Explore the fascinating world of cosmetic and plastic surgery with world-renowned double board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Barry Eppley
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...
Background A vertically long or enlarged ear (macrotia) can result from several causes. Different regions of the ear may contribute to the enlargement—ranging from the middle concha and superior third crus cartilages to the lower third earlobe. To achieve an effective ear reduction, it is essential to identify the exact source of the enlargement so Read More…
While facelift surgery has many variations in technique in its objective in most patients it is a neck-jowl lifting procedure. There are numerous deeper tissue manipulations (SMAS and deep plane) but a major component of the procedure is the location, or more importantly, the extent of the incisions used to perform the procedure. In the Read More…
One of the basic tenets of how facelift surgery works is by translocation or repositioning of tissues. Sagging and loose skin along the jawline and neck is relocated up and back towards the ear where it can be removed with a more discrete scar location. This then means that some fixed structures on the side Read More…
Background: Facelift surgery has many variations in how it is performed with particular emphasis on manipulations of the intermediate and deeper tissue planes But the one common thread between most of these techniques is the need for incisions around the ears. Often overlooked is that the results of a facelift is often judged by the Read More…
Background: The ear initially develops from the pharyngeal arches in the neck and during embryologic development raises up to the side of the head. This is why in some congenital facial deformities the ear position is low as part of the disruption of the normal embryologic process. While the development of the lobule of the Read More…
Background: While there are various methods of performing a lower facelift the one aspect that all share are am incision in and around each ear. One can debate whether the pre auricular incision goes in front of or behind the tragus but it will always wrap around the earlobe on its way to the back Read More…
The facelift is a well known facial rejuvenation procedure that has had many technical and some conceptual variations over the years. The biggest innovation and recent is for the deep plane facelift. One could debate what constitutes a deep plane facelift at the SMAS and sub-SMAS layers but the concept is anatomically sound…release and lift Read More…
A well known minimally invasive facial rejuvenation procedure is the thread lift. This term refers to a concept of lifting sagging facial tissues by placing special designed sutures that can grab onto the subcutaneous tissues to be pulled upward along the line of the suture placement. This occurs as a result of a tied knot Read More…
Background: While there are many techniques for lower facelift surgery they all share one basic element…incisions around the ears. No matter what is done inside (SMAS manipulations) the presence of incision in and around the ears is what controls the amount of face and neck skin that is removed and repositioned in the procedure. As Read More…
V line surgery is a well known technique of reductive contouring of the lower third of the face. It is based on reducing the size of the lower jaw from front to back with more bone removed at the jaw angles than at the chin. There are several different types of v line surgery but 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...