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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 obvious part of shoulder narrowing surgery is that a segment of the clavicle bone is removed. What is not obvious is how different the shape and size of the clavicle bone can be not only between patients but also between the two sides of each patient. While it is natural to assume that Read More…
Background: The wide or light bulb shaped head is caused by a combination of excessive bone and soft tissue. The temporal muscle makes up a significant part of the width of the head particularly at the anterior temporal area. (temporal fossa) It is disproportionately wide compared to the cheek and jaw bony widths below it. Read More…
Background: A strong jawline and lower third of the face is typically and historically associated almost exclusively with men. But that facial shape concept has changed and is common today to see women (models, news women, TV celebrities etc) with strong jawlines. So it is not rare to see a female patient request a jaw Read More…
Background: Besides a tummy tuck there are numerous different types of body lifts that are far less known. One uncommon but most well known of these more obscure types is the back or bra line lift. This is a horizontal excision of tissue across the back for excessive tissue which typically presents as oblique rolls. Read More…
Background: V line surgery is the most aggressive and effective form of aesthetic jaw reduction. It is not an easy surgery to perform as the angle of the bone cuts from an intraoral approach can be difficult to make from the jaw angles coming forward to the chin in a perfectly symmetric fashion. With this Read More…
Background: Loose tissues around the waistline and torso are most conventionally treated by a tummy tuck. While this is a good operation for many patients it will not be effective when the primary goal is waistline narrowing because the loose tissue removal is in the wrong direction. A tummy tuck is a horizontal removal which Read More…
Background: The reconstructive need for an implant to replace a loss testicle due to pathologic and traumatic reasons has been around almost as long as the removal procedures have been done. Historically silicon testicle implants had been used but they were formally removed from the US market in 1991 due to the breast implant fiasco. Read More…
Background: Hip augmentation has turned out to be a more variable procedure than initially perceived. Hip augmentation was largely unknown in plastic surgery prior to BBL surgery. Historically aesthetic hip surgery was about reduction to gain more narrow hips and less full thighs as liposuction was introduced and widely clinically used. Hip augmentation gained traction Read More…
Background: Reduction of broad or wide cheeks can only be effectively done by an osteotomy/bone repositioning technique. There is a very limited use of any cheek reduction by bone shaving as it does not remove enough bone and can not remove it where the real cause of cheek widening is. The cheekbone is comprised of Read More…
Background: Otoplasty is a common ear reshaping procedure for which many variations of how to perform it successfully have been proposed. The one similarity of all otoplasty techniques is that they are performed in the supine or face up position. The head is turned from side to side where the ear is then laying flat 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...