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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...
The internet is full of information on plastic surgery and many other beauty treatments. But how reliable is it? Can you trust what you read and would you go under the knife based on information that you have ‘Goggled’? Everyone’s knows that just because it is found and indexed highly on a web search Read More…
The annual 2012 statistics report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons is in and its review is always noteworthy. As it provides an overview of what board-certified plastic surgeons have done, it does not incorporate cosmetic procedures than any other physicians may do…so it is not the total real number of all the Read More…
Numerous plastic surgery procedures involve tucks and lifts to achieve their effects. While many intraoperative techniques are done to tighten and support lifted tissues, no such result is permanent. Tissue relaxation and stretching and the effects of gravity work almost from the first day after surgery to undue some of the achieved result. While Read More…
While everyone knows that the most psychologically healthy reason to have cosmetic surgery is based on internal motivations, some patients do experience external stimuli for it. I have had many ‘couple’ consultations where the husband, fiancee or significant other was just there for support for the female seeking some cosmetic enhancements. In almost every case Read More…
Closing incisions is an inherent part of every surgery and a well healed and good looking scar is a desireable goal. But for plastic surgeons the appearance of the incisional closure and the resultant scar takes on even greater significance. For operations that are done for cosmetic change only, a good looking scar is an Read More…
Elective plastic surgery done for cosmetic gain always take a careful look at the patient’s general health beforehand. With some notable exceptions (morbid obesity, diabetes, smokers) it is fair to say that any person under the age 50 is unlikely to have medical problems that would exclude them from having almost any type of Read More…
As tax day is upon us, many are pondering what deductions of expenses they can and should take. In that spirit I occasionally will get asked by a patient whether the costs from their plastic surgery are tax-deductible. Most are joking of course but a few I think are serious. As I am a plastic Read More…
Eyebrows, particularly for women, play an important part of facial attractiveness. Most think of beautiful eyebrows as their shape and degree of and location of their arch. But recent studies show that eyebrow shape is not the only feature that makes them attractive. Eyebrow projection may be just as important as shape. Eyebrows that have Read More…
Stem cells has understandably caught the imagination of both plastic surgeons and patients alike with their regenerative potential. This has led over the past few years to surgeons promoting their benefits to patients by so-called stem cell-enhanced or derived procedures. From facelifts to fat grafts, the moniker of the words ‘stem cells’ confers an improved Read More…
The use microcannulas has been a major advance in the delivery of injectable fillers. Besides a dramatic decrease in discomfort they result in no risk of bruising…two major improvements over that of traditional needlle delivery approaches. Despite these very obvious benefits, which are apparent in one’s very first use of them, I observe very 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...