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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...
Altering the shape of a woman’s body has been a part of plastic surgery for over fifty years. This has traditionally meant such procedures as breast augmentation, liposuction and tummy tucks. In the most contemporary forms of female body contouring the role of the buttocks and hips, once deemed undesirable, have become popular. This has Read More…
Buttock augmentation is most commonly done using fat injections. Known by the term, Brazilian Butt Lift or BBL for short, large volume fat injections can be done to increase buttock size over a broad surface area. While limited by how much fat the patient has to harvest and how much of that injected fat will Read More…
Like implants placed anywhere on the body, buttock implants can also have complications. When one compares the two methods of buttock augmentation, fat injection vs implants, it is no surprise that the placement of an implant is associated with a higher rate of potential complications. But for those women and men who have inadequate fat Read More…
Background: Buttock implants are the alternative to the more popular BBL (Brazilian Butt Lift) procedure which uses fat injections to create the augmentation effect. The use of fat for buttock augmentation is preferred and should always be the first consideration as it is a natural material and has a very low risk of complications. But Read More…
Background: Buttock implants offer a method of buttock augmentation when one has inadequate fat to harvest. It has become more popular over the past decade than ever before as the patient demand for buttock augmentation has risen dramatically. But unlike fat transfer there are multiple considerations when buttock implants are considered. These include size, shape Read More…
Buttock augmentation today has taken on a near significance as to that of breast augmentation. It is the second most augmented body part next to that of the breasts. Debates can be had as to why this is so but it is a phenomenon that crosses many ethnic and cultural groups. What constitutes buttock beauty Read More…
The most common form of buttock augmentation is by fat injections. Known worldwide as BBL surgery (Brazilian Butt Lift), it offer a natural buttock enhancement procedure with the dual benefit of reductive body contouring from the fat harvest. But despite its appeal not everyone is a good candidate for it. It requires a certain amount Read More…
Background: Buttock implants are the alternative option in gluteal augmentation to injectable fat grafting. (aka Brazilian Butt Lift) They are used when the patient has inadequate fat donor harvest sites due to a thin body frame. They are also used in rare cases where a BBL procedure has not produced adequate buttock augmentation and fat Read More…
Buttock augmentation has become the fastest growing cosmetic body procedure over the past five years. While the us of fat injections (aka Brazilian But Lift) accounts for the majority of these buttock augmentation procedures, buttock implants also has a role for thinner patients who have inadequate fat stores for harvest. Just like fat grafting the Read More…
Background: Aesthetic buttock deformities consist of two types of undesired structural changes. Inadequate volume is the far more recognized buttock problem which can occur from either inadequate natural development (or natural development that one sees an inadequate) or from volume loss due to aging or weight loss. The other is tissue sag over the infragluteal 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...