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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...
Shoulder width reduction is effectively done by shortening the length of the clavicle. As the only horizontally oriented bone in the body its length largely establishes the distance between the sternum and the shoulder. By removing 2 to 3cm segment of the inner third of the clavicle the shoulder moves inward as the bone is Read More…
Background: Chin implants come in different styles and sizes. But almost all of these styles are intended for pure horizontal augmentation with the exception of one…the vertical lengthening chin implant. This uniquely designed chin implant provides a vertical as well as a horizontal chin augmentation effect. Essentially it creates a 45 degree vector of chin Read More…
The most effective method to treat undereye hollows and flat cheeks associated with a skeletal deficiency (as evidenced by a negative orbital vector) is with custom infraorbital-malar implants. By augmenting the associated and connected skeletal parts around the eye and out onto the cheek produces a smooth augmentation that can look natural because of the Read More…
The chin has long been an aesthetic lower facial focus for men and women for decades. Creating a greater chin prominence can be done with a wide variety of standard chin implant styles and sizes with variations in their use based on an appreciation of male and female chin shape differences. The concept of lower Read More…
Background: Lower jaw asymmetries are not uncommon and affect each side equally. They are often part of a more complete facial asymmetry that continues up the face to the forehead. In this type of facial asymmetry the lower jaw is the most visible part of the deformity and is the focus of any corrective efforts. Read More…
Brow bone reductions are an integral procedure in facial feminization surgery. Much of the focus in this surgery is in reducing the prominent central brow bones due to pneumatization of the frontal sinus cavity. Often the lateral brow bones are overlooked or forgotten and may need to be addressed secondarily. In rare cases only the Read More…
Background: The most significant topographic feature of the back of the head are the nuchal lines. (nuchal meaning nape of the neck) The nuchal lines are a set of four horizontal fine ridges of bone that exist on the external surface of the occipital bone. The highest nuchal line, known as the Mempin line, is Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation is the original aesthetic facial augmentation procedure. In its infancy many different materials were used from cow bone to irradiated cartilage. The development of the silicone chin implant surpassed the use of other materials because of its performed shape and ease of insertion. As would be expected, looking at early chin implant Read More…
Background: Plagiocephaly is the most recognizable type of skull deformity. It is usually associated with infants and children because this is when non-surgical and surgical treatments would be most effective to partially or totally reverse the abnormal skull shape. But many more patients affected by plagiocephaly never receive treatment or fail to get substantial improvement Read More…
Background: The jaw angle region of the lower jaw has a thick muscular coverage as the insertion of the masseter muscle is along the inferolateral bony border. In a classic example of ‘form follows function’ the shape of the jaw angle bone is a direct reflection of the muscular pull on it. When any type 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...