Category: iliac crest reduction | plastic surgery case study

Iliac Crest Reduction: Case Study

Introduction Modifications of the iliac crest represent one of several aesthetic skeletal contouring procedures, alongside ribcage narrowing, clavicle shortening or lengthening, and limb-length modification. Iliac crest expansion (pelvic plasty) is a relatively new hip-widening procedure that uses a metal implant. In contrast, iliac crest reduction reduces excessive bony hip width or prominent crestal ridges. This Read More…

The Recovery from Iliac Crest Reduction Surgery

Iliac crest reduction is an uncommonly requested aesthetic procedure to reduce the widest part of the pelvis or hip bone. The iliac crest is the bony ridge on the upper lateral border of the ilium. It is more pronounced in females than men which is one factor that accounts for their wider pelvic width. While Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Prominent Iliac Crest Reductions

Background: The bony part of the hip is the well known iliac crest. This is the superior border of the wing of the ilium and represents the most superior and lateral margin of the pelvic bone. Its front to back distance can be seen in front at the outer lower abdomen as the anterior superior Read More…

The Anatomy Basis of Aesthetic Iliac Crest Reduction

While many women would like to have broader hips, some would like to have them made more narrow. While the concept of the ‘hips’ in both augmentation and reduction seems to be the same, they are actually not. Hip augmentation means enlargement at some level below the iliac crest, often over the greater trochanter of Read More…