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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...
Chin augmentation is an aesthetic facial procedure that has been done for just about 100 years. The first reported procedure was done way back in 1928 using a cartilage graft to the chin. The use of carved ivory was also done in the early chin augmentation days. But the procedure never achieved any popularity in Read More…
Background: The concept of the sliding genioplasty is fairly straightforward. Cut the chin bone, move it forward and put a plate on it to hold it into place. While this is true there are numerous aesthetic and technical considerations involved that can make for a successful or unsuccessful aesthetic outcome. Such factors include what dimensional Read More…
Background: The forehead occupies a full one third of the face and is typically perceived as a flat nondescript bony surface. But its surface topography is more complex with potential brow bone prominences, a central glabellar valley, supra brow bone breaks, frontal eminence prominences and lateral temporal lines. All of which can lead to an Read More…
Background: The narrow head shape is defined as having a decreased bi-temporal and bi-parietal bony skull widths. These can be determined by actual measurements but, more importantly, it can be seen from the outside as well as just looking at a 3D CT skull scan of the patient. The narrow head shape may often involves Read More…
Background: When it comes to aesthetic augmentation of the arms the upper arm is almost almost always what is done. The biceps and triceps of the upper arms are larger muscles in which subfascial and submuscular implant augmentation is possible and there are standard implant styles available to do so. When it comes to the Read More…
Background: The back of the head is composed of multiple skull segments of which the occipital bone is a major component. The occipital bone is a non-paired bone that occupies the lower 2/3s of the skull in the back of the head. It is also the primary bone of which many neck muscles attach. As Read More…
The most common potential adverse affect relating to facial implants is the concern about bone erosion. While this is certainly not the most common complication from facial implants it is certainly one that is widely spoken about albeit biologically incorrect. The term erosion goes back over 50 years from looking at some chin implants in Read More…
Background: Testicle implants from an aesthetic standpoint have some similarities to breast implants. The end goal is to have an implant in a surrounding sack of skin that is soft, supple and moves without restriction or pain. While the implant type is quite different, a testicle implant is solid silicone while a breast implant is Read More…
Certain head shapes are known to have a wide skull width. This is particularly evident in those skulls that have a brachycephalic tendency. (flat back of the head) With a flat and wide back of the head the sides are pushed outward creating a noticeable wide skull from the front and back views. This increased Read More…
Background: One important dimension of the forehead is it’s vertical length as defined by the distance between the eyebrows to the frontal hairline. This distance is obviously influenced significantly by the location of the frontal hairline which can be quite high in many men (or absent) and in some women as well. Presuming one has 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...