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The Appearance of Rib Removal Scars from Horizontal Waistline Reduction

Rib removal surgery removes the last anatomic barrier to maximizing horizontal waistline  reduction. Removal of the free floating ribs allows the overlying soft tissue to collapse inward. When combined with flank liposuction and some muscle removal, whatever waistline reduction is possible will be achieved. Whether this meet the patient’s expectations can not be completely known Read More…

Six Rib Removal Technique for Horizontal Waistline Reduction

Narrowing one’s waistline can be effectively done for most people by a variety of non-surgical and surgical methods. Dieting, exercise, liposuction and tummy tucks will fulfill the aesthetic goals of the vast majority of people who choose to do so. But for a select few patients such methods are not effective enough for their waistline Read More…

Technical Strategies – The Synergist Effects of Wedge Latissimus Muscle Removal and Rib Removal on Waistline Reduction

Rib removal offers the elimination of the last anatomic obstruction to narrowing one’s waistline. This procedure creates its effectiveness through the removal of the inner bony component of waistline support. The free floating ribs, unlike the ribs above it, have an almost vertical orientation downward with only soft tissue attachments at their small cartilaginous tips. Read More…

Case Study – Subcostal Rib Protrusion Correction by Shaving

Background: The ribcage is formed by a collection of twelve (12) ribs of various lengths, locations and compositions. The first seven (7) ribs are called the true ribs because they run between the spine to the sternum through a direct curvilinear connection. Ribs #s 8, 9 and 10 are called the false ribs because they Read More…

Technical Strategies – Subcostal Rib Reduction by Shaving

Most of the ribs are near circumferential bone and cartilage ‘fingers’ that provide shape to the chest and abdomen. Some of these ribs can be modified to improve the shape of the torso. In the upper abdominal region is the subcostal portion of the ribcage which is composed of the union of ribs #7 through Read More…

Subcostal Rib Removal Through a Tummy Tuck Approach

The ribs constitute the structural support for the trunk. It plays a vital role in how the lungs work and in the support and protection of many other vital organs. This statement applies to much of the upper ribcage but does not necessarily apply to every aspect of every rib throughout their full lengths around Read More…

OR Snapshots – The Cartilaginous Ends of Rib Removal Surgery

Rib removal is the last surgical option for maximal waistline reduction. After liposuction the only remaining anatomic obstruction is the lower ribcage. The outer and downward flare of the free floating ribs does influence the width of the waistline at the horizontal level of the umbilicus. Contrary to its perception rib removal is not a Read More…

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