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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: A facelift is one of the most recognizable cosmetic surgery procedures in all of plastic surgery. Despite its familiarity to the public, it is a procedure that has a lot of misconceptions about it. One of the most common is the extent of facial involvememt. Often perceived as involving the full face, a facelift Read More…
Background: Congenital skull defects occur in a wide variety of presentations. In essence it is any contour irregularity that results in a noticeable loss of contour projection. Most congenital skull defects are not full-thickness. Rather they are partial thickness with inadequate bine thickness compared to the surrounding bone. One of the smaller congenital skull defects Read More…
Background: Chin deficiencies are typically described by the relationship of the most projecting part of the chin to the lower lip in the profile view. While this is a good aesthetic proportion to use, chin deficiencies may be associated with other physical findings as well. As chin deficiencies become greater soft tissue issues can develop Read More…
Background: Like all facial surgeries there is going to be swelling and bruising which will persist for a longer period of time after surgery than most people want. This is certainly no less true for rhinoplasty surgery. But what differentiates nose reshaping surgery from all other facial procedures is the persistence of swelling, often lasting Read More…
Background: Bone fractures of the face are not uncommon due to a variety of external force mechanisms. One of the more common types of facial bone injuries involves the cheekbones, known as the zygomatico-maxillary complex (ZMC) fracture. While typically referred to as a cheekbone fracture its anatomic derangement is more complex than that name implies. Read More…
Background: While augmentation of the lower jaw has historically been perceived as that of the chin at the front of the jaw, that has been a limited perception of what is possible and often needed. Augmentation of the back of the jaw, the jaw angles, affects two-thirds of the lower jaw and can have just Read More…
Background: An uncommon and under recognized aesthetic temporal deformity is that of prominent arteries. Occurring primarily in men, the anterior branch of the superficial temporal artery becomes dilated in size as it crosses superomedially into the forehead and scalp. Any vasodilator event such as heat, exercise and alcohol, makes the arteries even more prominent. Why Read More…
Background: The success of tummy tuck surgery is based on its removal of excess tissue and tightening of the abdominal wall. There is no comparative other surgery or non-surgical procedure that can create a remotely similar effect. Nothing is as effective as the wide excision of undesired abdominal tissues. It may be a radical approach Read More…
Background: The Mestizo (Mexican) patient is the largest ethnic minority in the U.S.. One of their most common plastic surgery requests is for rhinoplasty. Their nose shape often presents as a bulbous broad nasal tip without a defined shape and an underlying weak structural framework. These structural characteristics are often combined with thick skin, amplifying Read More…
Background: While shape deficiencies can occur on any area of the skull, the back of the head is the most frequently affected. Most such head shape deformities are positional, occurring either in utero and in the early post natal period. Given the frequent position that the head is in laying in utero or during sleep, 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...