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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 skull is a collection of multiple larger pieces of bone that are connected through a network of sutures during development. These various sutures and how they develop and connect create the opportunities for a variety of external skull surface irregularities. One such skull irregularity is that of the raised sagittal ridge or crest. Read More…
Reduction of the prominent Adam’s apple, or tracheal shave, is a procedure that has several basic misconceptions about it. The name by which it is best known, tracheal shave, is inaccurate because the trachea is not manipulated in the procedure. Rather it is the thyroid cartilage of the larynx which is reduced which is why Read More…
Background: Creating a slimmer lower face can be done by a variety of bony and soft tissue reduction procedures. When the size of the lower jawbone is the major part of the lower facial fullness, v line surgery is the most known and successful surgery for reducing it. While there are different types of v Read More…
The buccal lipectomy is a well known facial contouring procedure that is effective because of its discrete encapsulation of fat. Like Buccal fat extraction provides a unique aesthetic procedure that is unlike the traditional liposuction method and is performed no where else on the face or body. The fat is also quite distinctive in appearance Read More…
A sliding genioplasty is an effective multidimensional chin reshaping procedure. Because it alters the bone along the inferior border through a pedicle bone flap repositioning, the profile of the chin bone is changed. This profile change is commonly called the bony stepoff, which is most evident in significant forward advancements…although it occurs with any type Read More…
Background: Asymmetry of any paired facial bony structure is not uncommon including the jaw angles. The jaw angles create the width of the lower face in the front view and the slope of the mandibular plane angle in the side view. Because of their bilateral protruding (or lack of protrusion) nature it is fairly easy Read More…
While the chin can have a wide variety of different dimensional appearances, it has only a few potential topographic features. The labiomental fold is the superior horizontal indentation that may be present and the lower soft tissue chin pad can have indentations of various shapes from circular (dimples) to vertical. (clefts) It is common misconception Read More…
Background: The ear is the most complex topographic feature of the face. (even though it is technically not on the face. It is a seemingly convoluted mix of ridges and valleys that have different variations amongst people which makes the ear almost as person specific as a fingerprint. The most visually evident feature of the Read More…
Background: V line surgery has become popular over the past decade for those seeking a slimmer lower face. It has its origins in Asia where fuller and wider lower jaws are more common, particularly in women. It is a procedure that is done by a combination of an oblique line of jaw angle and body Read More…
Background: The LeFort I osteotomy is a well known midface procedure that repositions the upper jaw bone. To perform the procedure a complete subperiosteal undermining is needed across the entire maxilla including around the pyriform aperture. A well known adverse aesthetic sequelae of this procedure is widening of the nostrils due to the lateral pull 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...