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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 popularity of injectable fillers has led some to consider and use their placement way below the skin level down to the bone. In essence, augmenting the bone with an injectable filler. For the cheek and chin area, this seems logical and, indeed, it can be done from a technical standpoint. The question is…is Read More…
The current popularity of injectable treatments is based on placing synthetically-derived compounds and drugs into and under our skin. At best, these are well tolerated agents that create their effect and then are gone after a relatively short period of time. The future of injectable cosmetic treatments will likely be somewhat different. And we Read More…
When one thinks of facial aging, they inevitably look to the jowl and neck area.While this lower facial area is of big concern to many and is the foundation of facial rejuvenation surgery (usually through a facelift-type procedure), the underlooked area is the midface or cheek. As one ages, the cheek area sinks in Read More…
Do your hands give away your age? In many people, the hands are just as revealing as our faces about our age. But our faces understandably get much more attention and the hands are often forgotten. (but not unseen by others) As we age, our hands (particularly women) loose that once plump fullness and youthful Read More…
As an extension of animal-derived collagen, the development of human-based collagen material for cosmetic injections was inevitable and based on the science of cell culture technology. CosmoDerm™ I and II and CosmoPlast™ (sound similar to Zyderm™ and Zyplast™ ?) are injectable implants derived from highly purified human collagen. Both CosmoDerm and CosmoPlast were FDA-approved Read More…
Bovine (cow-derived) injectable collagen (ZyDerm 1, ZyDerm 2, and ZyPlast) has been around longer than any other injectable filler. In fact, they were the first injectable fillers approved by the FDA way back in 1981. There were unrivaled until 2002 when the first hyaluon-based injectable fillers came unto the market. As a result, they are Read More…
The newest hyaluronic acid HA) filler on the market, known as Elevess, offers a combination of new twists that do make it somewhat different. It is produced by the manufacturer of ArteFill (the most expensive filler on the market) as a companion to that product as well as an effective and less expensive alternative. It Read More…
The recent commercial introduction of the injectable hyaluronic acid (HA) filler, Prevelle Silk, is the first one to have the numbing medication lidocaine in it. While some fillers in Europe already have it in their preparations, this is the first such filler here in the U.S. There will undoubtably be others in the near future Read More…
Injectable fillers provide a simple and immediate cosmetic treatment that is particularly good for the areas of the nasolabial folds (cheek-lip grooves) and for lip enhancement. While there are many different name brands of injectable fillers, they basically do the same thing (plump up the skin) even though there are some differences in what they Read More…
Much advertising cosmetic today touts the wonderful results that can be obtained with non-invasive injectable filler materials. When it comes to lips, nasolabial folds (cheek-lip grooves), and fine lines and wrinkles, injectable fillers are unrivaled in what they can achieve for these facial areas. However, the prevalence and easy-to-use nature of injectable fillers has seen 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...