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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:One important aesthetic area of the forehead is the brow region situated at its lowest extent above the eyes. Men and women have different brow and forehead shapes that are considered desireable and gender specific. Females have non-protrusive brow bones that taper towards the temples on the sides and give a smooth rounded forehead appearance Read More…
Implants have been an important part of aesthetic facial surgery for over fifty years. Starting originally as just small implants for chin augmentation, they have evolved into a large line of bone-based implant shapes and sizes. They are commercially available today for just about every conceivable area of facial bone augmentation from the skull down Read More…
Each year more and more Americans, as well as those around the world, undergo cosmetic surgery. While there are many considerations that go into why and how one may head to the operating room table to change their facial appearance or body shape, cost is always a significant issue.Even amongst the most ardent detractors of Read More…
There are many considerations that patients must consider after any form of major plastic surgery. Whether it is when to shower or going back to work,swelling, pain and how one’s face and body looks will have some impact on all of life’s everyday activities during the recovery period. Understandably patients are anxious to resume Read More…
Background:Aging of the eyes is both an unavoidable eventuality for everyone and the first and most noticeable place on the face that it occurs. The classic findings are heavy or extra skin on the upper eyelids and bags on the lower eyelids. This combination makes for a tired or older appearance that is recognized Read More…
Buttock augmentation has become a part of mainstream body contouring plastic surgery. Creating a larger buttock has become desirous of those who have a normal size and just want to become bigger (ethnic buttock enhancement) to those who simply have never had one or ‘lost’ it at some point. Its popularity is largely due to Read More…
Scar therapy consists of a wide variety of possible treatments from injections, lasers and light devices and surgical excision. There is no one type of scar treatment which is uniformly effective for all scars. There are simply too many types of scars and differing skin types and body locations for any uniform approach to improving Read More…
A consultation with a plastic surgeon is usually the third step in one’s evolution towards having actual surgery. The first is the recognition of the need or desire and the next is the acquisition of basic information with some research. While the most detailed information and a definitive surgical plan can only be assured by Read More…
Background: A bump or hump on a nose is a common reason a patient will seek rhinoplasty surgery. A smooth or straight dorsal line is one of the more important aspects of a pleasing nasal appearance. While some small bump reductions can be achieved by a simple shaving of the bone edge, this is the Read More…
Device-based energy therapies for skin tightening and fat reduction have been around now for about a decade. Like computer and all electronic devices, their effectiveness improves with technologic advances. One of the recent device advances in heating fat and tightening skin is Exilis technology. This uses a well known energy technology, radiofrequency, to create its 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...