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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...
Cheek implants have been around for over fifty years but despite this long duration they are few techniques described as to how to place them. Most cheek implants are placed through an intraoral approach which is the most direct line of access to where they are typically placed. In watching surgeons do the procedure I Read More…
Background: Augmentation of a deficient of flat back of the head is one of the most common skull reshaping requests. Most likely this area of the skull experiences the greatest deformational forces between lying in the womb as a fetus and in sleeping positions in infancy and childhood. There are also certain ethnic groups that Read More…
The sliding genioplasty is a well known chin augmentation that is most commonly performed in younger male and female patients. Besides the greater invasiveness of the procedure what really separates it from a chin implant is its effects on the submental or anterior neck region. By pulling the chin bone forward the attached soft tissues Read More…
Calf implants offer assured and a permanent muscle enhancing effect for the lower legs. They are specifically used to enhance the size of the gastrocnemius muscles. They are most commonly placed in the subfascial pocket on top of the muscle through incisions on the back of the knee. While a relatively straightforward procedure for those Read More…
Background: Male chest enhancement usually refers to the size of the pectoralis major muscle which creates definition and shape to the chest. While fat reduction by liposuction around the outer border of the muscle may offer some modest improvement in the shape of the chest (liposculpture), pectoral muscle augmentation offers the greatest male chest shape Read More…
Mini V line surgery is a chin narrowing concept that manipulates the bone to create a more narrow or v-shaped chin. Specifically it involves a combination of a horizontal osteotomy and a vertical midline ostectomy of the chin bone to narrow it. Vertical shortening/lengthening as well as horizontal advancement can also be done based on Read More…
While cheek implants have been around for over fifty years little attention has been paid to their gender differences. Men and women do not want the same type of cheek augmentation effect/look in my experience in many patients. While the facial differences between men and women have been acknowledged for centuries cheek implants exist as Read More…
Background: Shoulder reshaping is a relatively new area of aesthetic surgery in which the shoulders can become smaller or wider. By changing the length of the clavicle bone the outer shape of the shoulders can be changed. Started initially with shoulder narrowing surgery, which is most commonly done in transgender male to female patients, it Read More…
Background: Forehead asymmetry can either consist of an excess or a deficiency on one side. While most commonly seen in congenital plagiocephaly a twist of the forehead for whatever reason during development makes one side different from the other. Forehead asymmetries often affect the entire side of the forehead most prominently along the bony temporal Read More…
Shoulder reduction or narrowing surgery works by shortening the length of the clavicle bone holding it out. While the clavicle may appear relatively straight in front view pictures and x-rays, it is far from being so. Because the clavicle is not straight, but rather a lazy s-shape, shortening its length does not produce a 1:1 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...