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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 chin is composed of various tissues that simplistically is a ball of soft tissue sitting on top of a prominent bony ledge. At the top of this ball is a horizontal groove or indentation that sits between the lower lip and chin about 2/3s the way up from the very bottom of Read More…
Background: The shape of the skull frequently has various lumps and bumps of bone that stick up from an otherwise smooth surface. Many such bony protuberances have no specific reason for being in their location and are aesthetic nuisances that merely represent the way the skull formed and are present at a very early Read More…
Background: The placement of breast implants is largely debated about whether it should be above or below the pectoralis muscle. While this is an extremely important decision, the implant’s relationship to the inframammary fold also has relevance. It will have an influence on how the augmented breast shape will look, regardless of the tissue plane Read More…
Background: Gynecomastia is a well known condition of breast tissue enlargement that most commonly occurs in teenage and young males. Its incidence appears to be increasing in numbers based on surgeries performed for its correction although this may reflect increased awareness of surgical treatment and a fashion trend amongst young men with little tolerance Read More…
Cosmetic skull deformities encompass a wide variety of concerns from flatness, pointy or high spots, ridges, bulges and asymmetries. But one of the most common head shape concerns is the flat back of the head. This specifically refers to varying degrees of lack of occipital projection, usually occupying an area between the top of Read More…
Background: Breast augmentation is completely successful at enlarging the breast mounds. While it is not without its potential complications due to being an implant placed in the body through surgery, by far its most common postoperative concerns are aesthetic in nature. Are the breasts the desired size and shape and how well do they match Read More…
Background: The most common area for liposuction on the body is the abdomen for both men and women. It is done very successfully for making a round belly flatter and providing some shape to an often rotund waistline. While one can never make a round abdomen into a flat and sculpted athletic one, removal Read More…
Background: Lip augmentation is a popular procedure that is most commonly done with the use of injectable fillers. Any of the family of hyaluronic-acid based fillers offers an immediate improvement in which the material can be placed in a variety of lip locations to create both increased size and/or enhancement of various lip features. Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation is a very common plastic surgery procedure that helps bring into balance the lower face with more projecting upper facial features. It is by far most commonly done with synthetic implants that provide varying amounts of increased horizontal projection as well as some width changes. Less frequently, sliding genioplasties (chin osteotomies) Read More…
Background: Aesthetic nasal deformities come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. While plastic surgeons have anatomic terminology to describe these nasal deformities, patients refer to them in much simpler and more visually apparent descriptions. It is extremely common that a patient presents for a rhinoplasty that wants to improve their ‘fat nose’. 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...