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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...
One of the most unusual scalp conditions is that of cutis verticis gyrata. (CVG) In this scalp condition, which is associated with an overall thickening of the scalp, linear indentations develop in a sagittal direction across the top of the scalp. Depending on the extent of the involvement a few scalp creases develop to as Read More…
The labiomental fold is a transverse indentation that makes a separation between the upper lip and chin. Its depth differs amongst people in which it can be quite shallow or very deep partially influenced by the development of the lower jaw and the upper and lower incisor tooth relationship. Three muscles help create the fold Read More…
Facial lipoatrophy is a well known aesthetic complication from the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus conditions with retroviral medications. While the drugs used to to treat this medical condition have improved and nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors are being used less frequently, this every visible facial deformity still occurs in some patients even if the medications are Read More…
Fat grafting is the primary surgical technique to soft tissue augmentation of the face. The addition of fat cells has the potential to add retained volume while the presence of adipose-derived stem cells offers the opportunity for tissue regeneration. Such tissue regenerative effects may be able to be seen in the overlying skin with an Read More…
Fat injections have become the modern day equivalent in plastic surgery of the ‘magic bullet’. Like antibiotics over 75 years ago (although not quite that dramatic) fat injections have become widely used for a variety of problems in plastic surgery from treating radiation-damaged tissues to cosmetic augmentations of the face and body. Clinical successes Read More…
Fat grafting to the face has become an accepted and popular soft tissue augmentation method. Most of this fat grafting is done by injection given its versatility and ability to be done just anywhere on the face. By harvesting the fat by liposuction from a body site, it is processed and then injected. Given the Read More…
Buttock augmentation by injection fat grafting, known by the urban term of Brazilian Butt Lift or BBL, has been the fastest growing body contouring procedure in the past decade. Because it is ‘fat recycling’ procedure offers the dual benefit of reduction of undesired body contours by the liposuction harvest and the increase in buttock size Read More…
It has been said that many techniques used in plastic surgery, both reconstructive and cosmetic procedures, have their origin in war. The need to develop methods to treat devastating injuries of the face and body serves as the basis for innovation. This is best known in the development of many plastic surgery procedures of the Read More…
Background: The buttocks are a frequent site for intramuscular injections due to the large mass and surface area provided by the gluteus maximus muscle. In children it is a particularly preferred injection site. Many different types of injectates can be introduced from antibiotics to vaccinations to steroids. Usually these are few negative side effects from Read More…
The breast has many aesthetic features of which the sternal gap is one of them. The distance between the breasts is most commonly a consideration in breast augmentation surgery in an effort to create improved cleavage. But it can also be an issue in other forms of aesthetic breast surgery as well including breast lifting/reduction 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...