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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...
Background: Microstomia is defined as a shortened size of the mouth that causes some functional impairment. There are multiple causes of microstomia from congenital to traumatic. There is also aesthetic microstomia, better called a small mouth, which has no functional impairment but is aesthetically out of balance to the rest of the facial features. Microstomia Read More…
Background: The most common method of lip augmentation is injectable fillers. While this lip augmentation method may not be permanent it is effective for many patents if they have an adequate amount of vermilion show to expand. But when a small lip exists with limited vermilion show fillers do not usually create a good aesthetic Read More…
The most common form of lip augmentation is injectable fillers and typical aesthetic reason for doing so is for bigger or more full lips. Far more lip augmentations are done on the upper lip than the lower lip due to the frequent occurrence of the lower lip being bigger. Such size matches are based on Read More…
The subnasal lip lift is a commonly performed upper lip reshaping procedure. Its primary indication is to shorten the long upper lip which an injectable filler can not do. By removing tissue from under the base of the nose the upper lip is truly lifted and shortened. As a sequelae of the lift the central Read More…
Lip enhancement is one of the most commonly performed non-surgical procedures and is usually done with injectable fillers. Adding volume to the lips can be highly effective and can meet most patient’s lip augmentation objectives. But filler can not achieve very specific types of lip reshaping changes. This is particularly true in the cupid’s bow Read More…
The long upper lip is seen as a sign of aging or facial disproportion. It is rarely perceived that a long upper lip is a flattering facial feature. Some people have a naturally longer lip, as judged by the distance between the nose and the cupid’s bow region of the lip, while others have seen Read More…
The long upper lip can only be treated by shortening the skin distance between the base of the nose and the vermilion-skin border. The subnasal lip lift is the most known and commonly performed of all the surgical lip enhancement procedures to achieve this effect. Its appeal is that it places the incision under the 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…
The goal of lip augmentation, or to make the lips bigger, is to expand the visible vertical height of the dry vermilion. This is most commonly done by the use of injectable fillers. Fillers work well if there is enough initial vermilion that it can expanded up and outward. But even if injectable fillers work Read More…
Background: Lip reconstruction from congenital deformities (cleft lip), trauma and cancer resections uses a variety of long standing plastic surgery techniques. When the upper lip tissues are grossly deficient or highly scarred, an historic and valuable reconstruction method is that of the cross-lip flap. (Abbe flap) By transferring unscarred normal vermilion and skin from the 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...