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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...
The adornment of ears has been around since the dawn of civilization. Women and men have been putting all sorts of jewelry on ears from the top of the helix down to the earlobe. In what some may consider out of the ordinary or more extreme, the non-cartilaginous portion of the ear (earlobe) has even Read More…
Background:Breast augmentation works because it is a synthetic implant that makes the breasts bigger. While it is true that the role of the plastic surgeon is critical to get good implant placement in the proper position and as symmetrically as possible, but in the end the implant itself plays a major role in the final Read More…
Background:The signs and progression of facial aging are well known and fairly classic. Due to gravity and the loss of the attachments of the skin to the underlying tissues and bone, the skin of the face descends. With it comes fat which is attached to the undersurface of the skin. This appears early on as Read More…
‘Fat in the Face’ has become a topic of great interest in plastic surgery in the past few years. Understanding where the fat compartments and layers are in the face and how they influence the outward shape of the face has undergone a lot of anatomic study and descriptions recently. The main emphasis of these Read More…
Background:Tummy tuck surgery, or abdominoplasty, provides an unparalleled amount of trunk reshaping. With excessive and loose abdominal skin caused by pregnancy or large amounts of weight loss, only cutting it out can really provide the desired amount of flattening and tightening improvement. While a tummy tuck provides a great amount of abdominal tightening, the most Read More…
One of the seemingly trivial issues of a patient considering elective plastic surgery is what time of day is my surgery going to be. This is trivial, of course, unless it is you having the surgery. Most patients, unless they have a transportation or scheduling issue, want to be the first surgery of the Read More…
One of the most difficult problems to improve, let alone solve, in cosmetic plastic surgery is that of cellulite. It is particularly frustrating given that there are large numbers of women who are afflicted with cellulite and would love to invest in an effective treatment. While there have been a significant number of device-based technologies Read More…
The public is widely aware of the benefits of having their plastic surgeon board-certified. There is probably no other surgical specialty than plastic surgery where this is of greater importance. This is because a significant and highly visible component of plastic surgery, cosmetic procedures of the face and body, is mostly practiced outside of oversight Read More…
Breast reduction is one of the common body contouring procedures and is a mixture of both a reconstructive and a cosmetic procedure.Breast size and shape are dramatically changed and the breasts both feel and look better. But it is an operation that is associated with scars and that is its one liability. This has led Read More…
Background:While the face in men ages just like in women, their primary concern is often largely that which occurs in the neck. As the male neck ages, it often hangs down like a wattle. While it does contain fat and the platysma muscle has separated in the midline, the loose skin makes up 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...