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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 subnasal or bullhorn lip lift is the most well known of all the surgical lip reshaping methods. It is a true lip lifting procedure given that its excisional location is at the nasal base-lip crease which results in a superior pull when closed. The length of the upper lip is shortened and with that Read More…
There are numerous procedures to reshape the lower third of the face. Many of them are directed at changing or augmenting the lower jawbone while others are used to reduce or tighten the soft tissue around the jawbone to create a more defined lower face. (more visible transition between the face and the neck. In Read More…
Background: The well known sliding genioplasty procedure can provide multi-dimensional changes to the projection of the chin. With a downfractured and mobile inferior chin segment, it can freely be positioned ‘out into space’ to accomplish the desired chin augmentation effect provided that rigid fixation is used to hold it there. But with that downfractured chin Read More…
Background: Aesthetic augmentation of the brow bone is done for either a masculinizing effect or for the correction of brow bone asymmetry. The former is best done using a custom brow bone implant that is placed through a small scalp incision using an endoscopic technique. Brow bone asymmetry, however, uses smaller implants which have the Read More…
In shoulder narrowing surgery a segment of the inner third of the clavicle bone is taken to create the effect. The two ends of the bone are put back together using a plate and screws. There are different types of plates and screws to use from various manufacturers but as long as they are stout Read More…
Background: Tucked between the legs and somewhat hidden beneath the scrotal sac lie the testicles in men. Everyone knows testicles are paired in number and have a bit of rounded shape, which is why they are referred to as ‘balls’. But in reality their shape is not that of concentric circles. Rather their shape is Read More…
The buccal lipectomy is a well known cheek reduction contouring procedure. Its effectiveness is based on the removal of a distinct fat pad of significant volume that lies between the masseter and the pterygoid muscles. It is anatomically different from almost all other facial fat sites which are more diffuse and spread out in the Read More…
Background: The lower jaw develops from paired cartilage outgrowths known as Meckel’s cartilage which meet in the middle to create the arch shape of the bone. These two segments become joined at the symphysis or chin which, if everything forms perfectly, is symmetric in shape. Whether the chin is small, medium or large in size, Read More…
A custom skull implant design based on the patient’s 3D CT scan is the best method for almost any aesthetic skull augmentation. As long as the volume of the skull implant does not exceed the ability of the scalp to stretch to accommodate it any shape or size implants can be designed. This makes many Read More…
A central premaxillary region of the midface that lacks projection creates an appearance with a more acute nasolabial angle, recession of the central upper lip and even lack of nasal tip projection. Premaxillary augmentation has a long history in rhinoplasty surgery in certain ethnic noses to improve the nasolabial angle relationship but can also be 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...