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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 most common aesthetic ear procedure is that of ear pinning. Known technically as otoplasty, the protruding ear is reshaped and sutured (pinned) back so that it aligns better with the side of the head. This traditional aesthetic ear procedure relies on cartilage manipulation/folding rather than actual tissue removal. Its effects are created by Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation is one of the most common facial reshaping procedures both historically and to the present day. While augmenting the chin is a straightforward procedure using a variety of implant shapes, management of the large chin (macrotia) is a completely different story. Not only is it less commonly needed but the procedure to Read More…
Background: Tummy tuck surgery is one of the most common of all body contouring procedures and can create some dramatic waistline changes. The operation is designed to reverse some of the tissue expanding effects caused by pregnancies and/or weight loss. While it can be tremendously effective at this purpose, its main effects are largely limited Read More…
Background: The congenital melanocytic nevus is one form of a mole that is present at birth. It occurs in about 1% of all births and occurs about 15% of the time on the face. It usually appears as a very distinct brown-colored lesion whose color is very homogenous. One of its distinct features is that Read More…
Background: Sagging of the breasts is a common result from pregnancies and weight loss. The loss of breast volume withdraws the support of the overlying breast skin leading to collapse of the breast mound. The breast mound then falls over the fixed inframammary fold creating a sagging breast appearance. The classification of breast sagging is Read More…
Background: Cleft lip and palate is one of the most common congenital facial deformities. While much focus is on the lip, alveolus and palate, the nose is equally affected as well. While the nose may not be ‘clefted’, deformity underneath it causes a variety of septal, turbinate and nasal cartilage and bone structural alterations. Management Read More…
Background: A sliding genioplasty is the most well known of all the facial osteotomies and also the most commonly performed. It is done for various chin augmentation and reshaping purposes. It if often compared to a chin implant and doctors often tout one versus the other for aesthetic chin augmentation. But the reality is that Read More…
Background: A webbed neck, medically known as pterygium colli deformity, is a well known but rare congenital neck condition. Skin folds are present along the sides of the neck from the back of the head behind the ears down to the shoulders. The hairline often follows the skin folds in their upper part. It is Read More…
Background: Jaw angle reduction is a well known surgery that is most commonly performed in Asian patients to narrow a wide lower face. The historic approach for this operation, and still one that is commonly performed, is that of an amputation technique of the jaw angle bone. By cutting off the jaw angle, the lower Read More…
Background: The shape of the top of the head is highly influenced by the sagittal suture. The sagittal suture is a connective tissue joint between the two parietal bones of the skull. The sagittal suture in an adult connects the bregma (the intersection of the sagittal and coronal sutures above the forehead) back to 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...