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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...
A facelift operation is the most recognizable facial rejuvenation procedure by the pubic. Medically known as a rhytidectomy, it is a lower facial procedure that works to achieve better neck-jowl contouring. It is an operation that has been around for almost a century and has evolved considerably over that time. The basic tenets of the Read More…
Background: The sagging neck is one of the telltale signs of facial aging. While it occurs in everyone eventually, the extent to which it occurs is affected by numerous factors. One factor is the thickness of the neck tissues. As one might surmise thicker neck skin and underlying tissues tends to develop earlier onset and Read More…
Background: The well known facelift procedure is popular for one main reason….it is an anti-aging facial operation that just works. Having been widely practiced now for almost one hundred years it has stood the best of time in terms of appeal and effectiveness. While undergoing many technical and anatomic changes/improvements over the years, the conceptual Read More…
The facelift procedure, no matter how it is done and its extent, involves an incision along the front of the ear. Even the most limited facelift needs a preauricular incision. Once debated whether the preauricular incision should be in front of (pretragal) or behind the tragus (retrotragal), that has long given way to the retrotragal Read More…
A full or lower facelift is the standard approach to treating significant loose neck skin and neck wattles that come with aging. Despite the well known effectiveness of lower facelift surgery, it does not have Appel to some patients due to the extent of the surgery and the resultant scars in and around the ears. Read More…
Background: The ear is comprised of many individual shapes created by the shape of the underlying cartilage. It is unclear as to the functional significance of many of these cartilage prominences. But the most anterior one, the tragus, has a clear functional role in the deflection of sound waves back into the external auditory canal. Read More…
Background: The basic concept of a lower facelift is one of tissue repositoning. Loose face and neck tissues are freed up and then repositioned up over the ears. The ear becomes partially buried under this flap of skin of which the redundancy is trimmed and the full ear is re-exposed. This places a closure line Read More…
The search for non-surgical or minimally invasive techniques for facial rejuvenation has been ongoing for decades. Some patients understandably want to avoid facelift surgery for reasons of recovery, cost and the invasive nature of the surgery. The use of the Threadlift procedure using barbed sutures to lift up sagging cheeks and jowls as a far Read More…
Background: The surgical origin of a facelift is what transpires around the ears. Making skin incisions around and in (retrotrgal) the ear creates the access needed to both mobilize and reposition loose skin but also to treat the deeper tissue layers. Closing a facelift is about bringing the shape of the ear back out through Read More…
Background: One of the most recognized anti-aging facial procedures is that of the facelift. While commonly recognized it is not commonly understood by the public. Many misconceptions exist about this operation from how it is performed, its immediate and long-term facial effects and to who may even be a good candidate for it. The facelift 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...