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A 45-year old female patient developed progressive nose swelling and tenderness after undergoing non-surgical rhinoplasty using polydioxanone threads. Surgical drainage procedure of the nose was done. Intra-operative findings revealed abscess...
Background: Minimally invasive surgery is already at the forefront in all surgical specialties, including cosmetic surgery. Hence, we have adapted and modified our technique to offer a short-scar facelift with...
Background: Polydioxanone (PDO) thread is commonly used as a skin rejuvenation material in the field of cosmetic medicine. Its usefulness in the aged eye area was described previously, but, to...
Background: Traditional subciliary incision lower blepharoplasty (TSILB) is commonly used for improving aged lower eyelid. Fat grafting has been popularly performed to correct shortcomings of TSILB such as infraorbital hollowness...
Background: Augmentation rhinoplasty has been one of the most common cosmetic procedures in Asian population. Silicone is the most widely used nasal augmentation material in Asia. However, in the past...
Chronic venous disease of lower extremities is a common vascular problem. The method for ambulatory selective varicose vein ablation, under local anesthesia (ASVAL) without saphenous vein ablation, is based on...
Mandibuloplasty is an increasingly popular procedure among East Asians, because they perceive a wide lower face as a sign of stubbornness and coarseness in personality. Especially for females, such a...
Background: The traditional transaxillary approach of submuscular implant breast augmentation is accompanied by severe pain, heavy bleeding, and many side effects. This subglandular mammary augmentation with aqua dissection (SMAAD) is...
Background: Sexual reassignment surgery (SRS) is the complicated procedure as it has a very high risk of complications. The loss of clitoris is the ones. Accordingly, surgeons should carefully consider...
Background: The success rates of conjunctiva-Müller muscle resection vary in reports of previous studies, with 81% to 88.6% success rates having been reported in other countries. Few studies have reported...