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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...
Injectable Fat-grafting, also known as lipofilling, has become a standard plastic surgery treatment in a wide variety of aesthetic and reconstructive needs of the face and body. Although technical improvements have increased the concentration of fat cells injected, the amount of fat graft survival is still unpredictable and far less than 100%. Various methods have been Read More…
Breast augmentation remains as one of the most popular female body enhancement procedures in the world. It creates an instantaneous and assured effect because of the placement of an implant into the breast tissues. While an implant creates a dramatic and sustained long-term effect, it is an implant which incurs all of the potential risks Read More…
Chin dimples are a not uncommon but anatomically perplexing facial feature. Sitting as a round central depression on the soft tissue chin pad, it serves no functional purpose other than a distinctive facial adornment. Like all facial dimples the cause has been shown to be caused by an underlying muscle deformity, specifically that of the Read More…
Fat injections have become a widely used cosmetic procedure for a variety of aesthetic facial concerns. Fat grafts are viewed as safer than any other injectable material since it is an extract of the patient’s own tissues. Despite its safety fat injections are not perfect and they are prone to aesthetic complications of which irregular Read More…
Buttock augmentation by fat injections, more commonly known as the Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL), has become widely popular over the past decade. The simultaneous body contouring by a liposuction fat harvest and the use of the fat for buttock augmentation offers a dual body contouring benefit. Compared with the use of buttock implants, a fat Read More…
Background: One of the most commonly requested body contouring surgeries today is that of the Brazilian Butt Lift. (aka BBL) While sounding both Brazilian and touting a butt lift, it is really buttock augmentation by fat injections. Fat is derived from liposuction of any body area that one wants reduced. The buttock augmentation is then Read More…
Tightness and pain after scalp surgery is fairly uncommon. The scalp can become tight after a variety of procedures for aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. Usually these procedures have one thing in common…closure of a scalp wound after tissue loss. The tissue loss may be from removal of a benign or malignant tumor or for a Read More…
Background: Breast implants provide a volume enhancement to the breasts that in many cases will last a lifetime. While no breast implants last forever, most women choose to replace them when that need occurs. But a few women eventually choose to remove their breast implants due to problems such as capsular contracture, pain and implant Read More…
Buttock enlargement by fat injections (aka the Brazilian Butt Lift) is the most popular method for this procedure. The dual benefit of the body contouring effect from the liposuction harvest to obtain the fat needed for injection is one of its most appealing attributes besides its non-implant method. But it is not a complication Read More…
Fat grafting is one of the great innovations in plastic surgery of the past decade as a stand alone procedure or as a complement to many other plastic surgery procedures. As a natural graft material with usually good availability, it is an unrivaled aesthetic and reconstructive soft tissue reconstruction method. But despite its many 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...