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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...
Liposuction is the most effective method of fat reduction that we currently know. But it is surgery and there is recovery and significant cost associated for its assured benefits. The concept of a topically applied agent that would provide some fat reduction has been one promoted and tried for decades. There have been many such Read More…
Liposuction causes the fat that is removed to boil…or at least so it seems. The bubbling often seen in the collection canister into which the suctioned fat goes can often be seen to be bubbling (boiling) even though it is not hot. (it is room temperature) This is actually the vaporization of water in the Read More…
Background: Breast augmentation largely exerts its effect by expanding the breast tissue under which it is placed. When the overlying breast tissue is good (reasonably tight skin and a centric nipple position) the resulting larger breast mound is very aesthetically pleasing. When the overlying breast tissue is flawed (loose sagging skin and a low nipple Read More…
According to the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic surgery, who has compiled statistics on cosmetic surgery for years, the most common cosmetic surgery in 2011 was liposuction. This is not surprising given that liposuction has a large number of treatable sites on the body from the neck to the ankle. This is unlike, for example, Read More…
It wasn’t all that long ago that the fat injection treatment, Lipodissolve, was tremendously popular. While used in many other countries before being introduced in the U.S. almost ten years ago, it achieved quick notoriety amongst numerous practitioners. Because it offered a non-surgical method of fat reduction, the public was equally if not more enamored Read More…
Extra or supernumery nipples (polythelia) are fairly common occurring in about 5% of men and 2% of women. They occur along the embryonic milk lines that run from the armpit to the groin in all mammals. They are often mistaken for moles because they are quite small. They usually appear on just one side but Read More…
Injectable fillers have come a long way since the approval of the first non-collagen based product in 2002. While once conceived as only a way to make lips bigger and nasolabial folds less deep, injectable fillers have evolved into an aesthetic technology that has a wide number of facial uses. Aiding the expanded uses has Read More…
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons was established in 1931 and is the largest plastic surgery society in the world with over 7,000 board-certified members. It allows its surgeon members to use a simple logo design that is made up of two swooshes that form an incomplete circle. It’s abstract design is to indicate the Read More…
Background: Poland’s syndrome is a very well known set of congenital malformations involving one side of the chest and arm. The complete set of findings include a smaller hand with webbing and an underdeveloped sterno-clavicular portion of the pectoralis muscle. This results in a smaller chest on the affected side with a less developed nipple Read More…
The proven and effective method for buttock augmentation is through the use of soft flexible synthetic implants or fat injections. While each of these two approaches is not perfect and has their own advantages and disadvantages, they are safe medical therapies. But like in every other cosmetic procedure, patients do seek easier and less expensive 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...