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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 Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) is one of the most popular body contouring procedures today. Using the patient’s own fat which is harvested by liposuction and then concentrated, it is injected into the buttocks to increase its size. It is not really a buttock lift per se but one could argue that the increase in Read More…
The ideal youthful breast has fullness in the upper pole, does not sag, and has a slightly pendulous lower pole. The slope of the upper pole should be slightly convex, straight, or slightly concave. With time, and gravity, many women lose that nice fullness in the upper pole, aging the breast and making it less Read More…
While there are over a dozen injectable fillers available for human use in the U.S., many share similar chemical compositions. The vast majority are hyaluronic acid-based and, although they have different brand names and some differences in their duration of effects, they are vastly similar in their handling properties. One of the very different injectable Read More…
The concept of treating a variety of skin irregularities with a fractional skin injury approach is seen from the use of laser to dermaroller therapies. The basic premise is that deep small channels are cut into the skin which creates a subsequent healing cascade that causes new collagen formation in the holes and ultimately thicker Read More…
Hair transplantation is an historic procedure that is done very much today as it was decades ago. While the number of grafts transplanted in a single session has increased over the years, from a few hundred to thousands in a single session, the fundamental concept of moving individual hairs from the back or sides of Read More…
Scars come in a wide variety of sizes and shapes and can be caused from surgery or injury. But regardless of their origin, many patients are concerned about their appearance and want to participate in methods that can help them heal and disappear as much as possible. While there are no magical potions that can Read More…
Excessive sweating is a not uncommon problem that can result in the need for frequent antiperspirant applications and even constant clothes changing. Known as axillary hyperhidrosis, it is an embarrassing and very problematic problem for those so affected. The historic treatments have been strong astrigents which often are minimally effective or with limited duration Read More…
The range of injectable fillers is astonishing today compared to what is was just ten years ago. But the majority of the commercially available fillers are composed of hyaluronic acid which has been proven to have a very low rate of complications and assured resorption over a predictable time period. The degree of cross-linking 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…
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…
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...