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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...
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…
While not a classic feminizing procedure, facial defatting or slimming can be a useful facial reshaping technique for those patients who have naturally rounder faces or chubby cheeks. The three facial areas that can be successfully reduced by different techniques are the two primary cheek areas, the buccal fat pads and the perioral mounds, as Read More…
The ability to reduce facial fat and deround or sculpt a face by fat removal is limited to a few procedures. The most common procedures to do so on the face are buccal lipectomies and perioral liposuction. While there are companion procedures and are often done together they affect different parts of the cheeks. A Read More…
The buccal fat is most commonly known as an aesthetic procedure for its removal to thin out the cheek areas. In performing this procedure an important piece of its anatomy becomes relevant….its vascular blood supply. Along the sides and on the back end of the fat pad as it is extracted its vascular pedicle can Read More…
Facial aging is associated with the development of soft tissue laxities and descent. This appears on the face in a variety of ways of which one is the most common and recognized as the development of jowls. As jowls develop the face changes shape often from a heart-shaped to a more square shape in women. Read More…
Background: The buccal lipectomy is a well known aesthetic defatting procedure to reduce the fullness of the cheeks. While it has a long surgical history it only more recently has become widely popular amongst surgeons and patients alike. Once shunned because of the risk of premature aging effects or inducing an undesired facial lipoatrophic appearance, Read More…
The buccal fat pad is most recognized for its role in facial reshaping surgery. Through an intraoral buccal lipectomy extraction, the main body of the buccal fat pad is removed causing a reduction in external cheek fullness. Such aesthetic procedures always produce impressive lobular fat specimens with volumes between 3 to 6ccs. But this unique 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...