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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Asian V Line Surgery

Background: Reshaping of the entire jawline to a more slim or narrowed shape has become known as V line surgery. It is most commonly done in Asians to change a wide and more square jaw to a more narrow and triangular one. It is a bony reshaping surgery which focuses on the chin anteriorly and Read More…

Technical Strategies – Intraoral Chin Implant Placement

Chin implants are the most common permanent method of facial augmentation. Chin implants of various materials have been used for almost fifty years. Whatever the material composition of the implant is and its shape and size, chin implants can be introduced from either a superior approach (intraoral mucosal incision) or from below. (submental skin incision) Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Abdominal Etching Liposuction

Background: A well shaped and toned abdomen is a goal of both men and women of all ages alike. While some have it naturally, particularly at a young age, most have to work to maintain or create it through some regular diet and exercise.  A trim waistline and a flat abdomen is a reasonable and Read More…

Case Study – Asian Nasal Implant Rhinoplasty

  Plastic SurgeryBackground: The need for augmentation of the nose can be due to congenital, traumatic or iatrogenic saddle nose deformities or for elective ethnic rhinoplasty surgery. Ethnic rhinoplasty indications are usually for the Asian or African-American patient in my practice and are dorsal line augmentations that usually involve the tip as well. The debate Read More…

Dimples of Venus – Non-Surgical and Surgical Options

  Back or buttock dimples, often called the Dimples of Venus, are believed by some to be a mark of beauty. (Venus = Roman goddess of beauty) They are bilateral skin indentations on the lower back just superior and lateral to the top of the intergluteal cleft. Some people have these lower back dimples while Read More…

Skull Augmentation in Young Children with Plagiocephaly

Plagiocephaly is a term used for a broad collection of congenital skull deformities that involve a general twisting or rotation of the skull base. This is most commonly seen as flattening on one side of the back of the head with compensatory changes anteriorly to the forehead and face. When diagnosed early skull molding therapies Read More…

Case Study – Extreme Breast Augmentation

Background: Breast implants are available in a wide variety of sizes based on volume. (ccs)   Implant size ranges from 150cc to 800cc for most manufacturers. The vast majority of women achieve their breast augmentation goals in the median of these numbers in the 300cc to 500cc range. Large breast implants would be judged by Read More…

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