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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...
Almost every week there are reports from somewhere in the U.S. of ‘botched’ cosmetic surgery. This does not refer to the patient who has a slightly uneven facelift, prolonged forehead numbness after a browlift, liposuction irregularities, concerns about breast lift scarring, or a dog ears after a tummy tuck. Not that these are completely trivial Read More…
There are many signs of facial aging but most people are usually concerned with what happens around the eyes first. The classic presentation of periorbital aging is a progression of tissue changes including excess lower eyelid skin, protruding orbital fat (bags), lower eyelid instability and the falling of the adjacent cheek tissues. (malar descent) While Read More…
Breast augmentation is one of the most common aesthetic plastic surgery procedures and is in the repertoire of almost every plastic surgeon. Despite the commonality of this cosmetic breast procedure and the tremendous experience of many in performing it, it has an unappreciated (by patients) high reoperation/revision rate. While the medical literature reports reoperation rates Read More…
Pain from an injection, laser procedure or minor surgery in plastic surgery is a common concern for many patients. While numbing of areas to be treated can be done by the injection of local anesthestics, this is often impractical due to the size of the surface area or represents another painful and feared experience. Read More…
Breast implants enlarge the breasts through indwelling materials such as saline and silicone gel contained within a silicone elastomer bag. There are millions of women every year who travel on airlines carrying their own ‘internal’ baggage inside their breasts. It is neither evident or scanned and their presence is a most personal issue and not Read More…
Background: Breast augmentation is completely successful at enlarging the breast mounds. While it is not without its potential complications due to being an implant placed in the body through surgery, by far its most common postoperative concerns are aesthetic in nature. Are the breasts the desired size and shape and how well do they match Read More…
Eyebrows are the one piece of hirsuitic artistry that adorns the forehead. They separate the forehead from the eyelids and produce a partial frame for the entire orbital area. The desired shape and size of the eyebrows has changed over the years. Pencil-thin eyebrows were once the way to go, requiring considerable maintenance with waxing Read More…
How one sees themselves is a very important element, perhaps the most important, in aesthetic plastic surgery. What motivates a patient to come in for surgery and how they judge their surgical endeavors afterwards is what they see in the mirror. We assume that mirrors are accurate reflections of ourselves and there would be Read More…
Background: The most common area for liposuction on the body is the abdomen for both men and women. It is done very successfully for making a round belly flatter and providing some shape to an often rotund waistline. While one can never make a round abdomen into a flat and sculpted athletic one, removal Read More…
Plastic surgery is done in almost every country in the world, regardless of their political and economic climates. One would think that such plastic surgery may be just reconstructive procedures in some of the more ‘extreme’ conditions of some countries, but cosmetic procedures exist just as well. Perhaps not as extensively performed as in 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...