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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...
The buccal lipectomy is a well known facial contouring procedure that is effective because of its discrete encapsulation of fat. Like Buccal fat extraction provides a unique aesthetic procedure that is unlike the traditional liposuction method and is performed no where else on the face or body. The fat is also quite distinctive in appearance Read More…
Buttock augmentation is a popular and commonly performed aesthetic body contouring procedure. Because it can be done by multiple different methods, it is probably best thought of as a menu of treatment option as the name alone does not convey which technique or techniques is being used. Enhancing the shape of the buttocks is primarily Read More…
The labiomental fold is a well known sulcus or depression below the lower lip at the upper end of the soft tissue chin pad. It is a fixed anatomic structure that represents the attachment of the mentalis muscle at the bone level and the depth of the lower lip vestibule intraorally. Because it is a Read More…
The Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL), which is fat transfer to the buttocks by injection, is one of the most popular body contouring procedures in the U.S.. Despite its popularity and effectiveness at enlarging the buttocks, it is also the most dangerous of all aesthetic plastic surgery procedures. It has a risk of causing pulmonary embolism Read More…
Cheek implants are a time-honored facial augmentation procedure that has been done almost as long as chin implants. With good patient and implant selection effective midface augmentation can be achieved. But the end result of cheek implant augmentation is only as good as the implant dimensions (shape and size) and its surgical placement. But even Read More…
The aging process affects the neck like the rest of the face in similar fashion with the development of loose skin and wrinkles due ti loss of collagen and the skin’s elasticty. Unlike the face such wrinkle lines are long and in a horizontal orientation developing perpendicular to the action of the platysma muscle. Treatment Read More…
Fat grafting of the face is a very common plastic surgery procedure done to add or restore volume for a variety of aesthetic and reconstructive needs. There are a variety of techniques contained within fat grafting that are believed to affect the outcome. (how well the injected fat survives) How the fat is harvested, donor Read More…
Background: The lips can be affected by several shape features that have either occurred naturally or are the result of aging. One undesirable aspect of the lips is when their corners turn down. While often developing as a result of aging being weighed down by falling facial tissues, some people have it naturally. Lip volume Read More…
Buttock augmentation has evolved over the last two decades in two different volumetric treatment approaches. Injectable fat grafting has become the most common method of buttock augmentation due to the combined benefits of reductive body contouring and gluteal enlargement. Concurrently, buttock implant techniques have evolved with intramuscular pocket locations and improved implant materials and sizes Read More…
Aesthetic changes to the width of the shoulder can be done by a variety of surgical techniques. For shoulder width reduction only one surgical method exists…clavicular reduction osteotomies. Conversely shoulder augmentation can be done by three different methods which are performed at different shoulder locations. Deltoid muscle augmentation can be done by either injectable fat 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...