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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...
Unlike facial implants, the use of body implants (excluding breast implants) has a much shorter surgical history. While the use of facial implants dates back more than five decades in plastic surgery, body implants have been done for less than two decades and in numbers that are just a fraction of that of face or Read More…
Background: The male chest is largely defined by the size and shape of the pectoralis muscle as well as the nipple-areolar complex. While chest asymmetry to some degree is common in many men, significant asymmetry is most commonluy caused by abnormal development. A variety of congenital male chest conditions exist including pectus excavatum and pectus Read More…
Background: Significant or extreme weight loss is defined as any amount over 75 lbs. or more. Such amounts of weight loss are most commonly caused by bariatric bypass, sleeve and gastric stapling procedures. Although there are some patients who do lose such large amounts of weight by their own diet and exercise efforts. One of Read More…
Short of metal implants used for fixation and repair in bone surgery, most implants used in plastic surgery are composed of a silicone-based material. It may have varying states of being a solid, (soft to more firm) but silicone-containing implants have long been recognized as one of, if not the most, biocompatible synthetic material in Read More…
When it comes to plastic surgery, just like many other areas in life, men are different than women. Not only are their faces and bodies not the same, but their attitudes and expectations about plastic surgery are also different. Having treated a fair number of men over the years in my Indianapolis plastic surgery Read More…
Muscular enhancement of certain body parts can be done through the use of synthetic implants. Everyone knows about breast implant augmentation although this is not a true muscular enhancement but a breast tissue enlargement. Historically the most recognized body implants were for the chest, buttocks and calfs. The number of such implants combined pale in Read More…
Male chest enlargement by soft solid pectoral implants is done by placing them under the pectoralis major muscle. The implant is placed so that it stays above the lower muscle border, creating a larger pectoralis muscle bulge. These are the typical postoperative instructions to follow after having had pectoral implant surgery. 1. Pectoral implants Read More…
Every plastic surgery procedure has numerous issues that every patient who is undergoing a procedure should know. These explanations are always on a consent form that you should read in detail before surgery. This consent form, while many perceive as strictly a legal protection for the doctor, is actually more intended to improve the Read More…
Changing the chest of women is a very commonly done plastic surgery procedure, with nearly 350,000 women having the procedure last year in the U.S. Adding up all the women who have had breast augmentation over the past 20 years, it is estimated that about 1 in 7 women between the ages of 21 Read More…
Background: One sign of masculinity is the size and shape of a man’s chest. This has been so since antiquity and is evidenced today from comic book characters to body building and muscle supplements. The one largest tissue component that gives a male chest its features is the pectoral muscles. The pectoral muscle is a 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...