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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 implants can be introduced onto the chin bone through either an inferior submental skin or a superior intraoral incisional approach. There are surgeons who advocate for one or the other as well as there are advantages and disadvantages with the two implant introduction techniques. Both incisional access points are just different ways to accomplish Read More…
The buccal lipectomy is as well known procedure that is very popular and commonly done for soft tissue cheek contouring. It is a unique type of facial fat because is very localized and concentrated into a single fascial space. As a result it can be easily extracted through small intraoral incisions. But I do occasionally Read More…
Prominent blood vessels in the temporal region of the forehead are a not uncommon aesthetic concern. Both visible arteries and veins exist in the forehead and are frequently confused. Veins have a more vertical orientation, are almost always straight, can appear blue in color in thin skin and have no palpable pulse. Conversely arteries have Read More…
Background: While the vast majority of buttock augmentations are done using an autologous fat injection technique, implants still have a valuable role to play in buttock augmentation/reshaping efforts. One would think that fat injections would have relegated implants to a very diminished role but the exact opposite is true. Fat injections have created an ever Read More…
Waistline narrowing is ideally achieved by diet and exercise. When this is not effective surgical methods such as liposuction and tummy tucks can exceed what non-surgical efforts can do. But for those that desire to go further, or make the maximal effort for waistline reduction, there is the surgical procedure of rib removal. Rib removal Read More…
Background: While cheek implant augmentation has been performed for decades there is no uniform change that all patients seek. While standard cheek implant styles and sizes exist the effects they create are uniformly desired by all. Understanding the exact dimensional changes to the cheek will determine if standard implants, modified standard implants or custom cheek Read More…
Background: The effectiveness of lower facelift surgery is based on the concepts of tissue mobilization and repositioning. This means that the loose face/jawline/neck tissues are moved back to a location where the redundancies can be excised and the scars placed in a relatively hidden location. (ears) While extremely effective and well chronicled with a long Read More…
Background: The temples are a unique aesthetic region on the side of the face. It typically has a flat or minimally concave external contour bounded by the bony temporal line superiorly, the lateral orbital rim anteriorly, the zygomatic arch inferiorly and the temporal hairline posteriorly. The temples have a hard tissue base consisting of the Read More…
Background: The temples are commonly recognized as the head/facial area that lies at the side of the eye just below the forehead. Anatomically at the skull level the temples is the juncture of four bones, the frontal, temporal, parietal and sphenoid. This joined bony areas create a deep concavity, known as the temporal fossa, which Read More…
Background: The projecting chin is a three dimensional structure that has both horizontal projection, vertical height and transverse width to it. But within these bony dimensions on both its outer and inner surfaces are small discrete areas of topographic features. Many of these small bony features are known as fossa and tubercles which means small 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...