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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...
Rib removal surgery is designed to help reduce the waistline usually around the level of the umbilicus. (belly button) The way I have developed the procedure it is a multi-tissue removal procedure including flank fat, latissimus dorsi muscle and the outer halfs of ribs #11 and #12. (and if the funds permit #10 as well) Read More…
Cellulite remains a ubiquitous aesthetic problem that is well understood from an anatomic standpoint. But despite this anatomic understanding effective treatments that persist remain elusive. From surgical treatments like liposuction, pickling (fascial band release) and fat grafting to numerous topical and external therapies, the sheer numerous of approaches that have become available to treat cellulite Read More…
Injectable fillers continue to evolve and be developed for specific aesthetic facial applications. This is most recently illustrated with the introduction last year of Juvederm VOLUX. This new filler is a highly cross linked hyaluronic acid-based material (VYC-25L) that was developed for adding volume to the chin and the jawline. While a wide variety of Read More…
The aesthetic neuromodulator, Botox, is the ‘Coke’ of all such injectable drugs. It was the first such type of injection approved for aesthetic facial use and dominates the market today, both in sales as well as branding. It is so ingrained into doctor and patient mindsets that term, ‘Botoxed’, is instantly associated with what it Read More…
Acell is the manufacturer of a well known healing adjunct material that is based on urinary bladder mart (UBM) technology. Research on extracellular matrix (ECM) constructs comprised of the epithelial basement membrane of the mammalian urinary bladder has been shown to favorably affect the tissue remodeling of the human wound. This has to variety of Read More…
The concept of an injectable cranioplasty to augment various areas of the skull has tremendous appeal. Avoiding scalp incisions has an obvious benefit as well as limiting the magnitude of the surgery. Having worked years ago at trying to develop this surgical technique, it was eventually abandoned due to not being able to solve the Read More…
Scars are the result of all elective aesthetic incisions or any method that wounds the skin’s surface. How well any scar will heal depends on a wide variety of factors from its anatomic location, skin thickness, natural degree of pigmentation, and the method that was used to both make the skin injury as well as Read More…
Silicone breast implants have been back in clinical use for the past decade. While there are various features of these implants, such as the gel composition and the characteristics of the enveloping shell, that get a lot of attention one overlooked feature is that of implant fill. This refers to how much the enveloping shell Read More…
Injectable fillers have evolved considerably since their introduction was back in 1981. While originally an xenogeneic collagen-based product, it has become largely populated by hyaluronic acid-based products. Given their synthetic origins, almost of current injectable fillers are temporary and have variable durations of volumetric effects. Despite new injectable fillers becoming available every year, they are Read More…
Botox is the most popular form of injectable aesthetic therapt. It has an established history of success in managing problematic facial movements that cause undesirable facial expressions and ultimately skin wrinkles. It was formally FDA-approved well over a decade ago for the treatment of glabellar (between the eyebrow) wrinkles lines and has gone on 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...