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Technical Strategies: Iliac Crest Suture Anchors in Hip Implahts

Aesthetic hip implants are solid silicone body-contouring implants used to widen or smooth the lateral hip/“hip dip” area. They are a specialized aesthetic surgery option for patients seeking lateral hip width or hip-dip correction when fat grafting is inadequate or unavailable Hip Implant Concepts:: Best use: thin patients or patients without enough fat for hip Read More…

Weight Lifting After Pectoral Implant Surgery

As pectoral implants involve an elevstion of the major muscle off of the chest wall the trauma will cause some short term limitations and discomfort. But the placement of pectoral implants does not preclude weight lifting although there will be a recovery process. Most patients can return to heavy lifting and full chest training about Read More…

Do Pectoral Implants Affect The Strength of the Pectoralis Major Muscle

In many experience with pectoral implats, standard and custom, reported loss of chest muscle strength has not been reported. Thus it is fair to say that it is not a significant postperatiive concer and a general statement that pectoral implants generally do not directly weaken the pectoralis major muscle, But they can potentially affect muscle Read More…

Impact Resistance of Custom Facial Implant Materials

One of the common questions I get about facial implants, and custom facial implants in particular, is what will happen to them if I sustain trauma to the face. Will the implant break/fracture or become displaced? Let me address how facial implant materials respond to trauma or more specifically what is their impact resistance (aka Read More…

XL Pectoral Implants Case Example

For extra large pectoral implants, there are basically two categories: Largest standard implants Custom oversized implants Most standard male pectoral implants are in the 300–400cc range. Large standard implants go up to about 600c. Anything beyond that usually requires a custom-made implant. Custom XL Pectoral Implants Surgeons doing “extreme” chest augmentation often use: Custom solid Read More…

Male Pectoral Implant Sizing

Selecting the correct pectoral implant size is primarily based on the patient’s chest dimensions, tissue thickness, desired projection, and aesthetic goals — not simply implant volume alone. The most important concept is that implant width and height must fit the chest wall anatomy first, and projection/volume are chosen second. This is often the difference between Read More…

Custom Facial Implant Designs and The Golden Ratio – Mathemcatically Explained

The golden ratio represents a unique irrational mathematical constant that emerges when a linear segment is divided into two unequal portions such that the ratio of the total segment to the larger portion is equivalent to the ratio of the larger portion to the smaller portion. This proportional relationship possesses several mathematically significant properties that Read More…

Does The Golden Ratio Play A Useful Role In Custom Facial Implant Designs

The golden ratio can influence the conceptual framework of custom facial implant design through the application of mathematically derived proportional relationships used in facial aesthetic analysis. However, its role is interpretive and heuristic rather than deterministic. The golden ratio, defined mathematically as: It serves as a proportional constant that has historically been associated with visually Read More…

Role of Perfusion Holes in Custom Aesthetic Skull Implants

Perfusion holes in aesthetic skull implants serve several important biologic and mechanical purposes. Since onlay skull implants for aesthetic augmentation are made of solid silicone these holes are intentionally made intraoperatively for multiple purposes. Some of these effects are for intraoperative use while others have postoperative benefits. In either case they have the biologic effects Read More…

How Do Aesthetic Norms Influence Custom Facial Implant Designs

Aesthetic norms influence custom facial implant design at almost every level: proportions, contours, symmetry targets, gender expression, ethnic preservation, age-related expectations, and even how “natural” a result should appear. In modern facial implant surgery, the goal is rarely just “bigger” or “more projected.” It is usually to create harmony according to a culturally and individually Read More…