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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...
In clinical trials for years as an injectable fat reduction treatment, ATX101 has finally received formal FDA approval. Now known as Kybella from Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, medical grade deoxycholic acid has been approved to treat double chins. Specifically it is intended to create an improvement in the appearance of moderate to severe submental fullness in Read More…
Buttock augmentation has gained tremendous popularity as a surgical procedure in just the past decade. This has largely been due to the use of fat injections for buttock augmentation, an approach that offers a diametric effect with enlargement of one body area (injection site) and reduction of many other body areas (liposuction harvest) during the Read More…
While the placement of implants will always enlarge the breasts, and in most cases very successfully, they may not always create volume on the new breast mound in all of the places where the patient wants it. This is most manifest in the inner side of the breast mound or the so called cleavage Read More…
Fat grafting in the face has become popular for a variety of reasons, one of which is it purported positive effects on the overlying skin. This has been verified in radiation damaged skin which has shown improvement in vascularity and texture. It has been assumed by anectodal observations that similar effects of fat grafting are Read More…
The non-FDA approved and compounding pharmacy approach of the early 2000s for an injectable fat reduction concept (LipoDissolve) has long disappeared as a franchise concept. But the popularity of an injectable fat treatment was not forgotten. This has spurned into a more scientific approach to injectable lipolysis with several companies putting their drugs through Read More…
Background: The hips are an important part of a female’s body and their shape is often very gender specific…women’s are curved while men are straight. To be specific, the hips refer to the anatomic region overlying the hip or femur-pelvic joint. It is located to the sides of the buttocks but below the iliac crest Read More…
Injectable fillers are a very effective method of adding volume to facial wrinkles, folds and regional areas such as the cheeks. The most popular injectable fillers are made of hyaluronic acid materials which have the lowest incidence of complications as they are completely resorbable. Lumps and bumps may occur with their use due to overcorrection Read More…
The use of implants is one effective method for buttock augmentation. It is far surpassed by fat injections (aka Brazilian Butt Lift, BBL) in number of buttock enhancements done, however, due to the appeal and usual availability of adequate fat to harvest to do the procedure. The exact numbers are not known but I would Read More…
Fat grafting and its liposuction harvest has become mainstream in 2015 for both aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery needs. While ongoing clinical studies and experience will continue to evaluate its effectiveness, there is no debating that its use has become adopted by most plastic surgeons. Several of the reasons for its popularity is that most Read More…
Lower eyelid retraction, known as ectropion, occurs for a variety of reasons. The most common reasons are after an elective aesthetic lower blepharoplasty and/or midface lift or after repair of an orbital floor or cheek bone fracture. The lower eyelid retracts downward due to loss of support in one or several of its layers 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...