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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: The forehead is responsible for a major part of the shape of the face. Its broad skin surface area can have a variety of shapes that exhibit well known gender differences. Contemporary desired forehead shapes in females are more vertical in inclination with a convex shape from side to side. Unlike most men who Read More…
Custom 3D implants are, by far, the most effective method for any form of aesthetic skull augmentation. By creating a preformed implant that has a presurgically chosen shape and thicknesses based on the patient’s actual bony skull anatomy and aesthetic desires, this removes the inaccuracies that naturally come from intraoperatively fashioned augmentations that are made Read More…
Background: The forehead occupies one-third of the face’s surface area. It also has a lot of animation effects from changes in eyebrow position and the creation of various horizontal and vertical wrinkle lines. But short of motion the shape of the forehead and the surrounding hair locations also impact the impression of one’s facial appearance. Read More…
Calf implants are used for a variety of reasons from aesthetic muscular augmentation to correction of congenital lower leg deformities. (e.g., club foot) They are placed on top of the existing gastrocnemius muscles to provide an external contour change that results in an enhanced lower leg size appearance. Since there are two muscle bellies to Read More…
The one permanent and often most effective treatment for temporal hollowing is an implant approach. Temporal implants offer a smooth and volume-assured method for building out the anterior temporal aesthetic zone next to the eye. Of all the facial implants, it is the only one that augments muscle, not bone, and is very straightforward to Read More…
Background: The mandibular plane angle is a term frequently used in dentistry particularly in orthodontics and cephalometric analysis. Technically it is called the Frankfort mandibular plane angle and is formed by the intersection of the Frankfort horizontal plane and the mandibular plane. These intersecting lines create an angle of which a measurement of 25 +/- Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty is a well known chin procedure that has both a long history and a variety of uses. In its classic form it is a horizontal chin advancement procedure by a forward repositioning of the mandibular symphysis bone. With the advent of plate and screw fixation, the procedure has been expanded to Read More…
Rib removal provides the last surgical effort to narrowing one’s waistline. The desired location of the narrowest part of the horizontal waistline is at the level of the umbilicus. At this level the downward inclination of the free floating ribs crosses this line and provides an outward push or support. It is this anatomic reason Read More…
Asymmetry of the chin is not uncommon and has various causes. Fundamentally it can be either due to how jaw has developed along its two sides with the chin at its end reflecting the difference between the two sides or can be directly due to asymmetry of the chin bone itself. That diagnosis is very Read More…
Implants are the treatment option for buttock augmentation when either fat grafting has failed or there are insufficient fat donor sites to adequately do the procedure. Even though buttock implants offer an assured volume, fat grafting should be considered first if there us adequate fat to harvest. Very similar to breast implants, buttock implants have 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...