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Technical Strategies – The Placement of Extended Temporal Implants for Hollowing In Conjunction with Hairline Browlifting and/or Frontal Hairline Advancements

Temporal hollowing is a common sequelae of aging particularly in the thin female. While the actual temporal muscle does not shrink significantly with aging, the temporal fat pads do. Thin females do not have sizable temporal fat pads initially and whatever is there may largely shrink with age. The most common treatment for temporal hollowing Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Jawline Implant to Create the Well Defined Female Jaw Shape

Background: While aesthetic jaw augmentation is historically associated with men, contemporary times have changed. While still not as frequently requested as that of men, more women request jaw augmentation than ever before. This has been driven by the jawlines of well known actresses and models. In reality a great jawline in women has always been Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Left Testicle Implant Replacement For Prior Loss Due To Torsion

Background: The removal of a testicle in a child, teenager or adult is done for a variety of medical reasons. The three Ts (trauma, tumors and torsion) make up the major reasons for an often urgent need for removal of a testicle. Its replacement is usually not done at the removal due to swelling, the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Total Facial Masculinization with Wrap Around Brow Bone, Infraorbital-Malar and Jawline Implants

Background: The shape of the male face is obviously different in many ways from that of a female. The first difference is in its overall size with male faces generally being larger than females. The second difference is in the shape of the facial bones. While men have the same number and type of facial Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – The Tunnel Technique for the Reduction of the High Sagittal Ridge Skull Deformity

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…

Indications for Chondrolaryngoplasty (Tracheal Shave) – The Recommended Laryngeal Prominence Size in Females

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…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – V Line Reversal Surgery with a Custom Jawline Implant and Removal of a Failed ePTFE Implant Restoration

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…

Buccal Fat Pad Recycling for Facial Fat Injections

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…

The Use of Allogeneic Bone Blocks and Chips in Sliding Genioplasty Surgery

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…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Jaw Angle Implant For Asymmetry After Sagittal Split Mandibular Osteotomies

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…