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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...
The Ogee curve is a well known and talked about aesthetic facial feature. Looking at the face in the oblique view it is an S-shaped double curve created by the outline or silhouette of the tail of the brow bone along the lateral orbital rim and down across the cheek prominence. It is usually referred Read More…
Aesthetic skull augmentations today are most effectively done by a custom skull implant design. Gone are the days of the use of PMMA bone cements, which may be fine as an inlay method for skull bone defects which is their history. But PMMA bone cements is not a highly effective method as an onlay contouring Read More…
The labiomental fold is an indentation between the lower lip and chin which anatomically represents the attachment origin of the mentalis muscle to the bone. While everyone has a labiomental fold it varies in depth from near non-existant to a severe V-shaped indentation due to various anatomic causes. Jaw/chin deficiencies, inclination of the lower teeth Read More…
Background: The scalp is pierced as a homogenous layer of soft tissue covering the skull whose most dominant feature is the hair it may or may not contain. While the scalp does have five distinct layers throughout its large surface area of coverage the thicknesses of it varies. The thickest part of the scalp is Read More…
Cheek implants have a long clinical history most of which have been designed for females to create an apple cheek effect. This cheek augmentation outcome is created by having a cheek implant of which part of it is positioned below the cheekbone (zygomatic major) into the submalar space. This results in a rounded prominence which Read More…
Background: The bony genioplasty remains the best technique for significant lower facial augmentation particularly when significant vertical lengthening is needed. It is always better in the long term to let the bone create the large chin augmentation effect as opposed to a large implant load on the chin even if it may not create the Read More…
Background: In the short chin, when significant vertical lengthening is the primary deficiency, the bony genioplasty remains the workhorse for this type of lower facial augmentation. Significant vertical chin lengthening is defined in my experience by greater than 7 mm in most patients. This is based on the restrictions of the overlying soft tissue chin Read More…
Background: Penoscrotal webbing (PSW), also called a webbed penis, is when there is excessive skin between the penis and the scrotum. As a result a skin web appears when the penis is lifted up to 90 degrees or higher. Due to its appearance it could be called the turkey neck of the penis. Careful assessment Read More…
Background: In the patient with a wide or overly convex head shape the question is always is this a function of the bone or muscle. To accurately answer this question one has to look at the anatomy of the temporal bone and muscle which makes up the side of the head. The temporal bone is Read More…
Ultrasoft solid temporal implants are a permanent method of temporal augmentation. Placed on top of the muscle but under the deep temporal fascia the implant essentially augments the thickness of the muscle. To create different temporal augmentation effects a variety of temporal implant styles (standard vs extended) and thicknesses (4 and 6mm) exist. But even 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...