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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...
Custom skull implants provide one of the most effective methods to treat a side variety of head shape abnormalities. Made from a 3D CT scan they provide a preoperative design that hopefully adequately addresses the patient’s aesthetic head shape concerns. Because of their custom design, most cases do not require any intraoperative adjustment for either Read More…
Background: Chin implants are still the most commonly performed facial implant procedure. While done in women as well as in men, they are probably less often done in women. This is evidenced by looking at the large array of commercial chin implant options which are available of which most are of what is known as Read More…
The African-American rhinoplasty typically consists of several basic maneuvers to change the shape of the nose. Augmenting a low nasal bridge, lifting/narrowing and strengthening the nasal tip and narrowing the nostrils serve as the typical foundation for this type of rhinoplasty. When done together an uplifted and more narrow nose can be created. While the Read More…
The gummy smile is a well known aesthetic upper lip issue in which excessive gingival tissue is exposed on smiling. There are numerous etiologies for its occurrence but treatments have largely looked at decreasing the excursion of the upper lip. Botox injections, maxillary lowering vestibuloplasties and levator myotomes have all been done with success Read More…
Cheek implants are a well known method of adding assured volume to the midface. The term ‘cheek’ however can have various meanings to different patients and the area of some patient’s cheek augmentation may be slightly or considerably different. Given that the cheek area is a broad anatomic area, extending from the lateral orbit to Read More…
Background: Rib removal is most commonly performed for aesthetic purposes for horizontal waistline reduction. During this procedure the free floating ribs (#s 11 and 12) and sometimes rib #10 are partially removed to allow the waistline soft tissues to collapse inward. As a result the procedure produces a lot of rib bone which is typically Read More…
Jaw angle implants as well as complete jawline implants are highly effective methods for augmentation of the lower third of the face. They either enhance the effects of a prior or concomitant chin augmentation or create an entire enhancement of the whole lower face as a stand alone implant procedure due to complete jawline bone Read More…
Background: Plagiocephaly, also known as cranioscoliosis, is one of the most recognized skull shape abnormalities deformities. It has a relatively common occurrence amongst all the possible congenital skull deformities. While it affects the entire skull shape its greatest effect and patient concern is often on the back of the head. Asymmetry and variable amounts of Read More…
Background: As part of many orthognathic surgery procedures, a siding genioplasty is often done. While not providing any functional/occlusal benefit, it is a cosmetic procedure done for facial profile enhancement. While working in concert in some cases with a sagittal split ramus osteotomy both work to push the chin projection forward While the sagittal split Read More…
Background: Excessive chin projection can occur in numerous dimensions and often involves multiple dimensional excesses concurrently. But isolated chin excesses or single dimensional macrogenias (large chins) do occur and presents as either in the horizontal or vertical dimensions. Vertical macrogenia can be effectively treated through two different approaches unlike many other types of large chins. 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...