Abdominoplasty with Customized Transverse Musculoaponeurotic Plications.

Background: The standard abdominoplasty technique uses a wide, vertically oriented plication of the rectus sheath to narrow the waistline. However, this plication is not always enough to achieve good cosmetic and functional results. This is also the case with other plication techniques.

Augmentation mammaplasty with anatomic soft, cohesive silicone implant using the transaxillary approach at a subfascial level with endoscopic assistance.

Background: Many augmentation mammaplasty techniques have been developed paying special attention to incision location and pocket plane to achieve more natural-looking breasts.

Methods: The authors' technique of choice in patients with mammary hypoplasia, empty breasts following a diet program, or more than one lactation episode causing skin flaccidity without ptosis is the placement of an anatomical implant using a transaxillary approach in a subfascial plane with endoscopic assistance. Thus, ideal patients are those presenting mammary hypoplasia, empty breasts following two or more lactation episodes, and breast skin flaccidity without ptosis, with the nipple-areola complex placed above the inframammary fold.

Treatment of facial fat atrophy related to treatment with protease inhibitors by autologous fat injection in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

A parallel effect of the use of protease inhibitors in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients is the appearance of facial fat atrophy. To correct this, the authors propose lipoinjection of autologous fat into the areas of facial atrophy by a technique based on the atraumatic procurement of fat and posterior treatment with decantation, centrifugation, and cleaning of other material obtained by aspiration. The method of fat injection is also important and is performed by means of interlaced tunnels and the introduction of a small volume of fat into each tunnel as a graft.