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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...
Background: Aging affects all areas of the face but the eyes develop the first and often some of the most profound age-related structural changes. The repetitive movement of the upper eyelids eventually creates redundant skin, that when significant enough, may hang down near or on the lashes. While the lower eyelids also develop loose skin, Read More…
Background: The most common form of a short lower face is of the horizontal dimension. The chin is seen to be short and is positioned behind the forward position of the lower lip to varying degrees. Depending upon its severity there may be a malocclusion of the Class II variety. All methods of such jaw Read More…
Jaw angle augmentation with implants has become an increasingly popular aesthetic facial procedure for both men and women. It is performed through intraoral incisions that are located in the back of the mouth in the vestibule opposite the second and third molars. This provides access to the subperiosteal plane under the masseter muscle over the Read More…
Background: An improved jawline or support to the lower third of the face is most commonly done using implants. Standard chin and jaw angle implants have been available for three decades in a variety of styles and sizes. While effective for some patients an unconnected three implant jawline augmentation approach has potential issues of malpositions, Read More…
Rhinoplasty often uses cartilage grafts for various augmentative and supportive nasal needs. Most of these cartilage grafts are more modest in size and are harvested from the septum or ear. Such grafts are placed by conventional suture fixation or even as onlays in a crushed shape. Greater amounts of nasal augmentation, however, require rib cartilage Read More…
Background: Parry-Romberg syndrome is a rare but well known type of facial atrophy. It presents well after birth in children, teens or young adults with the onset of progressive atrophy of facial tissues. While it theoretically can affect any part of the face, I have seen a disproportion of cases that involve the upper third Read More…
Fat injections to the face are a common treatment for a variety of soft tissue deficiencies from aging. They are done alone or in combination with other facial rejuvenation procedures. Their popularity lies in the virtually scarless harvest method (liposuction), the relatively low volume need for facial applications, and ease of placement. (injection) There also Read More…
Background: The facelift procedure makes for major anti-aging changes but is not all encompassing rejuvenation procedure. Its effects are limited to the neck and jowl areas and in some types even the cheeks. But the one area that a facelift can never affect is the mouth or central facial region. It does not matter how Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation is the most common facial reshaping procedure that employs an implant to create its effect. Most people seek it to enhance the projection of the lower face as a stand alone procedure or as a complement to other facial procedures. (e.g., rhinoplasty) The outcome success is fairly high for chin implants, citing Read More…
Background: The custom jawline implant provides the most significant augmentative changes to the lower third of the face. Designed from the patients’s 3D CT scan, the entire shape of the lower jaw from angle to angle can be changed by altering the shape of its inferolateral bony contour. These type of implant changes are only 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...