Explore the fascinating world of cosmetic and plastic surgery with world-renowned double board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Barry Eppley
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...
Background: The male rhinoplasty patient usually requests several basic nose shape improvements. The most common ones are to have a straight dorsal line (hump removal), improve a low hanging nasal tip and/or achieving a slimmer nose particularly in the tip area. While there are variations in requesting these basic changes the broad, fat or wide Read More…
Rhinoplasty surgery is fundamentally about altering the osseocartilaginous framework of the nose. It’s primary soft tissue effect, the redraping of the nasal skin over and around the altered support framework, is largely out of the surgeon’s direct control. But there is one soft tissue element of the nose which can be changed and that is Read More…
Background: While the nose is composed of bone and cartilage components, its greatest anatomic complexity is in its lower third. The near union of the lower alar cartilages in the midline with the septal support behind it makes for the external size and shape of the nasal tip. The lower alar cartilages is composed of Read More…
Some Asian faces are well known to have a mid facial concavity or lack of forward facial projection. As a result augmentative rhinoplasty is one of the most common facial procedures performed in this ethnic group to increase the height and length of the nose. As part of the underlying facial deficiency and a procedure Read More…
Background: The shape of anyone’s nose is a result of the size, shape and thicknesses of its cartilage, bone and skin components. These five pieces of cartilage and two pieces of bone are able to be modified to varying degrees if one wants to change the shape of their nose. How well or poorly these Read More…
The most common method of facial augmentation performed around the world is a nasal implant. While there are two different methods of placing a nasal implant, open vs closed, the method used depends on what else is being done to the nose. If the nose is being opened anyway then how the implant is introduced Read More…
Background: There are many features of the nose that affect its symmetry with the nostrils being one of them. Because they are paired structures there is always the chance of the shape and position of them can be different. The most common cause of nostril asymmetry is postoperative from rhinoplasty surgery. Due to the most Read More…
Background: The shape of the nose is controlled by many anatomic components but one of the most significant is that of the septum. Serving as the central support for all of the nasal structures on top of it, its aesthetic contribution is in largely controlling the height of the bridge and the projection of the Read More…
Rhinoplasty surgery has tremendous capabilities of changing the shape of the nose. In doing so there are many tried and true techniques of how to do it successfully as well as how to maintain the result long term. Despite the many techniques available to change the structural framework of the nose, there are no established Read More…
Background: Making a nose smaller is a fairly common request in patients seeking rhinoplasty surgery. Most of these requests often refer to one specific nasal feature, such as a reduction of a prominent hump or a large nasal tip. The goal is to bring back the larger unaesthetic nasal feature into proportion with the rest 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...