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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: Aging of the face takes on many manifestations but inevitably the neck gets involved. Loss of the neck angle occurs as skin begins to sag, falling over the jawline in jowls and draping downward from the central portion of the neck. In more advanced aging, the platysmal muscles of the neck separate and fat Read More…
Background: There are numerous features of a shapely buttocks. Short of a nipple-areolar complex, the buttocks share many of the same physical components of the female breast. Ideally it is an identifiable mound that projects outward away from the lower back and upper posterior thigh. While the upper pole is a smooth sloping transition from the Read More…
Background: The nose presents a very wide array of problems for reshaping by rhinoplasty surgery. There are nearly a dozen different pieces of anatomy to the nose and how they arranged and their size is what creates the diversity of the shape problems seen. But there are a handful of common problems that the rhinoplasty surgeon Read More…
Background: Fractures of the cheek bone, like the nose, are common due to the prominence of these bones on the face. They are frequently exposed to trauma from sporting activities to fisticuffs. It fractures along the numerous legs of its bony attachments which is where it gets its common name, tripod fracture. It also goes Read More…
Background: Breast reshaping surgery includes three basic manuevers, making the breast smaller (reduction), uprighting a saggy breast (lift) or adding volume.(implant vs. fat injections) They can be done alone or in almost any combination depending upon the patient’s aesthetic breast desires. Breast reduction surgery is very common and extremely effective at not only reshaping the Read More…
Background: Changes around the eyes is the first part of the face that shows signs of aging. The development of excess skin on the eyelids and protruding eyelid fat makes the eyelids heavy and tired looking. But the eyes do not age in isolation, above them sits the eyebrows which are not immune to the Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation is the most common implant enhancement procedure of the face. It is usually highly successful as long as the chin is not horizontally too short. Once horizontal chin deficiences approach 10mms or more, it will also have other dimensional issues as well being also vertically short.Trying to make a chin implant Read More…
Background: While there are many different cosmetic skull shape deformities, one of the most common is that of a flat back of the head. The slope of the back of head can be flat either in a completely vertical plane (lack of posterior projection) but most commonly is more of an exaggerated slope from the Read More…
Background: Augmentation of deficient calf muscles is done for a variety of reasons. These include naturally small calfs, in bodybuilders who want their calfs to match the muscular look of the rest of their body and for congenital leg defects in which calf muscle development is small and ill-defined either on one leg or both Read More…
Background: Aging of the eyes takes on many predictable changes and one of those is the development of herniated fat. As the name implies, this is fat that has been historically believed to be once was under the eye that has relocated out onto or bulges over the lower orbital rim. Known as eye bags, 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...