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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...
It is commonly believed that facelift surgery lifts skin and tightens facial muscles as well. This is only partially true. The only muscle truly tightened in a facelift is the plastyma muscle of the neck. This is usually split in the midline with age and is sewn back together to get rid of vertical neck Read More…
An improved neck shape is a desire for many aging men and women. With time, loose skin and sagging fat develop that create a full neck with a more obtuse angle. When seeing patients who seek a better neck and jawline, they are usually surprised when the concept of a facelift is presented. They Read More…
Wrinkles are a part of aging and there is no way to completely prevent many of them from happening. While topical creams and lotions once were the only players for wrinkle prevention and treatment, that has changed significantly over the past decade. Botox, injectable fillers and various energy-based device treatments (e.g., laser) have moved in Read More…
One of the most common facial aging problems is the development of jowls and a sagging neck. While a facelift is the most effective treatment, early aging changes do not justify the traditional approach. As a result, facelift surgery techniques have advanced in the past decade to limit the extent of incision and scarring that Read More…
As we age, there are several constants that will occur in everyone’s face. The bottom half of the face gets heavier as jowls appear along a once smooth jawline and the neck angle drops. To counteract these aging concerns, the traditional facelift has been around for nearly a century. One popular trend in facelift surgery Read More…
There are more people than ever before seeking some form of facial rejuvenation. This has been driven by the emergence of injectable and minimally invasive facial procedures, a desire to maintain one’s appearance for social and employment reasons, and a paradigm shift from the treatment of facial aging to its prevention. Women are now presenting Read More…
The shape of the neck is an important aesthetic structure of the face. When it is well defined with a sharp angle definition (between 90 to 120 degrees in profile), it makes the chin and jawline more prominent and flattering. When the neck angle is obtuse or completely open (straight), the jawline becomes obscured Read More…
A facelift procedure is the operation for reshaping one’s aging jowls and neck. It is a confusing name because so many people associate it with changes in facial areas above the jawline which it largely does not do. But the confusion about facelifts today has become even more exaggerated with the plethora of names Read More…
In today’s world of internet and TV shows, plastic surgery is a frequent topic of great interest to the public. While I have seen very few of such shows, I do hear of them from time to time as patients ask me specific questions on procedures that they have been presented on them. Today one Read More…
Background:One of the most common and bothersome signs of getting older is the discovery of jowls and loss of the once tight neck. This aging problem is surgically reversed by a facelift procedure. Contrary to the perception of many, a facelift only affects the lower third of the face by smoothing out the jawline 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...