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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...
Background: Shoulder narrowing is a conceptually straightforward reduction of the length of the clavicle bone. But executing it successfully within the confines of a small skin incision imposes some technical challenges. And there is little room for error in ensuring that a successful bony union occurs across the gap between the two bone ends. Getting Read More…
Background: Muscular enlargement of the upper arms is most commonly and successfully done by weight lifting. Arm implants exist to achieve this similar effect to either bypass the weightlifting process or to enhance it beyond what one can do on their own. Arm implants have one advantage over weightlifting …they are permanent and don’t require Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty is an effective chin augmentation procedure. In certain types of aesthetic chin surgery it is a better alternative than an implant. But it is not a complication free procedure. One of its potential side effects is long term tightness. The chin has an uncomfortable tight feeling which may affect the mobility Read More…
Background: The custom jawline implant is the most complete method of lower facial reshaping due to its 3D expansion effects. Many patients that present for such lower jaw augmentation have a prior history of more limited standard implants for initial lower facial reshaping. Most commonly it is a chin implant that has provided a positive Read More…
Background: Scars from traumatic facial injuries are common and those that appear on the forehead are often the most visible. Besides the exposed broad surface of the forehead what makes the scars stand out are the horizontal wrinkle lines that traverse them. Initially present only during animation everyone eventually develops them at rest as well. Read More…
Testicular implants are the smallest aesthetic body implant. Despite its small size it shares several features to that of another body implant that is far more commonly used, breast implants. The similarities may not seem obvious and the implant compositions are different. (testicle implants are soft solid implants while breast implants are soft gel-filled implants) Read More…
Background: Dramatic head shape changes are achievable with the use of custom skull implants. Part of their success depends on the ability of the overlying scalp to accommodate the push of the underlying onlay implant volume. Since the bone and the implant are stable structures it is up to the scalp to change its shape Read More…
Background: One of the most common areas for aesthetic skull augmentation is the back of the head. This is more true in men than women if for no other reason than it is more exposed due to short or no hair styles. But the back of the head can have differing degrees of flatness as Read More…
Background: The calf muscles, known as the gastrocs, are some of the hardest muscles to build up by exercise. They are so stubborn to enlargement because they are already working regularly by just the walking and standing that we normally do. Thus to get them even bigger than they normally are they have to really Read More…
Background: Aesthetic skull augmentation can be done by either PMMA bone cement or a custom made skull implant. Each has advantages and disadvantages as a skull implant material. The question is never which biomaterial is safer, as they are both biocompatible, but which one is more effective. That would depend on the type of skull 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...