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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...
Fat grafting in plastic surgery has been around for over a century. It has waxed and waned in popularity for a variety of reasons but has recently undergone a major resurgence in clinical use. The primary goal of fat grafting when performed by plastic surgeons has been the restoration of soft tissue loss or Read More…
A recent article in the Daily Telegraph has an artist searching for family members of Walter Yeo, who is only currently known by a relatively famous picture of historical significance in plastic surgery. This well known picture shows a before and after picture of work done to burn injuries around his eyes. Mr. Yeo Read More…
The buccal lipectomy is a well known procedure that is done in certain patients for a cheek slimming effect. It is unique amongst most fat removal procedures in plastic surgery because it involves removal of fat within a surrounding capsule. (the only other procedure is the removal of the fad pads in blepharoplasty surgery) The Read More…
While plastic surgery today is associated with images of rejuvenated faces and enhanced breasts and buttocks, its origins and history is associated with a bit more nobler objective. From the trenches of World War I came the need to reconstruct faces torn and shattered from warfare wounds. It was the absolute horrors of war that Read More…
Rhinoplasty is among the most frequent plastic surgery operations of the face. Due to the prominent position of the nose, dramatic improvements in appearance can be accomplished by surgical nose jobs. Rhinoplasty has a long and distinguished history as a reconstructive procedure for more than two thousand years if Indian sources are taken as Read More…
Much of one’s facial expression has to do with the mouth or perioral area. While there are over 10,000 different facial expressions, most can be lumped into six major categories. One of these categories of major facial expressions is smiling of which the mouth plays a major role. Everyone knows that an upturned smile line Read More…
Burn care and surgery is often not thought of as a basic part of plastic surgery. There are many burn centers throughout the U.S. and the majority of them are not headed or run by plastic surgeons today. But burn care was originally done almost exclusively by plastic surgeons and most of the major 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...