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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...
Background: Facelift surgery has been performed for over a century. While there have been many advancements in facelift surgery due to a better understanding of the anatomy the one component of it that has never changed is the location of the incisions. They have always been placed around the ear and serve as the most Read More…
Facial feminization surgery (FFS) is mainly a reductive procedure of bony structures. This is done on such facial areas as the brow bones, cheeks and jawline/chin. To do so the subperiosteal stripping of the attached soft tissues is done. Between the soft tissue release and the subsequent bone reduction, the overlying soft tissues need to Read More…
In facelift surgery management of the neck is an important component of the procedure. Getting an improved neck, as judged by the sharpness of the cervicomental angle, is often one of the primary objectives of the surgery. In the neck the anatomic contributions that come with aging are loose skin, fat accumulation and changes in Read More…
One form of facial reshaping is reduction for a slimmer, narrow or overall smaller face. Reductive facial reshaping procedures include bony operations such as cheek and jaw reduction. While these bony reductions are done intraorally, their effects are ultimately going to be seen based on how well the soft tissues shrink around the smaller bone Read More…
The incisional access for much of facelift surgery is done in and around the ears. This access provides a method to undermine extended skin flaps across the face down along the jawline and int the neck. With this exposure different methods of SMAS elevate. can be done which allows a skin pullback and redrawing around Read More…
A fundamental component of any lower facelift surgery are the incisions placed in and around the ear. These incisions do not completely encircle the ear but usually approximate about 75% of its perimeter. Through these incisions the skin flaps are raised and the SMAS flaps elevated for bidirectional facial tissue lifting. But regardless of the Read More…
Facelift surgery in its various forms is a well known and highly successful rejuvenative procedure of the lower face. Despite its effectiveness it can be complicated by the development of bleeding (hematoma formation) either in the immediate perioperative or early postoperative time period. This well known problem has been addressed by numerous touted strategies since Read More…
Background: The effectiveness of lower facelift surgery is based on the concepts of tissue mobilization and repositioning. This means that the loose face/jawline/neck tissues are moved back to a location where the redundancies can be excised and the scars placed in a relatively hidden location. (ears) While extremely effective and well chronicled with a long Read More…
Background: Facelift surgery is one of the most recognized aesthetic procedures in all of plastic surgery. The name conjures up many different perceptions about the procedure from patients often with various misunderstandings of it. Because of some of these misconceptions and that it is a major invasive surgery of the face, patients have long sought Read More…
The facelift is one of the most recognized facial plastic surgery procedures. Despite this public recognition it is also a facial rejuvenation procedure that is rife with many misconceptions about it. One of the most basic of those misconceptions is what it actually does or accomplishes. It primarily improves the lower third of the face, 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...