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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...
Dimples are well recognized indentations in the midface which can occur either on just one cheek or both. They are known to have a familial predisposition and are passed along on a dominant genetic basis. It has been isolated to the 16th chromosome although its expression is inconsistent. Anatomically it is caused primarily by a Read More…
The Ogee curve is a well known aesthetic concept that is frequently applied in volumetric cheek augmentation. The cheek is a rather ambiguous facial area that defies specific linear dimensions that are typically used in facial areas such as the chin. In the front and side views the impact of the cheek is hard to Read More…
Augmenting facial and skull bones can be done by a variety of alloplastic materials. These biomaterials separate into two basic categories, preformed implants (e.g., solid silicone, Medpor, ePTFE) and bone cements. For both the face and the skull the vast majority of aesthetic augmentations are done by preformed implants whose value has become enhanced by Read More…
Background: The occipital knob is a well recognized skull deformity with a central protrusion of bone at the bottom of the skull where the neck muscles attach. The knob is now by a variety of names such as inion or external occipital prominence. Like many common bony protrusions all over the craniofacial skeleton it has Read More…
Background: Proportions are one measurable assessment of facial attractiveness and are an important preoperative assessment in aesthetic facial reshaping surgery. One proportionate assessment is that of the facial thirds, specifically that of the horizontal thirds. Measured by upper third (hairline to glabella), middle third (glabella to subnasale) and lower third (subnasale to menton), these should Read More…
The skull has many normal raised areas particularly around its lower base. One of these is the mastoid process which is located behind the ear. The derivation of the mastoid name comes from the Greek word for breast with refers to its shape. This conical bony process is on the lower end of the temporal Read More…
Temporal implants provide a permanent augmentation to the entire side of the head. Standard temporal implants initially were developed to treat the more common and limited anterior hollowing that occurs by the side of the eye all the way up to the temporal line of the forehead in the non-hairbearing skin. Custom temporal implants were Read More…
The desire for reduction of the width or convexity of the side of the head is mainly seen in men with short hair or a shaved head. While it is commonly perceived that this is a bone problem and only correctable through its reduction, this is anatomically erroneous. The more definitive and scar free method Read More…
The most powerful aesthetic bony procedure of the lower face is the custom jawline implant. It exerts its effect by expanding the inferolateral cortex of the mandible in a circumferential manner. This creates an improved separation between the face and the neck whose magnitude of change is a function of the thickness of the overlying Read More…
Facial aging is associated with a predictable set of soft tissue changes that are treated by various forms of facelift surgery. In the U.S. concomitant bone procedures with a facelift are typically augmentative with chin, cheek and temporal implants being the most common. In Asian patients who already have strong facial skeletal features of the 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...