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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 neck is generally a flat surface in youth that may have a bump or prominence in the middle about halfway between the jawline and the upper sternum of the chest. This laryngeal prominence, known more commonly as the Adam’s Apple, is formed by the size and angle of the thyroid cartilages that surround Read More…
Background: The shape of the ear, like the nose, is one of the most variable features of one’s face. While it is chocked full of hills and valleys composed of cartilage and has an array of anatomic convolutions, the human ear is nonetheless very recognizeable. Any gross abnormalities in its shape and size is easily Read More…
Background: There are a wide variety of reasons why people seek out a primary or initial rhinoplasty. Since patients don’t usually know the names of the nasal anatomy or the terminology of the rhinoplasty surgeon, they have to describe their concerns in layman’s terms. Concerns such as a ‘big hump’, ‘fat tip’, or ‘bulbous nose’ Read More…
Background: Breast augmentation is one surgical plastic surgery procedure whose numbers performed per year continue to rise. One such reason is that the desire for larger breasts encompasses a wide variety of desires from being just a little bigger to very big and a large number of implant styles and sizes to match. On both Read More…
Background: Aesthetic nasal concerns present in a wide variety of deformities throughout the length of the nose. One of the more common basic nasal concerns is the wide or broad nasal tip. Some patients call it a fat tip or a bulbous tip. While all of these names seem synonymous there are actually a wide Read More…
Background: A well-defined and strong jawline is a desireable male feature. While modern culture and media have made it seem a recent attractive male trait, it has been so for as far back in history as pictures have been drawn and sculptures have been created. A strong lower facial structure provides not only good aesthetic Read More…
Background: Breast implants are placed in a wide variety of breast shapes. While they will always increase breast size that does not mean an improved breast shape will always result. A key feature of the perception of breast shape is the location of the nipple-areolar complex. It is always most aesthetically pleasing when it is Read More…
Background: Extreme weight loss has a lot of positive medical benefits for the obese patient, from cardiovascular health to an overall lifestyle improvement. The one negative effect from a generalized ‘body deflation’ from the weight loss is the discovery of loose and hanging skin that is seemingly everywhere. While it can occur anywhere from the Read More…
Background: Aging affects all areas of the face but not more profoundly than the periorbital (eye) area. Because of the thin tissues of the eyelids, they are prone to display wrinkles, loose skin and lower eyelid bags even early in the aging process. Because most human conversation is done by looking in the eyes, and Read More…
Background: The shape of the nose is almost as different as each person’s personality. Not only is the nose different amongst each person but there are well known nasal shape differences amongst various races and cultures. The differences in nose shapes between different ethnic groups around the world is well recognized and is seen in 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...