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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...
Lower lip incompetence, often associated with soft tissue chin pad ptosis (sagging), is a difficult problem to satisfactorily correct. It is often associated with loss of chin pad support from implant removal or intraoral chin bone reduction from shaving or a setback sliding genioplasty. As the chin pad loses its attachment to the bone a Read More…
Shoulder reduction surgery works by accessing the inner third of the clavicle bone and reducing its length by a measured ostectomy. To do this requires an incision over the clavicle, which by one’s own feel, the soft tissue over the bone feels fairly thin. In reality it is much thicker than it feels. Regardless, an Read More…
Background: V line surgery is a popular form of lower facial reshaping focusing on reducing the size of the lower jaw. It is essentially a removal of the inferior border of the lower jaw from the jaw angles up to the chin. The chin is then reshaped by various forms of t-shaped osteotomies to narrow Read More…
The buccal lipectomy is the most well known soft tissue cheek reduction procedure. While it can provide effective reduction of fuller cheeks, the extent of its effect is frequently misunderstood or overstated. (leading to unfulfilled patient expectations) The effect of the buccal lipectomy is best understood by where it is positioned in the midface. Sandwiched Read More…
Jawline augmentation is traditionally associated with a male facial reshaping procedure. While this may have been historically true that is no longer so. You only have to look at commercials, ads, news women and female celebrities to realize that having a well defined jawline is a contemporary desired facial feature for women as well. More Read More…
Rib removal surgery is the end stage approach to waistline reduction. When every other conventional means has failed to achieve the desired effect, tissue support removal below the subcutaneous fat level is the last barrier to more narrow waistline. Surprising perhaps to some, patients that seek this surgery usually already have fairly small waistlines. Their Read More…
Custom designed implants have provided completely new types of facial augmentation effects not thought previously possible. This is particularly true in the cheek area where various oval-shaped implant styles are available as standard options. These create malar-submalar fullness over the anterolateral aspect of the cheekbone often called an ‘apple cheek’ effect. But such an aesthetic Read More…
Background: While chin implants are commonly performed on both men and women, that does not mean they should be performed in an identical manner. In that regard I am not referring to the surgical technique to place them. Rather I am referring to the implant style and size chosen for the different genders. I think Read More…
Custom infraorbital-malar (IOM) implants have expanded the augmentation options for the midface. Creating an implant footprint from under the eye and out onto the zygomatic arch provides a horizontal line of augmentation that uniquely treats undereye and cheekbone deficiencies. It is also responsible for creating the popular high cheekbone look. When placing custom IOM implants Read More…
Background: Chin implants are the most common facial augmentation procedure and has been so for over half a century. It is easily the most visible part of the lower face and weaknesses of it adversely affect one’s profile and the appearance of the shape of the neck. Because of the powerful aesthetic effect of chin 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...