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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...
Next to orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery as a medical specialty uses a significant number of implants and implant materials to help achieve its surgical outcomes. Whether it is breast implants or an injectable filler, the use of synthetic or foreign materials is common in plastic surgery. Often when a plastic surgery patient needs an Read More…
One of the most commonly performed facial aging procedures is that of the blepharoplasty or eyelid surgery. While it could be most common because there are four eyelids (and only one nose for example), it is frequently performed for reasons. It is the earliest sign of facial aging…and it often bothers patients the most Read More…
As the economy continues to tighten, the level of insurance reimbursements from medical procedures continues to get worse. Amidst the presidential campaign banter is the cry for universal health coverage, talked about as if such a system would end up better than what we have now. That is an issue for a different debate, Read More…
Like all structures on the body, things change with age, gravity, and the general wear and tear of life. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the female abdomen. Puberty, pregnancy, and weight change all play potential havoc with the smooth flat abdomen that most women have in youth. Pregnancy is the biggest culprit Read More…
One of the earliest signs of facial aging is the development of jowls or jowling. The jowls are areas of skin and fat that have fallen from the side of the face to hang along or below the jawline. As we age, these areas tend to become more noticeable as the sag worsens. The Read More…
My office often gets asked if we perform the ‘LifeStyle Lift’, ‘S-Lift’, and a variety of other names that end in -lift. The callers and patients don’t know, of course, that all these names really refer to the same procedure, otherwise known as a limited facelift. Their interest is peaked by the allure of improvement Read More…
One of the most important things we do as plastic surgeons or any surgeon for that matter…is to match the solution to the problem. Large operations for small problems run the risk of creating complications that exceed the scope of the original problem. Small operations for big problems simply will not work and are destined Read More…
One of the common sequelae in the massive weight loss patient after bariatric surgery is the development of a very saggy neck. What was once a very full neck for some patients becomes a hanging waddle after bariatric surgery for some. Unlike many of the body changes after bariatric surgery, the development of a sagging Read More…
Of the many body deformities that result from excess skin after massive weight loss in the bariatric surgery patient, the most difficult in my experience is that of the breast. Loss of breast volume, a low nipple position, and sagging skin from a ‘deflated balloon’ creates a breast problem that offers a lot of challenges. Read More…
The newest more permanent injectable filler, ArteFill, for facial lines and folds is taking a throwback from history. Its use requires a pre-injection skin test due to its bovine (cow) collagen content. This is what the original collagen injections, Zyderm and Zyplast, required when they were the only injectable filler available from 1981 to 2000. 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...