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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...
The buccal lipectomy is as well known procedure that is very popular and commonly done for soft tissue cheek contouring. It is a unique type of facial fat because is very localized and concentrated into a single fascial space. As a result it can be easily extracted through small intraoral incisions. But I do occasionally Read More…
Soft tissue cheek reduction is most commonly associated with the well known buccal lipectomy procedure. Through an intraoral incision in the maxillary vestibule, the encapsulated buccal fat pas is accessed by passing through the upper fibers of the buccinator muscle. Once inside its capsule, the main body of the buccal fat pad is extracted after Read More…
The buccal lipectomy is a well known facial contouring procedure that is effective because of its discrete encapsulation of fat. Like Buccal fat extraction provides a unique aesthetic procedure that is unlike the traditional liposuction method and is performed no where else on the face or body. The fat is also quite distinctive in appearance Read More…
Contouring of the full or chubby cheeks consists of soft tissue reduction methods. Since it is not possible to remove skin in the cheek area focus is exclusively on fat extraction techniques.There are two facial fat extraction procedures (minus any fat removal that is done from around the eyes in blepharoplasty surgery) which are the Read More…
Undereye hollowing is a very common aesthetic orbital concern. There are multiple reasons why undereye hollowing exists from lack of adequate fat/soft tissue thickness to an infraorbital rim bony deficiency. And in some patients it is a combination of both. There are even situations where cheek implants have been placed and now the infraorbital area Read More…
The buccal fat pad is as well known collection of facial fat that is the frequent site of surgical extraction. Unlike aesthetic fat removal from almost anywhere else in the body, which is by liposuction, the buccal fat pad is removed en bloc. Unlike subcutaneous fat and as the name implies it is a discrete Read More…
Buccal lipectomies, a facial reshaping procedure once denounced as deleterious, has gained popularity in more recent times. In an effort to thin out or sculpt full cheeks, removal of the discrete buccal fat creates the most significant amount of facial fat reduction. The cheek subcutaneous tissues are not particularly favorable for liposuction due to its Read More…
Getting more defined cheekbones in either men or women can be challenging. In some patients they have decent cheekbone structure but their face is too full to show them well. In these cases facial defatting (buccal lipectomies, perioral liposuction) is often done to reduce the fullness below the cheekbones. In others they may have a Read More…
Background: A chin implant is the most common facial augmentation procedure. This is evidenced by the large number of chin implant styles and sizes that exist from which the surgeon can choose. Such standard implants will work for the vast majority of chin augmentation needs. But when certain chin dimensional needs exist standard implants may Read More…
Cheek Augmentation Male cheeks typically have more fullness higher on the main body of the cheek bone (zygoma) and back along the tail of the cheekbone (zygomatic arch for more defined and angular cheek highlights. Standard styes of cheek implants are usually not sufficient in FMS as their creation of an ‘apple cheek’ look is associated 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...