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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 American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery is an organization composed of board-certified plastic surgeons whose practices are either exclusively cosmetic surgery or have a significant cosmetic surgery component. The logo of the society is the famous image of the Egyption Queen Nephretiti whose beauty and elegance has been revered since the time of her Read More…
Misshapen ears are a common aesthetic problem. Given the complexity of the shape of the ear, which is largely determined by its cartilage component, it is amazing that it develops in utero and appears after birth as well formed as it often is. While manipulation of the external ear can be done by a variety Read More…
Laser skin resurfacing has now been around for several decades and involves a simple treatment principle…uniform removal of the outer layers of the skin. This can be done from very superficial to deep depending upon the power settings of the laser and the depth of the skin contour problem. Fractional laser treatment represents a paradigm Read More…
You may think that the rise in plastic surgery procedures being done comes all from new patients. And while more people are having plastic surgery than ever before, a fair portion of these procedures are actually being done on prior patients. Most plastic surgery practices will tell you that one-third or more of cosmetic procedures Read More…
Breast reduction surgery helps reduce the symptoms of neck, back and shoulder pain that large hanging breasts create. Much like a rope around a women’s neck onto which are attached several lb. sacks, the continuous pull of the weight of the breasts causes musculoskeletal pain from the neck into the back. But the amount of Read More…
Everyone is aware that cosmetic surgery is a burgeoning business based on the sheer number of advertisements and coverage by the media. Recent statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons shows that the number of cosmetic procedures performed in the U.S. has doubled over the past ten years. But this dramatic increase has Read More…
Cosmetic surgery abounds in the U.S. as seen everywhere from print and electronic media. One would think that this is an almost exclusive American phenomenon that is less popular anywhere else in the world but that impression would be wrong. While the U.S. has the greatest number of procedures performed of any country in the Read More…
A tummy tuck is a well known body contouring procedure in plastic surgery but it is far from just a simple tuck. In most cases a wide excision of loose skin and fat is done often encompassing up to one-third of the surface area of the abdominal wall. This is often combined with liposuction along Read More…
Plastic surgery has very little to do with…plastic. Plastic as a well known material has been around since its discovery and synthesis from petrochemicals in 1951. But plastic surgery as a medical procedure has been around for hundreds of years before. In looking at the many hundreds of plastic surgery procedures, very few of them Read More…
The popularity of fat grafting today has more to do than just with it’s generous supply in most patients, being composed of a natural substance or its ability to be placed by injection. There are all admirable qualities of a grafting material for sure. But within fat it has been discovered that stem cells exist…and 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...