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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: Flat areas on the skull are one of the primary indications for the use of custom skull implants. While flat skull areas can occur anywhere on the skull they have a propensity to be more on the back of the head than anywhere else. This is undoubtably due to that the back of Read More…
Background: Brow bone reduction surgery today is most commonly associated with transgender facial feminization surgery with the goal being to flatten the brows as much as possible.While not as commonly known brow bone reduction in men has been done for a long time and actually precedes its application in transfemale surgery. What differentiates male vs Read More…
Background: The forehead occupies a full third of the upper face and as such has a major role to play in facial aesthetics. Despite its broad surface area coverage it does not have many distinct features that creates its look. Other than the leading edge of the frontal hairline superiorly and the eyebrows inferiorly it Read More…
Background: Lip augmentation is one of the more popular uses of injectable synthetic fillers and has been so for more than two decades. They offer an immediate and non-surgical method of lip augmentation that works fairly well when adequate vermilion height exists. But it does require periodic injections to maintain the effect and injections into Read More…
Background: The soft spots on a baby’s head are well known and are its most distinguishing features. These open areas between the developing skull bones , known as fontanelles, total six in number but the most visible are the anterior and posterior ones. The anterior fontanelle is the largest of the two and closes between Read More…
Background: Facial lipoatrophy, also known as facial wasting, refers to the loss of fat tissue causing concave facial contours. (So called gaunt face) These always occur above and below the horizontal skeletal lines of the zygomatic arch and jawline in the temporal and submalar/lateral facial areas. Lipoatrophyu occurs along a spectrum of expression from mild Read More…
Background: The most common form of cheek augmentation today is with the use of synthetic fillers. While fillers offer an immediate and non-surgical result their effects are not permanent. Fat is also an injectable option but its results can similarly not be permanent. Cheek implants provide a permanent augmentation effect and can create a wide Read More…
Background: In penile enlargements it is not uncommon to augment the underlying scrotum either at the same time or secondarily to maintain penile-scrotal proportions. In testicular size enhancements there are two different implant approaches, side by side and some form of wrap around implant. Each has their advantages and disadvantages and neither approach is perfect. Read More…
Background: Buttock augmentation is most commonly performed by fat injections, reserving implants for non-candidates or inadequate BBL results. While these buttock enhancement approaches apply to both women and men there are some gender differences. While men can do like women synthetic fillers and fat injections they often are less tolerant of procedures that require multiple Read More…
Background: The metopic suture runs down the midline on the frontal bone of the forehead. At its back end is the bregma where it intersects with the transverse coronal sutures. At its front end it intersects with the nasal bones. Its function in the neonate is to facilitate passage through the birth canal by allowing 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...