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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...
Despite the best efforts at cleft lip repair, whether done as an infant, teenager or as an adult cleft lip revision, the ability to detect the cleft lip scar usually persists. This is most manifest in men because the thickness of the upper lip beard skin on both sides of the cleft lip scar make Read More…
Hair transplantation is a well know procedure for men but hair loss concerns are not gender restricted. Hair loss obviously occurs in some women as well and is much more common that many people would think. Statistics from hair loss organizations show that women comprise about one-third of all hair loss patients that seek some Read More…
Hair transplantation is an historic procedure that is done very much today as it was decades ago. While the number of grafts transplanted in a single session has increased over the years, from a few hundred to thousands in a single session, the fundamental concept of moving individual hairs from the back or sides of Read More…
The creation of a fuller and more hair dense eyebrow is done by single follicular transplants from the scalp. The grafts are usually harvested from the scalp hair above the ear. The single grafts are placed in a flush radiating pattern along the thin or deficient eyebrow from the inner aspect near the nose to Read More…
Every plastic surgery procedure has numerous issues that every patient who is undergoing a procedure should know. These explanations are always on a consent form that you should read in detail before surgery. This consent form, while many perceive as strictly a legal protection for the doctor, is actually more intended to improve the understanding Read More…
Eyebrows are the one piece of hirsuitic artistry that adorns the forehead. They separate the forehead from the eyelids and produce a partial frame for the entire orbital area. The desired shape and size of the eyebrows has changed over the years. Pencil-thin eyebrows were once the way to go, requiring considerable maintenance with waxing Read More…
Hair transplantation has a long history of use with many recent advancements. The old style hair transplant of a plug has long given way to single follicular transplants which look more natural and have better survival rates. Rather than strip grafts, harvest techniques include follicular extraction methods. These advancements have allowed hair transplants to Read More…
Eyebrows occupy a very visible location on one’s face and are critical to the appearance of the eye area. They frame the eye and serve as an important aesthetic landmark between the eye and the frontal scalp hairline. Significant loss or changes in eyebrow hair density are usually very noticeable and can be quite Read More…
Hair Restoration for the Thinned or Absent Eyebrow I used to see one or two patients a year who had lost their eyebrows due to an accident such a burn injury or an avulsion from a motor vehicle accident. While these still do occur, I am now seeing more patients that have very thin eyebrows 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...