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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: The historic use of preformed standard cheek implants creates fullness in the mid- to lower anterior cheek region. This augmentation effect has a specific oval-type appearance due to the shape of the implant. While this is frequently effective for many women it usually is not for men. Men prefer a higher cheek augmentation effect Read More…
Background: The shape of the lower jaw is determined by the development and growth of numerous bony elements dominated by the chin and jaw angles. The jaw angles in particular are of great importance because they are a pair of them and they serve as a primary growth center of the lower jaw. Thus as Read More…
Background: The shape of the bony skull is affected by many factors both in utero and after birth. The most common aesthetic skull deformity without question is that from the effects of plagiocephaly. Once one side of the back of the head remains flatter than the other after two years of age, it will remain Read More…
Enhancing the lower third of the face through an augmentation effect helps correct congenital underdevelopment/asymmetries as well as age-related changes. While once the exclusive domain of implants, injectable fillers today offer patients an immediate chin and jawline change in a non-surgical manner. While it can be debated whether the augmentation effects are the same or Read More…
Rhinoplasty surgery involves the separation of the overlying soft tissue coverage so that the osteocartilaginous framework can be reshaped. Even when done under direct vision (open rhinoplasty) how the soft tissue responds to these changes and whether these structural changes can produce what the patient wants is not always completely predictable. Thus the risk of Read More…
There are many anatomic components that influence the shape of the eye. One of the most significant and commonly modified is that of the outer corner of the eye. The well known procedures of canthopexy and canthoplasty are widely used although there is frequent patient confusion as to the difference between them. At their most Read More…
The peaked head shape is a specific type of aesthetic head deformity in which the midline of the skull is appreciably higher than that of the sides. This creates an inverted V-shape to the head in front view. Thus can be caused by an isolated high sagittal ridge, a normal sagittal ridge with parasagittal-temporal line Read More…
Background: Prominent temporal arteries are very common in men. Everyone has seen some male (probably a lot more than just one) with the appearance of ‘worms’ on the sides of their forehead. While often referred to as veins that are arteries which is given away by their classic serpiginous pattern. (veins are more vertical and Read More…
Management of the tip of the nose in rhinoplasty surgery is the most dimensionally complex of all its potential shape changes. It is also open to high levels of scrutiny as it surrounded by easily identifiable landmarks as in the nostrils, columella and the protruding tip. There are two basic dimensional projection changes of the Read More…
Rib removal in aesthetic surgery is associated with waistline narrowing. Once thought to be a myth, the partial removal of the downwardly sloped free floating ribs is a valid surgical procedure that does remove bony support of the lateral waistline. But to make the procedure effective there are some basic steps to maximize its potential 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...