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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...
Liposuction under the chin (submental) and into the neck is a common enhancement procedure done below the jawline. While it can be a stand alone procedure it is most commonly performed as an ancillary procedure with other regional surgeries such as chin and jawline implants. While the main effect may come from the bone enhancement Read More…
Background: Liposuction is now an ‘old’ fat removal procedure that has always had several basic principles for an effective and uncomplicated result. While the technology of liposuction has changed many of these basic principles remain the same. The goal is an even reduction of the subcutaneous fat layer to create a smooth external contour without Read More…
Background: While there are various methods of performing a lower facelift the one aspect that all share are am incision in and around each ear. One can debate whether the pre auricular incision goes in front of or behind the tragus but it will always wrap around the earlobe on its way to the back Read More…
Background: Aesthetic augmentation of the cheek area is second only in frequency to that of the chin and jawline. But unlike the lower third of the face the term ‘cheek’ is imprecise when defining what a patient wants to accomplish and there are significant gender differences in what this term means. As the cheek area Read More…
Background: The skull and head size can be aesthetically increased like almost every other external face and body feature. While fat injections have some role in fat and body augmentations their use in skull augmentations is very limited. And when it comes to skull augmentations of any significant size they are of no value at Read More…
Background: There are two basic autologous methods of changing the shape/position of the lower jaw. The sagittal split ramus osteotomy (SSRO) moves the body and symphysis bone while the sliding genioplasty (SG) repositions the symphysis (chin) bone. Both do so by cutting through the entire vertical length of the involved jaw bone done through its Read More…
Background: While testicle implants have been available and used for decades their aesthetic effects have not always been good. I have seen and replaced many testicle implants placed for reconstruction and the reasons for replacement have always been the same. It is a classic triad of symptoms that includes implants that are too small, too Read More…
Background: Chin implants historically were the original jaw augmentation procedure. That remained so until the introduction of the jaw angle implant in the 1990s which provided the ability to augment another part of the lower jaw. But jaw angle implants never really became as popular as chin implants for a variety of reasons, much of Read More…
Background: The skull is composed of five surfaces that together make up the total shape of the head. Three of them are pure bony in composition and are sagittal in orientation, the front (forehead), top of the head, and back of the head. The paired sides of the head make up the other two and Read More…
Background: The appearance of an ultra fit abdomen is the ability to see the outline of the rectus muscles. While the rectus muscle is vertical in orientation it is sectioned into quadrants by horizontal tendinous fascial bands known as inscriptions. There are three in number usually located across the belly button inferiorly, the xiphoid process 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...