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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: Aesthetic lip changes are largely about augmentation and are accomplished by using injectable fillers. Hundreds of thousands of such lip injections are done each year around the world. The opposite of lip augmentation, lip reduction is done in far fewer numbers. While the exact numbers of lip reduction are not known, it is probably Read More…
Background: Many anti-aging facial procedures are done in middle aged patients or older. Whether it be a facelift or blepharoplasties, it take some aging to need these procedures to help turn back the clock. But when it comes to rhinoplasty, it is usually the opposite. This facial restructuring procedure is often done in younger Read More…
Background: Double eyelid surgery is one of the most common Asian facial surgeries. Many Asian upper eyelids do not have an upper eyelid crease and can be seen as a single or monolid. (single eyelid) This specific Asian blepharoplasty procedure is to create an upper eyelid crease that is very distinct, hence making visibly apparent Read More…
Background: Ethnic rhinoplasty is a term used to describe nasal reshaping surgery for specific type noses based on racial background or country(s) or origin. The Middle East is made up of a wide variety of countries and cultures whose nose shapes can be as varied as the collection of countries that make up the region. Read More…
Background: Breasts that are either deflated or have developed sagging are prime reasons to pursue breast augmentation surgery. Pregnancy and weight loss are the most common culprits for causing this type of breast shape change. Breast augmentation surgery is the solution to these breast shape concerns. With loss of the supporting breast volume combined with Read More…
Background: Gynecomastia reduction is a well known surgical procedure that can be used in males of almost all ages. Male breast tissue enlargement can occur for a variety of endocrine reasons from pubertal hormonal surges to the older male with declining testosterone levels. In every case the mass of breast tissue increases starting centrally under Read More…
Background: Rhinoplasty surgeries fundamentally fall into the three main types, reductive, rehaping and augmentative. A reductive rhinoplasty is where bone and cartilage tissues are removed and none are added and the overall goal is to make the entire nose smaller. A reshaping rhinoplasty is where most of the manipulations are done by suturing and small Read More…
Background: Aging around the eyes is the earliest and most visible signs of facial aging. Periorbital aging affects both the upper and lower eyelids as well as the brows that sit above them. Unless the eyelids which develop excessive skin, the eyebrows age by ‘falling down’, changing their position on the brow bone and losing Read More…
Background: Large amounts of weight loss has created a need for some patients to pursue secondary body contouring procedures. While the initial weight loss, whether achieved by surgery or on their own, may have been initially satisfying the goals of even improved results drives some to go even further. There is a unique subset of Read More…
Background: While patients born with cleft lip and palate have obvious lip, jaw and palate abnormalities, the nose that sits above it is equally affected. It may not be actually cleft but it suffers a variety of well described asymmetries and deficiencies. Internally, the septum is severely deviated away from the cleft side which results 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...