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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...
Concerns about the size and shape of the tip of the nose is one of the most common reasons many patients seek rhinoplasty surgery. Patients want nasal tips that are smaller, more narrow and sometimes even lifted. I have yet to have a patient request a nasal tip that they want to be fuller, wider Read More…
Rhinoplasty can produce some of the most dramatic changes on the appearance of one’s face. Sitting dead center in the face, it is hard to escape what it looks like…and even harder to hide it should it have surgery. Besides the splint and tapes that envelope the nose during the first week after surgery, there Read More…
News out of the New York Mets baseball camp this week involved more than just baseball and had a plastic surgery flavor. According to numerous media outlets, pitcher Jonathon Niese arrived at camp looking different and stated that he underwent a rhinoplasty in the off season. Admittedly I do not follow New York mets baseball Read More…
As we age our face undergoes many changes. Almost all of these age-related tissue changes are a downward drift due to gravity as tissues loosen and fall. The development of sagging eyebrows, malar bags, deepening nasolabial folds, jowls and neck wattles are the most recognizeable of these signs. But other facial features also age although Read More…
Background: A bump or hump on a nose is a common reason a patient will seek rhinoplasty surgery. A smooth or straight dorsal line is one of the more important aspects of a pleasing nasal appearance. While some small bump reductions can be achieved by a simple shaving of the bone edge, this is the Read More…
Rhinoplasty is one of the top five cosmetic procedures of the face in the United States. It is a challenging operation to perform and it is complicated by being intimately involved with the nasal airway. Some nose operations do not involve efforts to improve the airway and are known simply as a rhinoplasty. Other Read More…
Superman has been an American cultural icon since he first appeared in comic books back in 1938. His appearance is absolutely distinctive, most notably that of his red, white and blue colors and the stylized S shield on his chest. The shield is so symbolic of his character than its appearance alone immediately brings Read More…
Rhinoplasty can make significant changes to the appearance of the nose whether it is the removal of a bump from the bridge or a narrowing and lifting of the tip. No matter what structural reshaping of the nose has been done, its aesthetic improvements can only be perceived by how the skin overlies it. Read More…
Background:Rhinoplasty is known to reshape a wide variety of nose appearances. While everyone’s nose is truly different, there are some classic nasal shapes that many people of vastly different ethnicities share. The appearance of such nose shapes can cast certain impressions about the owner that varies amongst different cultures. One of the most common Read More…
Almost anyone in the world is aware of the recent tragedy in Norway with the mass killings of an incomprehensible number of Norwegian teens and young adults. The murderer Anders Breivik appears to have acted alone, driven by his white supremacist and anti-Muslin views. What has caught my attention as a plastic surgeon, however, is 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...