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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...
Festoons are a unique lower eyelid condition that appears as bags below the more common location of infraorbital fat herniation on the cheek. Also known as malar bags they are perceived as being abnormal collections of lymphedematous fatty tissue below the lid-cheek junction. They are particularly resistant to being removed with traditional lower blepharoplasty surgery Read More…
Background: The eyes are the first area of the face to develop aging and are also often the first for patients to consider anti-aging surgery. Regardless of gender, the development of extra eyelid skin, wrinkling and a tired and older appearance are the hallmarks of the aging eyelid. When patients seek eyelid rejuvenation it can Read More…
Like the rest of the face, the eye area undergoes numerous well known age-related changes. Besides the extra skin that develops on the eyelids one of the classic changes is that of infraorbital fat herniation or lower eye bags. While it does not occur in everyone (some people develop hollowing rather than a soft Read More…
The shape of the eye is affected by numerous anatomic factors. One of these factors is the position of the inner and outer corners of the eye. Various eye shapes exist and the position of the outer corner of the eye relative to the horizontal position of the pupil and the inner corner of the Read More…
While cosmetic eyelid surgery is very common, there are major differences between the upper and lower blepharoplasty procedure. This is primarily due to the much more static but suspensory nature of the lower eyelid. This makes it much more unforgiving than the upper eyelid and even slight disruptions of support or scar contracture creates lid Read More…
The lack of a well defined upper eyelid crease in combination with an epicanthal fold is the most common aesthetic Asian eyelid ‘deformity’. I put the word deformity in parentheses because it is very common to have a monolid in Asians and it is not really a true deformity in the biologic sense. But it Read More…
Lower eyelid aging creates a number of well known aesthetic deformities. From excessive skin, herniated orbital fat, malar-palpebral grooves to tear troughs, the anatomic changes to the lower eyelid have been well chronicled. Tear troughs and the correction of this nasojugal groove have been treated by both injected fillers and fat as well as different Read More…
The shape of the eyes is affected by many anatomic structures. While much focus is on the larger eyelids, the inner corner of the eyes has a significant impact on eye appearance. While they may the small the inner and outer corner of the eyes affects eye width as well as the angulation of the Read More…
The frowning expression creates the well known ‘11s’or vertical wrinkles of the forehead. This is caused by the corrugator muscles drawing the eyebrows down and inward. It is partially a protective function for the eye from the glare of the sun and bright lights but also commonly appears when one is concentrating as well as Read More…
Background: The desire for wider or more open eyes to improve one’s expression is not uncommon. Most of the people who seek such eye surgery have an abnormal eye appearance known as ptosis. This is where the upper eyelid hangs down lower than normal and covers up some of the iris or the colored part 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...