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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...
Surgical waistline reduction is most commonly performed by traditional liposuction and tummy tucks. Liposuction has a more profound effect on reducing flank fullness and bringing in the waistline than most tummy tuck in which a horizontal tissue excision is performed with a midline fascial plication. But both together produces the most effective waistline reshaping and Read More…
Background: BBL surgery is well known around the world and is a purely autologous approach to changing the size of the buttocks. It is a fat redistribution approach and these effects are synergestic…a smaller waistline make the buttocks look bigger and vice versa. Such BBL surgery is dependent on how much fat one has to Read More…
Rib removal surgery for aesthetic waistline narrowing can be an effective procedure in the properly selected patient. It is typically performed in my extensive experience with the procedure in women who are either seeking a more pronounced shaped waistline that what they currently have or in the transgender MTF patient who is trying create some Read More…
In waistline narrowing surgery the distal sections of the lower free floating ribs are removed to allow the waistline to collapse inward. While the ribs are not the only structures supporting the width of the waistline they are the most rigid. Without rigid support the soft tissue layers of the waistline eventually contract down/inward, very Read More…
Background: Body contouring in the transgender male to female patient is fundamentally about creating curves which is associated with a more feminine appearance. There are a variety of procedures to do so including breast augmentation, waistline reduction and hip/buttock augmentation. Not every patient needs or wants all three areas treated although the best results comes Read More…
Waistline narrowing is a common female body contouring request for which numerous standard surgical techniques are used. Liposuction and various types of tummy tucks are effective procedures which will work for the majority of patients. But for the cis female seeking a maximal waistline reduction or for the transgender patient who is striving to change Read More…
One of the most common areas for any ribcage protrusion is the subcostal margin. This is were the cartilaginous portions of ribs 8, 9 and 10 merge to form the bottom part of the lower ribcage below the anterior chest wall. It has a defined edge in which most non-obese people can grab its lower Read More…
Two uncommon but successful aesthetic body contouring procedures are shoulder reduction (clavicle reduction osteotomies) and waistline narrowing. (rib removal) Each contour reduction procedure is partially or totally based on bone removal to achieve their effects. These are also body contouring procedures done on females, whether it is transgender or cis females. Each procedure has its Read More…
Rib removal is an effective, but not yet widely recognized, procedure to create the effect of waistline narrowing. By changing the lateral protrusion of the lower ribs, particularly the free floating ones (ribs # 11 and 12), the bony support of the outer waistline is reduced. One of the very interesting questions about rib removal Read More…
Rib removal is a general but recognized term that applies to waistline narrowing surgery. On the surface the term would imply that rib removals are done and the waistline will fall further inward with the loss of outer bony support. While this is true it is not quite that simplistic. To provide a more in-depth 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...