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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: Pectoral implants for men are in theory the aesthetic equivalent of breast implants in women. While this is true as a method of aesthetic chest enhancement, there are numerous significant differences between them. Those differences can be traced to what the anatomic enhancement is meant to achieve. For women the end result is an Read More…
Background: While pectoral implants may be for male chest enhancement they are not the equivalent of breast implants for women. Besides the solid composition of pectoral implants, they are also different than breast implants because they are intended to create a pure muscular augmentation effect. This means that the lateral border of the muscle should Read More…
Background: The purpose of pectoral implants is, of course, to augment the size/thickness of the pectoral muscle. While this is an obvious statement it is an important one and represents a key difference from female breast implants. While both types of implants are placed in a submuscular position, breast implants only reside there partially as Read More…
Background: Poland’s syndrome is a well known congenital condition that causes lack of pectoral muscle development on one side. Other structures may be affected (ribs, upper extremity) but the one consistent feature is the underdevelopment of the pectoral muscle. This is the primary feature in which a male patient presents for aesthetic improvement. In men Read More…
Background: Pectus excavatum or funnel chest is a well known congenital chest wall condition where the sternum sinks into the chest. It usually appears right at birth and becomes more apparent as the patient grows. It is more common in males. Like all congenital conditions it presents with varying degrees of severity from minor sternal Read More…
Background: Pectoral implants are the definitive treatment for enhanced muscle definition and size of the male chest. They are placed in a completely submuscular location underneath the pectoralis major muscle unlike female breast implants which are usually partially submuscular or on top of the muscle. Also, unlike breast implants, they are designed out of a Read More…
Background: Poland syndrome is a well known congenital chest deformity typically affecting only one side of the body. It is most commonly characterized by underdevelopment of the pectorals muscle with a higher and often smaller nipple-areolar complex. They are many other potential anatomic abnormalities such as anomalies of the rib cage and the ipsilateral upper Read More…
Background: Pectoral implants in men are in some ways similar to breast implants in women. Their similarities are that both implant types are placed in the submuscular position and can be surgically inserted through an axillary incision. But this is where their similarities end and they become divergent. Pectoral implants are made of soft solid Read More…
In some ways pectoral implants are the male equivalent of the female breast implant. While the enhanced anatomic structure is different (muscle vs breast mound), the surgical placement of the implant needed to do so is largely the same. Both pectoral and breast implants are placed in the submuscular plane underneath the pectoralis major Read More…
Background: Augmentation of the male chest is done most successfully by pectoral implants. Fat injections rarely provides a pleasing aesthetic outcome because its effect is a softer and more ill-defined chest shape look. This undesired aesthetic effect combined with the capability of fat to grow with weight gain makes fat transfer a less than ideal 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...