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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...
Background: Structural waist reduction is synonymous with rib removal surgery. It is the next and last step beyond traditional soft tissue body contouring procedures. Rib removal exerts its effects by the combination of bone mass removal and the loss of thoracoabdominal muscle attachments. This allows the waistline to fall inward. How much it does so Read More…
Body contouring in the waist region is currently restricted to modifications of skin and fat. The traditional procedures of liposuction and various forms of tummy tucks work well when excess fat and skin exists from weight loss, pregnancies and genetic body shapes have created the opportunities for those procedures to be used. But when little Read More…
Rib removal surgery is an aesthetic body contouring procedure that aims to narrow the waistline. It is the final option when conventional body contouring approaches have already been done or the patient is not a candidate for them. In the original technique (now known as type 1 rib removal) it was done for specifically for Read More…
Background: Rib removal is a head of but often not understood procedure. The bottom end of the ribcage are the free floating ribs #11 and #12. Because of this lack of distal attachments that angle down much more significantly than the attached ribs above it. These lack of subcostal/sternal attachments indicates that they do not Read More…
Background: Rib removal, while not a commonly performed or known procedure, can provide an effective waist narrowing effect in the properly selected patient. It is commonly performed through an oblique back incision of 4 to 5cms length centered over the 11th rib. Through this incision the outer portion of ribs 11 and 12 can be Read More…
Background: Of the different body changes that a transfemale desires having a non-straight body figure is important. There are numerous ways to achieve that effect from breast and hip augmentation to abdominal/flank liposuction. But when those options have been exhausted or negated the last remaining procedure to consider is waistline reduction by rib removals. There Read More…
Background: One of the common and popular body contouring surgeries today is the Brazilian Butt Lift or BBL surgery. The goal of the surgery is to create a larger buttock appearance. The name, however, doesn’t really describe how the procedure creates this effect and is even a bit misleading. In reality this is a fat Read More…
Background: Surgical reduction of the shape of the waistline is typically achieved by commonly performed procedures of liposuction and tummy tuck surgeries. But when the results from these procedures are insufficient or there is not enough fat or loose skin to undergo them, the last surgical procedure to consider is rib removal surgery. This is Read More…
Background: Rib removal surgery reaches the deeper anatomic layer for waistline narrowing. It may be done as the last treatment possible for patients that have had more standard procedures such as liposuction, BBL surgery or tummy tucks and remain unsatisfied with their waistline shape. It may also be the only good option for patients that Read More…
Waistline reductive reshaping with rib removal involves manipulation of the lowest level of the ribcage. The so called free floating ribs, numbers 11 and 12, are partially removed to reduce the support for the sides of waistline. These ribs are unique as they are not attached to the rest of the ribcage like the other 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...