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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: As a projecting structure from the side of the head with a funnel-like and flexible attachment, the ear can withstand a wide variety of deforming forces. Its very flexibility protects it from injury when exposed to shearing forces. Like a palm tree in high winds its ability to bend is a protective mechanism. But Read More…
Background: As a projecting facial structure the ear is exposed to a variety of traumatic insults. One such type of traumatic ear injury is that of burns. Most commonly occurring in house and other entrapped fire situations, the sustained exposure to high heat often causes a melted ear appearance. The anterior exposed ear surface often Read More…
Background: Custom jawline implants are usually the best surgical method for changing the 3D shape of the lower face. Through a computer-designing process an implant can be designed to cover jaw angle to jaw angle crossing the chin in the middle. Covering such a large bony surface area, even when the dimensions of the implant Read More…
Background: Chin implant augmentation is the most commonly performed of all facial implants. The procedure has been done for over fifty years and, as a result, a wide variety of chin implant styles have been developed. While often named after the surgeon who developed them (which is not particularly helpful in understanding what they are Read More…
Background: Large amounts of weight loss is a very positive benefit to one’s health when needed. But the tradeoff for this medical and often needed benefit is the unaesthetic sequelae of loose skin. How significant this new problem is depends on many factors including the amount of weight loss, patient’s age, natural quality of their Read More…
Background: The shape of the head in a female has important aesthetic significance. While the concept of having a ‘nice round head’ is perceived as an ideal head shape, the ideal woman’s head shape is much more of an oblong shape. But the area over the crown of the head is of particular significance as Read More…
Background: The forehead occupies a large surface area of the face and the broadest uninterrupted facial contour. Between the brows bone and the frontal hairline, it is a vast expanse of skin that can only be judged by its size and overall shape. While its more superficial features undergo frequent aesthetic manipulations (Botox, injectable fillers Read More…
Background: Since breast augmentation is about increasing breast size it is no surprise that so much thought goes into choosing implant size before surgery. This is the one single issue that patients focus on and are often indecisive about before the surgery. No patient wants to be too big or too small knowing that in Read More…
Background: The buttocks, like any other bodily structure, is subject to the changes of aging, use and gravity. Buttocks lose volume and develop sagging with age and more prominently with large amounts of weight loss. This flattening effect may occur in isolation but often involves the infragluteal fold as well. Buttock tissue can fall over Read More…
Background: There are a wide variety of cheek looks that patients want from cheek augmentation surgery, most commonly achieved used implants. While typically done in patients that have flat or weak cheek bone prominences, contemporary cheek augmentation patients often seek improvements in their midfacial shapes that do not have any really inherent structural deficiencies. One 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...