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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 size of one’s head or shape of the skull is usually congenitally controlled. While microcephaly is a pathologic skull development condition that restricts brain development, some patients have small narrow heads but not true microcephaly. Sometimes called ‘peanut heads’ and often having issues with wearing hats or helmets their head shape might be Read More…
Background: The classic debate, and sometimes an actual controversy, is whether chin augmentation is best done with an implant or by moving the chin bone. (sliding genioplasty) While patients and surgeons often try and compare them by their level of invasiveness, that is really an irrelevant and short-sighted thought process to that decision. That discussion Read More…
Background: A sagittal ridge skull deformity is most commonly perceived as its fullest expression with sagittal craniosynotosis in an infant. But there are greater numbers of patients affected by lesser or more ‘aesthetic’ sagittal deformities where the height of the sagittal crest and the degree of parasagittal depression along the sides is much less severe. Read More…
Background: Few women have perfectly symmetric breasts. While most women would acknowledge that anatomic fact, most women would prefer to not undergo an aesthetic procedure where their natural asymmetry becomes magnified. But this is exactly what can happen in breast augmentation surgery. Two symmetrically shaped and sized implants will merely enlarge what exists before surgery Read More…
Background: Buttock implants are the lone remaining option after fat injections for buttock augmentation. If one has enough fat, or even if it may be marginal, I advise patients to pursue autologous fat injections first because it is both natural and has not long-term side effects from the graft itself. But some patients are too Read More…
Background: The most common patient that seeks breast augmentation is the young female. They understandably seek it because of little breast tissue development in most cases. Their young age and minimal breast tissue growth through their teenage years creates a very pubescent chest appearance. Their small breasts and tight tissue makes them a great candidate Read More…
Background: Aging causes loose skin to develop and this is particularly evident around joints such as the knee. The repetitive extension and flexion over a lifetime will inevitably cause rolls of skin to develop on the north side of the joint where the skin is the most flexible. This has led to the need for Read More…
Background: The eyes are the first area of the face to develop aging and are also often the first for patients to consider anti-aging surgery. Regardless of gender, the development of extra eyelid skin, wrinkling and a tired and older appearance are the hallmarks of the aging eyelid. When patients seek eyelid rejuvenation it can Read More…
Background: Custom skull implants provide the most effective method for any form of skull augmentation. By creating a preformed implant with the shape and thicknesses one thinks can most effectively greater the desired augmentation effect, a smaller scalp incision is needed than if the augmentation had to be created by the traditional application of bone Read More…
Background: The forehead is not infrequently exposed to traumatic forces. If significant enough forces are applied bone fractures can occur causing a variety of forehead indentation deformities. These most commonly occur near the brow bone area since this is the ledge of the forehead where the bone is not as thick as up near the 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...