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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...
Plastic surgery is a journey that starts with a desire or concern that becomes a process from the consultation to the last bit of recovery after surgery. Like all journeys, people have many different physical and emotional experiences that tell more than just what the final physical change has become. One can easily look at Read More…
The father of modern day plastic and cosmetic surgery is credited to Italian surgeon Gaspare Tagliacozzi who lived from 1545 to1599. He is best known for developing a technique to transfer arm tissue to the face, known as a pedicled arm flap. This was particularly needed for the reconstruction of a disfigured or amputated nose. Read More…
Background:Liposuction is a well known surgical method of fat removal that has been available in the U.S. since 1981. It has gone through numerous technologic advancements, particularly in how the fat is mobilized prior to vacuum extraction. From ultrasonic to Smartlipo to Waterjet techniques, fat is being removed in an expanding variety of ways. But Read More…
Everyone knows that aging, sun exposure and smoking all contribute to the creation of wrinkles on one’s face. But the real culprit is something that can not be avoided, the movement of the overlying skin from the underlying muscles of facial expression. If the face didn’t move there would be far fewer wrinkles. (hence why Read More…
Breast augmentation is consistently achieved through the use of an implantable synthetic fluid-filled device. While effective, it is not without its risk of complications and the need for revisional surgery. For these reasons, some patients would prefer an alternative approach. This limited need has been addressed by the use of fat injection grafting which is Read More…
While it is commonly perceived that older patients (> 45 years old) undergo the majority of the cosmetic procedures, recently released statistics from the American Society of Plastic surgery tell a different story. People aged 40 to 45 years of age, so-called Generation Xers, account for over 40% of procedures while the Baby Boomers makeup Read More…
Breast implants remain a popular plastic surgery procedure with over 350,000 women being implanted last year in the U.S. alone. Up until several months ago, only two U.S. manufacturers existed after many other producers folded from the breast implant controversy from the early 1990s. Allergan and Johnson & Johnson (subdivision Mentor) have maintained a duality Read More…
The effects of time, gravity and sun exposure all make for the eventual wrinkles that appear on everyone’s face. These wrinkles appear along predictable and classic locations that are usually perpendicular to the movement of the underlying facial muscles. But not all facial wrinkles appear this way and their presence can be more difficult to explain. One influencing factor is that Read More…
Liposuction provides the most effective method of body contouring that we currently know. Its invasive approach is the direct subcutaneous disruption of fatty deposits followed by their vacuum extraction. The final result is a combination of the fat removed and how the overlying skin shrinks and adapts to its reduced underlying support structure. While effective, Read More…
The American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery is an organization composed of board-certified plastic surgeons whose practices are either exclusively cosmetic surgery or have a significant cosmetic surgery component. The logo of the society is the famous image of the Egyption Queen Nephretiti whose beauty and elegance has been revered since the time of her 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...