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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 facelift incision and scar in front of the ear is usually placed in a retrotragal (in and out of the ear going behind the bump of cartilage in front of the ear canal) location. (in women, not in men) As the scar runs in this fashion in front of the ear, it becomes Read More…
The arms, like many other areas of the body, can suffer from lipodystrophy. On the back of the arms, unwanted skin and fat can hang down creating a larger and undesired appearance to them. Despite how well diet and exercise can help shape out other body areas, the arms are uniquely resistant to such efforts. Read More…
‘For the most part I like my nose, but I have a slightly rounded, bulbous tip. I don’t really want to change my nose, just tweak it a little bit and give the tip of my nose slightly more definition.’ ‘I have a decent nose. However, as I’ve gotten a little older, I noticed Read More…
The female breast is not a stable anatomic structure. Given the forces of gravity, aging, and pregnancies, breasts that become saggy aren’t a matter of if it will happen but when and how much for almost all women. If a woman has large natural breasts to start, sagginess or ptosis may occur sooner or to Read More…
As October is Breast Awareness Month, it is important to realize that men, like women, can develop breast cancer. Men just like women have breast tissue that can develop abnormal cancerous cells. But by comparison to women where about 500,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed a year, the number of male cases is around Read More…
The idea of using one’s own tissue to heal thyself has been a romantic medical goal for decades. Plastic surgeons have long employed this approach by moving body parts around beginning with skin grafts a century ago to microvascular tissue transfers more recently. But taking individual cells and having them grow or turn into Read More…
Botox and injectable fillers are the mainstay of non-surgical facial rejuvenation. Besides creating a relatively immediate change with less facial wrinkles and folds, they provide a great psychological boost to one’s self-image and sense of attractiveness. Often I see patients that undergo these treatments before a major event such as a child’s wedding or Read More…
The well publicized death of Donda West in November 2007 after undergoing cosmetic surgery has given rise to a new California law. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken a step towards making more strict laws pertaining to cosmetic surgery following the tragic death of rapper Kanye West`s mother. The new bill is designed to provide greater Read More…
Earlobes, like the rest of the face, undergoes changes with aging. The natural aging process involves a relaxation of the collagen fibers that make up its skin and atrophy of tissue volume, allowing the earlobe to get longer and thinner. When combined with the use of earrings, their weight will accentuate the sagginess of Read More…
Chin deficiency or shortness of the chin in the horizontal direction often contributes to two soft problems, mentalis strain and lower lip incompetence. There may well be other anatomic factors that add to these problems, but the short and backward rotated chin is definitely a major factor. Lip incompetency is obvious as the lips 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...