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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: While aging affects the whole face it often appears earliest and over time most significantly around the eyes. Excessive skin, fat bulges and wrinkles affect the eyelids and the skin around them. How much excessive skin that develops on the eyelids is a function of a variety of anatomic and genetic factors. But one Read More…
Background: Midface deficiencies present in a variety of external facial appearances depending upon the extent of the underlying lack of forward bone growth. In the lower midface it can present as a Class III malocclusion. In the upper midface it presents as an infraorbital rim deficiency and a negative orbital vector. More often than not Read More…
Background: The well known sliding genioplasty can create multiple aesthetic dimensional changes of the chin. Most commonly horizontal advancements are done with or without some vertical height changes. While very effective at horizontal advancements it does result in an abnormal contour to the bone. (step-off) The larger the horizontal advancement the more significant this contour Read More…
Background: Aesthetic ear reshaping is most commonly perceived as the reduction of prominent ears. And while a setback otoplasty may be one of the most common aesthetic ear surgeries it is far from the only one. The convoluted shape of the large ear cartilage and the inferior hanging cartilage-free earlobe make for a variety of Read More…
Background: The lips can be affected by several shape features that have either occurred naturally or are the result of aging. One undesirable aspect of the lips is when their corners turn down. While often developing as a result of aging being weighed down by falling facial tissues, some people have it naturally. Lip volume Read More…
Background: An absent testicle in an adult can be the result of various causes. It can either have never formed, was undescended from the abdominal cavity during development or was lost after birth due to trauma or a tumor. All of these are well known to occur with the most reason common being it was Read More…
Background: Facial asymmetry is common and not surprising given the complex embryologic development of the face. It occurs in a tremendously diverse range of presentations of which the vast majority causes more aesthetic concerns than functional issues. While it is commonly said that every face has some degree of asymmetry and this is normal that Read More…
Background: The original aesthetic lower facial reshaping procedure is chin augmentation. Whether it was done with an implant or a sliding genioplasty, this was the first skeletal facial augmentation procedure (excluding the nose) that changed the basic structure of the face. Whether done in isolation typically in younger patients or combined with facial rejuvenation (e.g., Read More…
Background: Non-excisional surgical fat removal, aka liposuction, has been the most popular body contouring procedure for the past four decades. Even with the onset in the last decade of non-surgical fat removal technologies (e.g., Cool Sculping, Vanquish) the number of patients undergoing liposuction surgery has not decreased. This is a testament to the fact that Read More…
Background: Feminization of the nose typically implies certain featural changes. Amongst them includes a a narrow nose in the front view and a lower dorsal line with upward tip rotation in the profile view. The degree of these changes is what influences the degree of nasal feminization and the patient’s perception of them. The reduction 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...