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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...
Cheek implants provide a means to augment the zygomatic (malar) bones for centro-lateral midface augmentation. It creates its effects by pushing off from the underlying bone a specific amount based on the implant’s thickness to create an external facial contour change. The typical placement up through the mouth provides a scarless insertion technique that Read More…
Background: The conventional forms of waistline reshaping are a tummy tuck and liposuction. These procedures will work well for the aesthetic needs of the vast majority of women. Numerous variations exist within these procedure to trying magnify their effects such as horizontal fascial plication in tummy tucks and aggressive liposuction techniques for maximal fat reduction Read More…
A Lefort I or maxillary advancement osteotomy is one of the most commonly performed orthognathic surgery procedures. By making a bone cut above the roots of the maxillary teeth, the entire upper jaw bone can be separated from the midface bone above it and moved based on the palatal and mucogingival soft tissue attachments. Read More…
A flat back of the head occurs due to either congenital in utero fetal positioning or post birth neonatal/infant sleep habits. Certain ethnicities are more prone to it than others but all skulls can be reshaped at very early ages in adverse manner. One of the most common aesthetic skull deformities that has its origin Read More…
A custom jawline implant is undoubtably the best method to augment the entire lower third of the face. Since it covers the entire jaw from angle to angle crossing the chin it creates both volume and definition for a more distinct transition of the face into the neck. Its one-piece design also offers a lower Read More…
Background: The external ear has a remarkable topographic complexity to it for being such a small craniofacial structure. Its many hills and valleys (convexities and concavities) give rise to over fifteen different subunit names. The earlobe is the only flat surface structure on the whole ear that has has no cartilage support. Despite its anatomic Read More…
The most common aesthetic ear surgery is that of the setback otoplasty. Changing the auriculocephalic angle by bringing the outer half of the ear closer to the side of the head makes the ears less prominent in the frontal view. It is a procedure that has a high satisfaction rate with few complications. Its most Read More…
The outer half or tail of the brow bone can be reduced through an upper eyelid incision. This is useful in numerous clinical conditions where only the outer half of the brow bone needs to be changed such as in facial asymmetry (vertical brow bone elevation ) and in some types of facial feminization surgery. Read More…
Facial lipoatrophy is a well known aesthetic complication from the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus conditions with retroviral medications. While the drugs used to to treat this medical condition have improved and nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors are being used less frequently, this every visible facial deformity still occurs in some patients even if the medications are Read More…
Background: The basic concept of a lower facelift is one of tissue repositoning. Loose face and neck tissues are freed up and then repositioned up over the ears. The ear becomes partially buried under this flap of skin of which the redundancy is trimmed and the full ear is re-exposed. This places a closure line 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...