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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...
Significant vertical chin lengthening is most successfully achieved by lengthening of the bone. Downfracture of the chin bone with an interpositional graft can easily provide double digits of increased vertical chin length without soft tissue constraint concerns. Calculating how much increased chin lengthen a patient needs is not an exact science although there are several Read More…
Background: There are well known gender differences in the shape of the forehead. The primary characteristics of the male forehead is a well defined brow ridge, a wider and slightly backward sloped shape, low set eyebrows and various forehead lengths based on the natural location of the frontal hairline. While some men only need non-brow Read More…
Background: There are well known gender differences in the shape of the forehead. The primary characteristics of the female forehead is the lack of a well defined brow ridge, a more vertical and rounder shape, higher positioned eyebrows and usually a shorter forehead length. As a result of these norms an excessively backward forehead slope Read More…
Background: Turner’s syndrome is a well known congenital chromosomal condition (XO) in females that produces a variety of physical defects one of which is the webbed neck. The webbed neck or neck bands are very visible and are a major component of what makes the condition very identifiable. While there are no improvements in neck Read More…
Background: In rhinoplasty surgeries patients are seeking to reshape their nose by removing obvious disproportionate features. This could be a large dorsal hump, a wide nasal tip or flared nostrils to name a few. Their goal is to bring the nose into a standard shape and proportions which has been classically described and accepted. While Read More…
Background: The back of the head is the most common area for elective aesthetic skull augmentation. For a variety of reasons the back of the head is prone to lack of projection, asymmetries and bony irregularities. These issues are particularly apparent in men due to short hair, no hair or a shaved head. As a Read More…
Background: Unlike skull reconstruction elective aesthetic skull augmentation has a much more limited history. Due to an historic low demand and limited options for performing it building up areas of the skull has relied on the use of bone cement, mainly PMMA. (acrylic) By history such bone cements were initially made for reconstruction of skull Read More…
Background: Double jaw or Bimax surgery is a popular procedure today often done for improving skeletal facial projection as well as in the treatment of significant obstructive sleep apnea. These facial osteotomy movements are often significant often 10mms forward movements or greater. This is very different than in the history of jaw surgery, where it Read More…
Background: Men who request forehead augmentation fall into two general types, a forehead augmentation that does not include the brow bones and forehead augmentation that does include them. The custom forehead implant is the superior method to achieve good aesthetic outcomes with either type of forehead augmentation but the footprint in their designs are obviously Read More…
Background: Masculinization of the male face typically involves augmentation of the facial bones. More prominent facial bones are typically associated with a stronger facial appearance. The lower jaw or jawline is the most common type of facial bone augmented as a strong jaw/jawline has long been associated with a more masculine appearance. But the lower 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...