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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...
Chin reduction can be done by a variety of surgical techniques which fundamentally separate into two basic approaches. The superior intraoral approach offers either an outer cortical burring technique (2D) or an inverted t-shaped osteotomy (3D) for chin size reduction. The inferior submental approach provides access to do bone shaving/removal in all three dimensions of Read More…
The treatment of tear trough and related nasojugal grooves has evolved over the years to include injectable fillers, fat and infraorbital implants. Each method has their advantages and disadvantages and none of the available treatments are perfect or free of complications. Patients with tear trough deformities can be young or older with the difference in Read More…
Background: Much is written on the topic of primary breast augmentation including the management of preoperative breast sagging. This is classically treated with an implant with some form of breast lift. Little is written, however, on a very common phenomenon seen many years after a primary breast augmentation…the development of breast sagging that develops in Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty is a well known chin reshaping procedure. Unlike its bigger brother, the sagittal split ramus osteotomy done back at the jaw angles, the sliding genioplasty does not affect the occlusion or any movement of the lower jaw. It is an isolated procedure done just on the chin bone at the anterior Read More…
Background: The forehead appears on superficial assessment as a relatively flat surface structure with little to contribution to one’s facial appearance. But in reality it is has a substantial contribution to the shape of the face making up to one-third of its surface area. The three aesthetically important forehead structures are the shape and length Read More…
Correction of a drooping or downward corner of the mouth can be done by both surgical and non-surgical methods. While Botox and injectable fillers can help lift the mouth corner, the only permanent method is surgical. The corner of the mouth lift has been around for decades of which my modification, the pennant technique, alleviates Read More…
Background: Injectable fillers have revolutionized aesthetic volume treatment options in the face. By being able to be placed beneath the skin by a needle or cannula they can be virtually injected almost anywhere. The limits to their placement is only adequate elasticity and thickness of the soft tissues to receive them. While over twenty brand Read More…
Background: Cheek augmentation is a common form of aesthetic midface enhancement and uses standard implant styles and sizes to do so. While effective in the properly selected patient, standard cheek implants are inadequate for cheek deficiencies that are more significant in scope, when cheek asymmetry exists or when a specific cheek look is desired. (e.g., Read More…
Background: The bones around the eye consist of three rim segments, supraorbital, lateral orbital and infraorbital rims. The medial aspect of the orbital bone that completes its circumference is not a convex rim of bone but a concave surface. All of the orbital rims can be aesthetically augmented of which the brow bones (supraorbital rim) Read More…
While reshaping of the nose is permanently done by a surgical rhinoplasty, temporary changes can be achieved with injectable fillers. While an injectable or non-surgical rhinoplasty can not accomplish the diverse number of changes that surgery can do, it can be effective in specific augmentative nose changes. Fillers work well for increasing tip projection, eliminating 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...