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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...
A variety of women seek waist-narrowing surgery — from transgender women to female bodybuilders — all sharing a common goal: an improved chest-to-waist or hip-to-waist ratio for a more defined figure. Within these diverse patient groups, anatomical differences must be considered. One not-uncommon finding in some rib removal candidates is scoliosis. Some patients have undergone Read More…
Background: Rib removal surgery of various forms is becoming more recognized body contouring procedure. Ten years ago when I started doing the surgery it was only perceived as a myth and a dangerous undertaking. Today it is more commonly done and is performed in numerous variations from actual rib removal to rib fractures. It is Read More…
The labiomental fold is an indentation between the lower lip and chin which anatomically represents the attachment origin of the mentalis muscle to the bone. While everyone has a labiomental fold it varies in depth from near non-existant to a severe V-shaped indentation due to various anatomic causes. Jaw/chin deficiencies, inclination of the lower teeth Read More…
Background: Structural waist narrowing surgery specifically refers to modification of the surrounding ribs in a manner that allows the abdominal wall musculature to collapse inward. This typically is used for the lower free floating ribs #11 and #12 since their unattached distal ends only have musculoligamentous attachments to their cartilaginous tips. The best candidates for Read More…
Background: The shape of the lower ribcage is created by the union of the cartilaginous components of the false ribs as they wrap around the side of the lower chest and merge into the sternum. These cartilaginous rib lengths and how they merge together creates a lot of variation in the costal margins. The costal Read More…
Background: Besides a tummy tuck there are numerous different types of body lifts that are far less known. One uncommon but most well known of these more obscure types is the back or bra line lift. This is a horizontal excision of tissue across the back for excessive tissue which typically presents as oblique rolls. Read More…
The traditional and majority of waist reshaping procedures are soft tissue-based removing either fat and skin. While this is all that most patients need some may benefit from deeper structural changes to the bone as well. Such lower ribcage modifications have long been rumored to exist but there was little evidence of them being Read More…
Background: There are numerous body contouring surgeries that transfemales may find of benefit. The most common ones performed are liposuction, BBL and breast, buttock and hip implant surgeries which are primarily soft tissue enhancements. These are also structural body modifications (aka hard tissue procedures) that are gaining popularity which include shoulder reduction by clavicle bone Read More…
Removal or modification of the lower ribcage is based on the premise that it provides structural support to the abdominal wall. This premise is anatomically supported by the numerous attachments of abdominal muscles to the free floating ribs. Ribs #s 11 and 12, also known as the vertebral ribs, have attachments to the anterolateral abdominal Read More…
Background: Rib removal for a waist narrowing effect, while once an obscure and purported unsafe aesthetic procedure, is now becoming more commonly done. As a result there have become a variety of methods to do so which fundamentally come down to fracture vs excisional techniques. There are and will continue to be debates about which 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...