occipital knob is particularly visible in the male with a shaved head an equal number of men with hair Read More…
In jaw angle and custom jawline implants the most challenging part of the surgery is to get the implants properly positioned over the bone. Between the limited visual access of the intraoral incisional approach and the ligamentous attachments of the masseter muscles it is not as easy as it may seem to get implant positioning Read More…
Background: Traditional procedures for making a better waistline or more shapely torso include liposuction and certain excisional procedures like a tummy tuck. These are removal and discard surgeries. A more recent and extremely popular torso reshaping option is BBL surgery or the Brazilian Butt Lift. This is a tissue recycling procedure in which fat is 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...