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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 augmentation using breast implants is the tried and proven method to increase breast size. It does so by an outward displacement of the overlying breast tissue (parenchyma) and skin due to the push of the implant. Plastic surgeons have recognized for years that the push/pressure of the implant causes a reduction or loss Read More…
Background: While the effects of breast implants can last a lifetime, the implants themselves may need to be replaced due to mechanical failure. This is a well known reality of breast implants and the younger of age one has them placed the near 100% probability they will need to be replaced over one’s lifetime. But Read More…
Background: Breast implants are available in a wide variety of sizes based on volume. (ccs) Implant size ranges from 150cc to 800cc for most manufacturers. The vast majority of women achieve their breast augmentation goals in the median of these numbers in the 300cc to 500cc range. Large breast implants would be judged by Read More…
Breast implants in the United States are commerically available from three manufacturers, Allergan, Mentor and Sientra. The newest provider is that of Sientra which has been selling their breast implants only since 2012. Although its corporate headquarters are in California, Sientra has its implants manufactured in Brazil. This manufacturing facility produces Silimed breast implants which Read More…
Breast implants have evolved considerably over the past five decades since they were introduced. Between improvements in the silicone filler materials and in the enveloping containment shell (bag), breast implants are both safer and have more options for women than ever before. Sientra, the newest provider of breast implants in the U.S., has continued to Read More…
Background: After fifty years breast implants have gone through many evoutions and filler material and shell designs. In silicone breast implants the latest design innovation is that of the shaped or anatomic implant. It is also called a tear drop breast implant as well. Like that of a natural aging breast a greater percentage of Read More…
One of the newer types of silicone gel breast implants is that of the shaped implant style. Often called the tear drop or anatomic breast implant, it is designed to distribute the gel volume differentially with about 2/3s of the volume in the lower half of the implant. This is done by having an implant Read More…
Background: Differences in the size and shape of a woman’s breasts between the two sides is very common. Sometimes the breast asymmetry is very obvious and it is well recognized. Many times, however, the breast asymmetry is more subtle and the woman is not even aware of it. Women tend to pay more attention to Read More…
Surgery of the breast is very common in women with breast augmentation being the most common aesthetic operation. There are many potential complications of breast augmentation surgery but fortunately most of them are minor and some of them are even self-solving. Technically if an after surgery problem eventually resolves on its own without surgical treatment Read More…
It has been nearly 2 1/2 years since a new company, Sientra, was permitted to produce and sell breast implants in the U.S. with FDA approval. Sientra joined two other major U.S. manufacturers of breast implants to make a total of three product lines from which to choose for their patients. While there are 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...