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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...
Fat transfer is tremendously popular as a material option for facial voluminization. Almost any patient has adequate donor material and as an autologous graft there are no real medical downsides to using it. The face is a well vascularized recipient site so, in theory, injected fat should survive well. But as we all know such Read More…
Aging of the mouth area has been shown to be both a function of volume loss and tissue lengthening. The upper lip lengthens and gets thinner with less volume. The nasolabial fold gets deeper. These well known effects have lead to many rejuvenative treatments to counteract these effects. One such perioral aging treatment for a Read More…
Fat injections to the face are a common treatment for a variety of soft tissue deficiencies from aging. They are done alone or in combination with other facial rejuvenation procedures. Their popularity lies in the virtually scarless harvest method (liposuction), the relatively low volume need for facial applications, and ease of placement. (injection) There also Read More…
Underdevelopment of the calf muscles in congenital clubfoot is a common sequelae no matter how timely or well primary treatment for it is done. Such underdevelopment of the lower leg, particularly in asymmetry or unilateral involvement, can be a source of patient sensitivity and lowered self-esteem. Calf muscle hypoplasia can be treated successfully in both Read More…
The labiomental fold is the natural indentation between the lower lip and the chin. It usually is about 1/3 the distance between the lip and chin, being closer to the lip than that of the chin. It represents the attachments of the mentalis muscle to the underlying bone (its origin) and is also reflective of Read More…
Linear scleroderma is a well recognized craniofacial deformity that involves the atrophy of tissues along the distribution of the trigeminal nerve in many cases. This unusual disease process is not understood but treatment focuses on restoration of lost tissue volume. Today injectable fat grafting is a mainstay of its treatment. While the survival of injected Read More…
Aesthetic buttock surgery has evolved over the past four decades into a wide variety of reshaping procedures available today. Historically only excisional procedures for removing excess tissue at the top or bottom of the buttocks existed. Implants became available in the 1990s but they remained used in the U.S by only a handful of patients. Read More…
Background: The intraoral approach to chin surgery for either implant placement or bony reshaping is common. Reaching the chin bone requires going through the origin of the mentalis muscle. (technically some attachment of the muscle to the bone is left to put back together during closure) While such intraoral access is common and very effective, Read More…
As the face ages it undergoes a set of well known changes including loose skin and deeper tissues as well as loss of fat. Some of these changes have served as the basis for the historic facelift procedure. The recent understanding of the effects on aging by structural fat loss has led to fat grafting Read More…
Background: The labiometal fold is a feature of the lower third of the face on the chin that exists in varying degrees. Whole usually called a fold it is really a sulcus or indentation. The significance of its presence is determined by numerous factors which include the strength of its subdermal attachments, the size of 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...