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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...
Despite the different types and sizes of breast implants and the different incisions used to place them, all these breast augmentation issues share one factor…implant insertion. With a prefilled and fully inflated silicone breast implant, there is increased difficulty in getting the implant into place because of the mismatch between the diameter of the Read More…
The use of local anesthetics is commonly done in numerous plastic surgery procedures for both immediate and prolonged pain relief. One such operation would be a tummy tuck where the rectus muscles are sutured together. This is the most common source of significant pain after the procedure. Indwelling pain pumps or the injection of Read More…
While injectable fillers are highly popular and one of the top non-surgical aesthetic treatments, it does involve the use of a needle and is not pain-free. Placing injectable fillers is more difficult and can be more uncomfortable than a ‘simpler’ Botox injection session. The use of sharp needles for placing injectable fillers has been Read More…
HIV-positive people are well known to develop unusual increases of fat in very specific areas of their bodies. The abdomen and neck are the two most common areas of this unique form of lipohypertrophy. While some plastic surgery fat reduction procedures can be done in the neck, the intraperitoneal location of the abdominal fat Read More…
Pain from an injection, laser procedure or minor surgery in plastic surgery is a common concern for many patients. While numbing of areas to be treated can be done by the injection of local anesthestics, this is often impractical due to the size of the surface area or represents another painful and feared experience. Read More…
Injectable fillers for aesthetic facial use continues to expand in popularity as well as in the number of available products to do it. The most commonly used injectable fillers with the lowest rate of any adverse effects are hyaluron or hyaluronic-acid based. More than two-thirds of available injectable fillers used around the world are Read More…
The popularity of fat transfer by injection continues to grow due to the appeal of a natural biologic filler material for both small and large soft tissue volume needs. This interest continues to grow despite ongoing issues of inconsistency in graft take and survival. While the critical steps in fat transfer are well known, Read More…
Other than Botox, injectable fillers are the most common minimally-invasive procedure performed for the treatment of facial aging concerns. But almost all commercially-available injectable fillers are synthetically-derived and their effects disappear as the material absorbs. But a few contemporary fillers take a different approach, using natural materials whose intent is to stimulate local cellular Read More…
Injectable fillers have achieved tremendous popularity and can be used for a wide variety of facial aesthetic needs. But most injectable fillers are merely temporary fillers that add volume and then disappears as the material absorbs. But a few contemporary fillers take a different approach, using natural materials whose intent is to stimulate local Read More…
The cosmetic treatment of spiders vein by injection (sclerotherapy) dates back for over fifty years. The traditional sclerotherapy agents include hypertonic saline and sodium tetradecyl sulfate. (STS) While effective, they are associated with pain on extravasation, tissue necrosis with extravasation, and a moderate risk of hyperpigmentation. A ‘new’ sclerotherapy agent, Asclera (polidocanol), was approved 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...