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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: Augmentation of the periorbital region has very few standard implant options. Such standard implants are made for the aesthetic tear trough deformity and some modest amount of horizontal infraorbital rim deficiency. Combined with cheek implants an infraorbital-malar horizontal augmentation can be achieved but not in a contiguous fashion. But specific types of infraorbital-malar augmentations Read More…
The goal of lip augmentation, or to make the lips bigger, is to expand the visible vertical height of the dry vermilion. This is most commonly done by the use of injectable fillers. Fillers work well if there is enough initial vermilion that it can expanded up and outward. But even if injectable fillers work Read More…
Custom skull implants designed from a 3D CT scan are the most effective method for creating any type of aesthetic head augmentation. While designing such implants seems simple, it is not. The large convex surfaces of the skull offers ample opportunity for implant coverage and varying thicknesses but there are no design guidelines in any Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation by an implant or a sliding genioplasty are procedures that have a relatively low rate of infection or wound healing problems. But just because these risks are low does not mean they can not occur under the right circumstances. One factor that can contribute to these problems is stress or pressure devascularization Read More…
Undereye hollowing is a very common aesthetic orbital concern. There are multiple reasons why undereye hollowing exists from lack of adequate fat/soft tissue thickness to an infraorbital rim bony deficiency. And in some patients it is a combination of both. There are even situations where cheek implants have been placed and now the infraorbital area Read More…
The custom infraorbital-malar implant is the most effective approach to treating undereye hollows and in creating a specific cheek augmentation look. (high cheekbone look) It provides a linear line of bone augmentation from the nose to the end of the zygomatic arch. In placing such an implant through a lower eyelid incision the pocket dissection Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation by either an implant or a sliding genioplasty can be a very effective lower facial enhancement for many patients. But given the length and surface area of the jawline it is important to remember that it occupies only about 20% of the total surface area of the bony lower face. Thus it Read More…
The buccal fat pad is as well known collection of facial fat that is the frequent site of surgical extraction. Unlike aesthetic fat removal from almost anywhere else in the body, which is by liposuction, the buccal fat pad is removed en bloc. Unlike subcutaneous fat and as the name implies it is a discrete Read More…
Background: The occipital knob is for many one of the most smallest of the aesthetic skull deformities. While its surface area is relatively small the degree of protrusion it creates can be significant. Besides its aesthetic prominence it can also cause some discomfort for some when laying on it and be an impediment in the Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty is the autologous option for chin augmentation. It s a versatile procedure from a dimensional standpoint and can provide significant horizontal advancements, vertical lengthening/shortening and width narrowing but is limited in being able to create increased chin width. It is the only option, short of injectable fillers and fat, for patients 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...