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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 removal of unwanted fat through liposuction techniques is effective but has as its main complications that of irregularities and asymmetries of body contours. While taking down the size of fat collections, it does not always result in the desired body contours or a show of the underlying muscular detail. This has lead to Read More…
Enhancement of the buttocks has become enormously popular over the past decade. Most methods of cosmetic buttock surgery are perceived as that of increasing its size through either implants or, more commonlytoday, fat injections. But buttock enhancement is as much about contouring and reshaping as it is about size increase alone. Large poorly-shaped buttocks Read More…
Superman has been an American cultural icon since he first appeared in comic books back in 1938. His appearance is absolutely distinctive, most notably that of his red, white and blue colors and the stylized S shield on his chest. The shield is so symbolic of his character than its appearance alone immediately brings Read More…
The pursuit of the perfect female body is not a realistic goal for any woman, regardless of what plastic surgery techniques exist. Improving your own body through diet and exercise, and perhaps a little plastic surgery, is a more common sense approach. Women should only want to have good body proportions that fall within the Read More…
The use of stem cells in medicine has garnered much media and public attention. Because it is a natural component of human tissues and it is a pluripotent cell that has the capability of converting to many different adult cell types, it holds much promise for numerous medical therapies. While the quest for which Read More…
While tummy tucks have always been used to recontour the post-pregnancy body, they have grown in popularity over the past decade due to increased use of weight loss methods. (e.g., bariatric surgery) While it is major body surgery, it is tremendously effective at removing loose skin and fat from the abdomen and major complications Read More…
Background: Aging affects all facial structures, particularly those around sphincters or apertures such as the eye. Changes around the eye are commonly perceived because they are so visible and are part of every human conversation. But just like the eye, the mouth also ages in very characteristic ways. Lines, wrinkles and thinning lips are Read More…
Plastic surgery, like every other surgical specialty, relies on medical devices to create their desired results. In many ways, plastic surgery is a device-driven specialty as instruments and implants make possible many of its most well-known operations. One could argue that the hands of the plastic surgeon and their skill and experience who uses Read More…
While breast augmentation is largely about altering the size and shape of the breasts, there are other aspects of the procedure that are of interest. While women want many certain aspects of their breasts to change after surgery, feeling and function of the nipple-areolar complex is not one of them. While some women don’t Read More…
Blepharoplasty, or eyelid tucks or lifts, are one of the most common anti-aging facial plastic surgery procedures. Everyone will eventually develop the classic signs of aging around the eyes including excess skin, fat protrusions and wrinkles. Because one’s eyes are focused on in everyday conversation and in photographs, the desire and frequency of different blepharoplasty 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...