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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...
Liposuction is one of the most recognizable plastic surgery procedures and is the most commonly done body contouring operation. While there have been many innovations in liposuction devices and techniques over the past forty years since its U.S. introduction in the early 1980s, all such variations can produce effective fat reduction results when performed technically Read More…
Background: The shape of the chin has a major effect on facial appearance. Since the chin is a projecting facial structure, it highly influences the shape of the face and how defined the neck can look. The shorter the chin becomes the more convex the facial profile becomes and the neck looks increasingly ‘lost’. A Read More…
Background: The distribution of fat throughout the body is highly variable and is affected by numerous factors including gender, body habitus, weight, lifestyle and genetics. While excess fat (lipodystrophy) is commonly associated with a variety of central trunk areas, it can occur in the extremities as well. When occurring in the extremities without truncal adiposity, Read More…
There are numerous fat compartments on the face that can be surgically reduced. The most recognized and easily removed is the buccal fat pads. (aka buccal lipectomy) Located just under the cheekbones, it is a very discrete collection of fat that has its own pedicled blood supply and a surrounding capsule. It is removed from Read More…
Liposuction is one of the most common and recognized procedures in plastic surgery. By the way it looks in watching the procedure and how it is commonly perceived by the public, liposuction appears to be as simple as ‘sucking fat out’. But the reality is that it is a more complex extraction process than its Read More…
The principal method to augment the male chest is with the use of pectoral implants. Like in the female breast, the placement of a pectoral implant creates an immediate chest enlargement. The fundamental difference between a female and make chest implant is that one is a fluid-filled device while the other one is solid. The Read More…
Background: The accumulation of fatty tissue at the back of the neck is a well known side effect from certain HIV medications. One of these lipodystrophic sites is the cervicodorsal region where abnormal fat distributions can occur. Because of its raised area below the back of the head it has been given the moniker of Read More…
The buffalo hump neck deformity refers to a collection of fatty collections on the back of the neck. The size of the fat collection can vary greatly from small lipomas to very large hump-shaped fatty tumors. They can appear gradually with no apparent reason or can occur because of well known causes such as HIV Read More…
Background: Liposuction remains one of the most popular and commonly performed body contouring procedure. Like all surgical techniques liposuction has evolved over the years and there are now a myriad of technologies available to help perform the procedure. I call all of these liposuction technologies ‘energy-driven’ since they all use various devices and different energies Read More…
Background: Liposuction is the most well known fat removal method and has been around now for over forty years. As the surgical techniques and equipment have evolved over this time, fat has been extracted from every conceivable location on the human body. Depending upon the body location and the amount of fat removed liposuction can 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...