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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 skull is partially created and composed of numerous sutures. During development the skull is composed of six separate cranial bones which are held together by sutures which are made up of fibrous and elastic tissue. These sutures keep the skull bones separate for up to 18 months after birth to allow for brain Read More…
Background: One of the main features of the nose is the dorsal line or the nasal dorsum. It is more commonly called the “bridge” of the nose as it connects the forehead to the tip of the protruding nasal tip. It is made up of bone (upper half or upper third) and cartilage. (upper lateral Read More…
Background: Loss of breast volume is very common amongst women usually caused by pregnancies or weight loss. As the breast deflates sagging of the breast mound often occurs. As long as the nipple remains positioned at or above the inframammary fold (lower breast crease) augmentation with breast implants will adequately fill up and out the Read More…
Background: While the skull is often perceived as just a large round homogenous surface, it is actually made up of various regions or aesthetic units. These units arise from the various plates and suture lines from which the skull is embryologically and developmentally formed. Each of these skull areas can be prone to surface contour Read More…
Background: There are a wide variety of types of headaches of which migraines make up some of the most disabling. While the exact cause of many migraine headaches is not precisely known, certain types of migraines are known to occur from peripheral compression of certain cranial nerves. This has led to a variety of injectable Read More…
Background: The size of breast implants selected for any woman’s breast augmentation is usually a hybrid between the patient’s desire and the surgeon’s recommendations. Many women are heavily focused on a natural look and fear looking like they have had their breasts ‘done’. They talk about being proportionate and having a new breast size that Read More…
Background: Buttock augmentation has emerged over the past decade as the fastest growing body contouring procedure that now rivals breast augmentation on overall interest and number of procedures performed. While implants can be used for the buttock augmentation material, fat grafting is by far more common and popular. Injection fat grafting offers a natural and Read More…
Background: Flat spots on the back of the head or one-sided occipital flatness is not rare. While the back of the head is typically round, it is prone to numerous indentations and irregularities from in utero and neonatal influences. Since the back of the head is exposed to greater eternal pressures than the rest of Read More…
Background: Breast reduction persists as one of the most common of all body plastic surgery procedures. Breasts that are too large and heavy are common and ultimately the back shoulder and neck pain that they create is best relieved by making the breasts smaller and more uplifted. The improvement is musculoskeletal symptoms is as much Read More…
Background: The shape of the head has many aesthetic components to it not unlike that of the face. While no area of the head as the degree of aesthetic complexity that the face does, that does not mean that cosmetic concerns about specific areas of the head do not exist. They are less well known 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...