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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...
Breast implants continue to be one of the most popular cosmetic surgeries, accounting for over 300,000 procedures last year in the U.S. alone. While breast implants seem like they have been around forever, it is now a mere 50 years since the first breast augmentation surgery was performed in the spring of 1962 in Texas. Read More…
Pregnancy has an effect on the female’s body that is unriveled in men. Stretching of the abdominal muscles and skin and enlargement of the breasts followed by an overall deflation with delivery usually causes irreversible tissue changes. Many of these tissues pass the elastic deformation stage from which there is no snapback or return to Read More…
Breast implants obviously add weight to one’s chest, just like real breast tissue would. But how much do breast implants weigh? The answer to these questions is based on the material’s density and atomic composition. This is why comparing cc (a volume measurement) does not necessarily compare to grams. (a weight measurement) Similar-sized silicone breast Read More…
Breast implants remain a popular plastic surgery procedure with over 350,000 women being implanted last year in the U.S. alone. Up until several months ago, only two U.S. manufacturers existed after many other producers folded from the breast implant controversy from the early 1990s. Allergan and Johnson & Johnson (subdivision Mentor) have maintained a duality Read More…
Just like the U.S. had its own breast implant problems back in 1991, Europe is now dealing with one of its own in the recent PIP breast implant problem. Unlike the U.S problem which centered around the now unproven issue of systemic and autoimmune diseases from ruptured breast implants, the French-manufactured PIP implant problem is Read More…
The sagging breast poses one of the most difficult problems in cosmetic plastic surgery. While many patients assume that the simple placement of a breast implant will create the effect of a breast lift while making it bigger, this perception is usually wrong. This may work for the smallest amount of breast sagging. But for Read More…
Background: Breast augmentation continues to be one of the most popular body plastic surgery procedures. Its popularity has increased because it is a very successful operation that has instantaneous results. No other plastic surgery procedure offers as much change in as short of an operative time. It is most sought after in younger females between Read More…
Silicone breast implants are composed of both a silicone gel (filler) and a more solid silicone containment bag. But this silicone should not be confused with silicon, number 14 on the Periodic Table, a crystalline metalloid element. While silicone does contain some silicon atoms, it has many more carbon, hydrogen and oxygen molecules which give Read More…
The concept of performing breast augmentation under local anesthesia continues to appear with some regularity in the media. Avoiding general anesthesia and its associated risks is the theme and that certainly seems laudable. If you could have an elective cosmetic procedure done without the expense and potential side effects of general anesthesia that is undoubtably Read More…
Breast augmentation remains one of the top cosmetic plastic procedures requested with over 300,000 performed in the U.S. in 2011. The majority of these breast enhancement operations were done with silicone gel implants, accounting for nearly 70% of devices placed. Unlike ten years earlier, almost all breast implants placed were saline-filled. But that changed dramatically 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...