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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 most common surgical upper lip rejuvenation procedure is the subnasal lip lift. Whether it is of congenital or aging origin, an elongated upper lip is associated with an undesired perioral appearance. With a longer upper lip, particularly if it is age-related, the amount of visible vermilion (pink part) usually becomes less as well. With Read More…
Background: Large augmentative skull implants are indicated when there is a congenitally head shape deformity that lacks height as well as width. When these dimensional increases are significant such cases almost always requires a first stage scalp expansion or having had a prior skull implant in place. Despite the relatively large size of the implant Read More…
Chin augmentation, whether by an implant or a sliding genioplasty, is one of the most commonly performed facial reshaping procedures. While it has many benefits it has one potential aesthetic liability…deepening of the labiomental fold. It is not a question of whether this will occur after chin augmentation but whether it will be significant or Read More…
Testicle implants are an effective method for reconstruction of a previously removed testicle. Whether the testicle was removed months or years ago a testicle implant can be successfully placed. In almost all cases that I have seen the removed testicle is taken from a high scrotal or inguinal incision. While an existing incision is always Read More…
Background: The historic and still commonly performed method of lower jaw augmentation is with the use of standard chin and jaw angle implants. Three in dependently placed implants on the bony corners of the lower face can effectively create a more visible or defined jawline. Barring any complications many implanted patients go on to live Read More…
Background: While chin augmentation is a commonly performed facial reshaping procedure, there are some basic concepts about it that can be overlooked. First, there are gender differences between what the ideal chin position may be. Too often this is overlooked in women who are far more likely to end up over corrected than under corrected. Read More…
The external ear has a very complex topographic shape which is largely overlooked/underappreciated because it sits on the side of the head. Its variety of convexities and concavities of its cartilage framework create the recognizable ear shape even if one can not describe them in detail. While there are differences in the exact size and Read More…
Lip enhancement is one of the most commonly performed non-surgical procedures and is usually done with injectable fillers. Adding volume to the lips can be highly effective and can meet most patient’s lip augmentation objectives. But filler can not achieve very specific types of lip reshaping changes. This is particularly true in the cupid’s bow Read More…
There are numerous types of eye reshaping of which the most commonly known and performed are rejuvenative in nature. Traditional blepharoplasties and browlift procedures are typically done in older patients and treat age-related periorbital changes of which the goal is to refresh one’s appearance and not really change it. Less commonly known and usually performed Read More…
Injectable fillers are one of the most commonly performed non-surgical aesthetic facial procedures performed. I would suspect that at least a million ccs of injectable fillers are placed in faces every year in the U.S. Of these injectable fillers the majority are composed of what is often called hyaluronic acids. The term ‘acid’ seems incongruous 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...