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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...
As the face ages, deflation through fat absorption occurs for many people. This loss of facial fat causes a sunken appearance and significantly affects the cheek and orbital areas. As a result, restoring some fullness to the cheeks has been part of many facial rejuvenation strategies and a wide variety of materials have been Read More…
Stem cells have been well known for a long time and bone marrow has been the traditional source of their harvest. Stem cells have generated such interest because medical researchers believe that stem cell therapy has the potential to dramatically change how we might treat certain the human diseases. As stem cell science has Read More…
Fat transfer for breast reconstruction or for cosmetic breast augmentation is a new technique that continues to evolve. There are many unresolved and unknown issues with injectable fat transplantation in general not to mention some that site-specific to the breast. One of the more important breast issues is whether fat injections can interfere with Read More…
Aging of the lower eyes is marked by loose skin and wrinkles, herniating fat and often the presence of a tear trough groove. This has led to the commonly used blepharoplasty approaches of skin and fat removal. The treatment focus has been on tissue removal and tightening. While generally successful as defined by making Read More…
The continuing evolution of fat grafting in plastic surgery has seen it become more dependable as well as new applications being developed. Popular target areas for fat grafting have focused on the face, breast, and buttocks. Some equate fat injections to that of synthetic injectable fillers. But beyond their injectability, there are used for Read More…
Injectable fat grafting continues to expand in number of uses and in acceptance as a reliable method of adding volume. Once reserved for just small volume additions to the face, it has become more recently popular in breast surgery. Starting initially with its use in breast reconstruction, for lumpectomy defects and as touch-ups after Read More…
Fat grafting is a hot topic in plastic surgery. Over the past ten years, it has emerged from its dark ages in which it was viewed as unsuccessful and in disrepute. Historically, fat grafting in cosmetic surgery was completely unpredictable. The transferred fat would usually completely resorb and, if not, it left lumps and contour Read More…
The use of the words ‘stem cell’ and ‘reconstructive surgery’ is a charismatic combination that brings to mind a simple and seemingly obvious biologic solution. With the knowledge that fat cells are an excellent source of adult stem cells and liposuction is an easy way to get them, the procedure of lipofilling or fat-stem Read More…
While immigration issues, largely that of the Hispanic and Latino origin, have dominated the national headlines for a while and will continue into the future, there is a cosmetic medical issue also brewing within these U.S. communities. In large urban areas such as L.A. New York and Chicago, this influx of legal and illegals Read More…
The concept of non-surgical fat loss remains the holy grail of body slimming. Any alternative to liposuction surgery for body contouring will always have significant appeal. The first real promise of that approach was several years ago with the previously popular, and now largely defunct, use of lipodissolve injection therapy. Using an emulsifying combination 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...