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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...
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…
Aging affects every structure of the body and the hands are no exception. Age-related changes to the hands have been well described and includes thinning of the skin, brown spots and wrinkles and visible skeletonization with prominent veins, tendon and bone structures. Loss of fat volume is one of the key features in hand aging 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…
One of the classic giveaways for the women who has had a facelift is how her hands look. While the face can be very successfully rejuvenated by many different techniques, the hands historically have been ignored until more recent times. It is now acknowledged that restoring volume through injectable fillers and fat injections can create 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…
Background: Buttock augmentation has emerged over the past decade as the fastest growing body contouring procedure that now rivals breast augmentation on overall interest and number of procedures performed. While implants can be used for the buttock augmentation material, fat grafting is by far more common and popular. Injection fat grafting offers a natural and Read More…
Background: Gynecomastia is a well known male chest abnormality that has a wide range of expression from puffy nipples to that of an actual breast mound. It is treated by two basic approaches, liposuction and open excision. Which treatment method is sued depends on the size and tissue quality of the gynecomastia problem. Most commonly 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...