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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 is one of the most popular body contouring operations. It creates an instantaneous effect that often can cause quite a dramatic change in a woman’s chest appearance. But its effects are due to a medical device and, as such, makes it prone to a higher rate of complications than any plastic surgery operation Read More…
Background: Body builders and figure enthusiasts create chest and arm muscular volume and definition by cutting fat and inducing muscular hypertrophy. But what differentiates male and female bodybuilders from a chest standpoint is that females should have a breast mound while men are flat. But due to the regimented stripping of fat as part of Read More…
In this very cold and arctic winter, it is no surprise that I have heard more than one breast augmentation patient ask if their implants could freeze. The answer, of course, is no since they are placed within one’s body under the muscle and the temperature around them never drops below 98 degrees F. The Read More…
Background: Breast augmentation results depends heavily on the implanted device to create it. More than any other aspect of breast enhancement surgery, women spend the most time contemplating what size breasts they want. From this they attempt to figure out what volume of breast implants will create that look. While numerous methods exist to help Read More…
Of the numerous complications that can occur in breast augmentation, capsular contracture is the most vexing of them all. The formation of excessive circumferential scar formation around the implant can be problematic in terms of the look and feel of the breast with potential hardness and shape distortion. The reason for capsular contracture in Read More…
Background: Breast augmentation continues to be a very popular body contouring procedure with around 300,000 women in the U.S. having it every year. While the number of women getting breast implants has remained fairly steady over the past few years, the age range of women getting them appears to have changed to some degree. While Read More…
For over fifty years since 1962, breast implants have been used to enhance female physiques and improve self-images. While there are many factors that contribute to a successful breast augmentation result, one of the major considerations is the implant itself. Long being the conceptually simple design of a containment bag (shell) with some form of Read More…
While there are numerous complications that occur from having breast implants, most patients never think of one that has been around for decades…capsular contracture. This is the development of abnormal amounts of scarring around an implant. While normally significant scarring around a medical implant may be irrelevant or even advantageous, it is not so around Read More…
One common question that may women ask when getting breast augmentation is whether the implants will interfere with breast feeding. The answer, whether the implants are placed below or above the pectoralis muscle, is that they do not since either location puts them underneath the breast gland tissue. There is no disruption of the breast Read More…
Background: When women consider breast augmentation, they understandably spent an enormous amount of time focusing on the size of the implanted result. Along with that assessment comes the consideration of the breast shape which they assume comes from the effect of the implant. While this is somewhat true, there is also a strong influence of 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...