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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: The neck sags with age due to the development of sagging skin and fat and the separation of the neck muscles which exposes the subplatysmal fat. These neck changes can become really pronounced as one reaches the sixth and seventh decades of life. This is the time that many men take notice of their Read More…
It is very common that multiple procedures are done on the face at the same time. Whether it be for anti-aging effects or for reshaping a face, combinations of procedures produce more profound changes. This is because the face is made up of many different parts and making significant changes often requires altering more than Read More…
Background: Aging of the face takes on many manifestations but inevitably the neck gets involved. Loss of the neck angle occurs as skin begins to sag, falling over the jawline in jowls and draping downward from the central portion of the neck. In more advanced aging, the platysmal muscles of the neck separate and fat Read More…
The facial aging process is one that is well known as everyone will eventually see it on their face. The eyes get heavy, the brows descend, the cheek fall, jowls develop and the neck sags. Women become concerned earlier in the aging process and proceed to do procedures to treat or slow it down in Read More…
While the face in theory ages evenly, one’s concerns about different facial changes is not. Besides the eyes, the neck is a frequent target of aging dissatisfaction. While the neck is composed of various tissues, one wants see is loose and hanging skin. This makes one yearn for the days when the skin between Read More…
The shape of the neck has a major influence on one’s appearance, even though technically it is not part of the face. But because the neck serves as the transition point between the jawline and the shoulders, it is just as easily seen as the rest of the face. The neck shape, particularly its Read More…
Background:While the face in men ages just like in women, their primary concern is often largely that which occurs in the neck. As the male neck ages, it often hangs down like a wattle. While it does contain fat and the platysma muscle has separated in the midline, the loose skin makes up the Read More…
Facial aging affects everyone but men almost always delay considering its treatment until the condition is more advanced. Many more women undergo some form of a facelift than men. No one knows the exact average of men vs. women who undergo a facelift, but it would be fair to say that the age difference Read More…
The shape of the neck is an important aesthetic structure of the face. When it is well defined with a sharp angle definition (between 90 to 120 degrees in profile), it makes the chin and jawline more prominent and flattering. When the neck angle is obtuse or completely open (straight), the jawline becomes obscured Read More…
One of the defining facial features that casts an impression about one’s appearance is the neck, or more specifically the neck angle or neck profile. Whether one is young or old, an obtuse or poorly defined neck angle is not aesthetically desireable. If one is young with a full neck, liposuction alone will increase 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...