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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: Chin implants in the history of plastic surgery was the first and still most common form of jaw augmentation. Many surgeons today still see the patient’s desire for lower aesthetic facial enhancement as a chin augmentation procedure. But today’s patients are more informed about the possibilities of jaw augmentation and are often desirous of Read More…
Background: The shape of the skull has varying degrees of convexity on its five surfaces. The forehead and sides of the head come closest to a flatter surface shape but the top and back of head has a well defined convexity to it. A flat top or flat back of the the head is a Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty operation is a well known chin procedure that is capable of making multiple dimensional augmentative movements. It gets its name from the original description of how the procedure was done. Using an intraoral angled bone cut, the donfractured chin segment was moved forward along the osteotomy cut. Because wire fixation was Read More…
Background: Contouring of the abdomen through tummy tuck surgery is one of the most common body contouring procedures. It is a widely recognized operation that has a long history of proven effectiveness. There is no substitute for excising loose tissues about the waistline to create a flattening effect. While the tummy tuck is a well Read More…
Background: Advanced aging of the neck presents as a turkey neck deformity. Loose skin, excess fat and midline platysma muscle separation create a central droop of the neck that often ends up as a straight line in profile from the chin to the Adam’s apple. Besides its appearance, the laxity of the tissues often swings Read More…
Background: The standard treatment for abdominal excesses and muscular wall laxity is the tummy tuck procedure. Based on a horizontally oriented segment of skin and fat excision the underlying abdominal wall can be tightened underneath and the superior skin flap advanced to reshape the entire stomach area. This results in a scar line on the Read More…
Background: A full crown of the head is a desirable physical feature for some women today. For those women who have a deficiency in the crown area, they commonly try to camouflage it by teasing their hair up but eventually may tire of the effort due to lack of effect or thinning of their hair. Read More…
Background: The breasts are ideally perceived as having a nipple-areolar complex (hereafter referred to as the nipple) that is centrally positioned on the breast mound skin. Life (pregnancies, weight loss and gravity) can change what was once an ideal position of the nipple but breast enhancing surgeries can restore it. Implants enlarge the breast mounds Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation has been done by a variety of materials over the years. Each biomaterial used has is own unique handling and tissue response characteristics. But fundamentally these materials come down to those with a smooth or non-smooth outer surface. Materials with a non-smooth surface are associated with varying degrees of tissue adherence and/or Read More…
Background: The well known facelift procedure is popular for one main reason….it is an anti-aging facial operation that just works. Having been widely practiced now for almost one hundred years it has stood the best of time in terms of appeal and effectiveness. While undergoing many technical and anatomic changes/improvements over the years, the conceptual 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...