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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...
In rib removal surgery of the lower rib cage for a waistline narrowing effect the most feared complication is that of a pneumothorax. A pneumothorax occurs because the pleural lining of the lung is inadvertently opened or torn during surgery and is not recognized. This allows air to escape from the lungs and, if enough Read More…
Why is squaring out the jaw angle in custom implant designs not a good idea? From an aesthetic and anatomic standpoint, creating a perfectly square mandibular angle with a custom jawline implant is usually not the ideal design goal. While many male patients ask for a “square jaw,” the most attractive and natural masculine jawlines Read More…
Can I Just Let AI Design My Custom Facial Implant? The short answer is no—not yet. AI has become an exceptionally powerful tool for designing patient-specific implants, but it is still best viewed as an intelligent assistant rather than an autonomous implant designer. While AI can dramatically improve efficiency, accuracy, and consistency, the final implant Read More…
One of the moat common reasons patients seek forehead augmentation is to change the forehead slope in profile. They often seek to correct a more backward forehead slope into a more vertical one. The key question is where does the slope of the forehead start to become retroclined. Does it begin to do so at Read More…
The submental approach is the most common method for placement of a one-piece custom jawline implant because it provides direct access to the chin and both mandibular body regions through a single, well-hidden incision beneath the chin through which the implant is introduced. It is particularly advantageous for large wraparound implants that extend from angle Read More…
A transpalpebral Endotine brow lift is a less commonly performed variation of brow elevation in which the brow is lifted through an upper eyelid (blepharoplasty) incision rather than through scalp incisions. The Endotine device is used to secure the elevated brow tissues to the frontal bone. This technique combines an upper blepharoplasty with a direct Read More…
Female head widening implants are designed to increase the bitemporal width (side-to-side dimension) of the skull in women whose heads appear disproportionately narrow. The goal is not to create a masculine appearance, but rather to produce a smoother, more balanced, and naturally oval cranial shape. The most common indications include: Congenitally narrow head shape with Read More…
Lower lip tightness is an uncommon but frustrating complaint that most often occurs after prior surgery (chin implant, genioplasty, V-line surgery, chin reduction, lip procedures), trauma, burns, or scarring from fillers or infections. Patients typically describe a sensation of the lip feeling “stiff,” or “pulled tight” associated with increased lower incisor show and with some Read More…
A septal columellar strut graft is one of the most fundamental structural grafts in rhinoplasty. Positioned between the medial crura of the lower lateral cartilages within the columella, it acts as an internal support beam for the nasal tip. While it does not directly create a new tip shape, it provides the stable framework upon Read More…
A custom female forehead implant is designed to create a smoother, fuller, and more feminine forehead contour while preserving the natural aesthetic characteristics of the female upper face. Unlike a standard implant, it is custom-designed from a 3D CT scan to precisely match the patient’s skull anatomy and desired amount of augmentation. Key design concepts 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...