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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...
Chin augmentation can be done by a wide variety of methods from injectable fillers or fat, implants and repositioning the end of the chin bone. These augmentation options represent an increasingly level of invasiveness/scope of surgery in which patients can go up or down on these progressive treatment…although it is far more common to go Read More…
Background: Lip augmentation is one of the most commonly performed injectable aesthetic facial procedures. While very effective and instantaneous it does require repeated injections and costs to be maintained. Some patients will eventually develop the phenomenon of filler fatigue and either stop having the injections or search for a permanent surgical alternative. The two surgical Read More…
While injectable fillers were initially introduced for their soft tissue augmentation effects, their use has become expanded for facial contouring which often equates to bone augmentation. One common site for injectable facial bone augmentation is the chin. Chin augmentation by injection can be a good option for some patients who seek an immediate non-surgical result Read More…
Background: Injectable fillers have revolutionized aesthetic volume treatment options in the face. By being able to be placed beneath the skin by a needle or cannula they can be virtually injected almost anywhere. The limits to their placement is only adequate elasticity and thickness of the soft tissues to receive them. While over twenty brand Read More…
While reshaping of the nose is permanently done by a surgical rhinoplasty, temporary changes can be achieved with injectable fillers. While an injectable or non-surgical rhinoplasty can not accomplish the diverse number of changes that surgery can do, it can be effective in specific augmentative nose changes. Fillers work well for increasing tip projection, eliminating Read More…
Injectable fillers continue to evolve and be developed for specific aesthetic facial applications. This is most recently illustrated with the introduction last year of Juvederm VOLUX. This new filler is a highly cross linked hyaluronic acid-based material (VYC-25L) that was developed for adding volume to the chin and the jawline. While a wide variety of Read More…
Facial voluminization can be done by three specific treatment methods. Non-surgical synthetic injectable fillers, autologous fat injections or implants of various material compositions are the different approaches, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. While some tout that one facial volume method is better than the others, the reality is that each one has specific Read More…
The role of permanent fillers in aesthetic facial augmentation remains controversial. While some patients experience good long-term results, others can develop complications such as hard nodules, undesired overfilling, irregularities and even inflammatory reactions. While more commonly used temporary injectable fillers can also experience these same issues, they are more easily reversed either by secondary injection Read More…
Surgical reshaping of the face is an important part of the physical transformation of the transgender patient. For the male to female transgender patient it is largely a reductive approach for softening the structural aspects of the forehead, brow, nose and jawline. Conversely in the female to male transgender patient it is more of an Read More…
The aesthetic neuromodulator, Botox, is the ‘Coke’ of all such injectable drugs. It was the first such type of injection approved for aesthetic facial use and dominates the market today, both in sales as well as branding. It is so ingrained into doctor and patient mindsets that term, ‘Botoxed’, is instantly associated with what it 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...