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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...
Development facial asymmetries are common and often involve more than just one facial structure.One of the structures often involved in more complete facial asymmetries is the corner of the mouth. The mouth corner is frequently in some facial asymmetries, usually in the 3 to 7mms range. This creates an obvious cant to the smile line. Read More…
Background: Genioplasty is a generic term that refers to any manipulation of the chin. It does not specify exactly what that manipulation is but has become most synonymous today with the bone-based chin surgery known as a sliding genioplasty. While this is an operation that most frequently creates a horizontal chin augmentation effect it is Read More…
The lateral canthoplasty is a well known procedure that has value in both reconstructive (e.g., ectropion) and aesthetic eyelid surgery. (e.g., cat eye surgery) While once originally described as reattaching the lateral canthal tendon to the periosteum inside the lateral orbital rim, it has evolved today to use a direct attachment to the bone using Read More…
Background: Plagiocephaly is a well known congenital skull deformity that is best described as a cranioscoliosis effect. This simply means that the skull is rotated on his vertical axis resulting in a twisted appearance. This creates a classic skull shape seen as flat on one side of the back of the head (more severe) followed Read More…
Brow bone reduction, as it is most commonly performed, is really frontal sinus surgery. The size of the frontal size is essentially reduced by changing the position of the front wall (anterior table) of the forehead air cavities. Usually the mucosa of the frontal sinus as well as the frontonasal duct are not manipulated. Thus Read More…
The most aesthetic changer of the shape of the lower third of the face is a custom jawline implant. By wrapping around and augmenting the inferolateral border of the entire jawline the trasition between the face and neck becomes more evident. In terms of surface area coverage the jawline implant is the largest facial implant Read More…
Soft tissue reshaping of the forehead consists of two basic types of procedures based on the anatomic landmarks of the eyebrows and the frontal hairline. (at least in women) There is the conventional rejuvenative browlift procedure which elevates or alters the shape of the brows at the lower end of the forehead. At the superior Read More…
The custom jawline implant is the ideal method for creating a more visible an defined lower face. It creates this effect as it builds out a more prominent transition between the face and the neck through skeletal augmentation. One element that determines how profound that effect is is the soft tissue thicknesses both above and Read More…
There are many misconceptions of the body’s biologic response to the placement of the commonly performed chin implant. The chin bone, while not entirely different from the rest of the facial bones at the osseous level, is unique in being a singular bony prominence that creates the leading edge of the lower third of the Read More…
Background: The skull is prone to developing undesired ‘lumps and bumps’ which are aesthetically bothersome because they disrupt an otherwise smooth head surface. Such bony protrusions are abnormally raised spot areas of bone that can be reduced by a direct burring approach. While not pathologic these type of skull protrusions represent overgrowths of normal outer 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...