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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...
Background: Reduction of the wide or convex head shape is most effectively done through muscle removal. The temporal muscle is quite large with its origins along the long temporal line of the skull from which it extends down into a funnel shape through which is passes under the zygomatic arch. Once under the arch this Read More…
Background: Custom skull implants for the flat back of the head are one of the most frequently requested types of augmentative skull reshaping. They are very effective at achieving an improved back of the head shape whether it is for correction of asymmetry or for an enhanced contour. As long as the implant design does Read More…
Despite the small size of the corner of the mouth, it appearance can have a major effect on the appearance of one’s disposition. The mouth corner is generally overlooked as long as it has a neutral or level orientation. But once is starts to head south with facial aging (or just exists that way by Read More…
Defining facial beauty or attractiveness has been done for centuries. Most of the time it is discussed from an artist’s perspective looking at ratios, linear measurements, angles and proportions. While these all have merit surgery is not like making a painting or creating a sculpture. It is far less precise and the influence of how Read More…
The sometimes aesthetically prominent and often pulsatile artery that crosses from the temporal hairline into the forehead is the anterior branch of the superficial temporal artery. This can be very effectively treated by a multilevel ligation technique through very small incisions. Typically three microincisions are used located at the temporal hairline, lateral forehead and right Read More…
Background: Custom skull implants can be made in an endless number of designs and can treat a wide variety of head shape issues. Most custom skull implant designs come down to either partial or complete types. This relates to how much of the skull’s surface area is covered by the implant. Partial implant designs are Read More…
Shoulder reduction surgery works by a removing a medial segment of the non-linear clavicle bone. When putting the bone back together the outer shoulder moves inwards creating the desired effect. The good quality bone at the reapproximated clavicle ends provides a high level of assurance that the bone will heal across the osteotomy gap. The Read More…
Self-harm scars are a well known form of deliberate injury, usually to the forearms and in young people. These scars are often not an attempt at suicide but an expression of emotional/psychological distress. Their appearance is classic in that they are multiple and in a perpendicular direction to the longitudinal axis of the forearm. There Read More…
Background: Cheek implants have been used for aesthetic facial augmentation for over fifty years. While the shape and numerous implant styles has changed over the years, the basic concepts of their placement remain the same. Through an intraoral approach a subperiosteal pocket is developed over the cheekbone where the implant is designed to sit. The Read More…
Background: The thin face is one in which the perception of the width to length ratio is disproportionate. This could be that the vertical length of the face is excessive by forehead or chin lengths even though the width of the face is normal. It could also be that the vertical facial length is normal 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...