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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: Waist reduction surgery is typically achieved by traditional procedures such as liposuction and tummy tucks. But for thinner patients who lack any substantial abdominal skin laxity or subcutaneous fat collections, such traditional reduction methods are not of use. Any effort at further waist reduction must be focused on deeper structures such as muscle and Read More…
Masculinizing the male face is typically about augmenting the skeletal contours of the three facial thirds. This includes the linear lines of the brow bones, cheeks and jawline. Today this is possible because of custom implant designs which make brow bone augmentation possible (which never was), cheek augmentation more specific (high cheekbone look) and jawline Read More…
Background: Aesthetic skull augmentation by onlay addition (on top of the skull bone surface) can provide head shape improvements of various congenital deficiencies. Whether this is on the back of the head, the crown area or the top and/or the sides, visible improvements in the head shape can occur within the limits of how much Read More…
Background: The ear due to its angulated position from the side of the head is exposed to multiple types of injuries. Most of the these ear injuries are either lacerations (common) or avulsive (far less common) in nature. In either case there are ample normal and supple tissues on or around the ear to perform Read More…
Background: The forehead is the largest facial surface area that is relatively smooth. Besides the brow bone prominences in a male, no bumps or protrusions should be present in the rest of the forehead of either male or female. When one develops a forehead prominence later in life, even if it is small, it becomes Read More…
Background: The skull is largely a smooth convex surface with few significant irregularities. Thus when a raised ridge or bump is present it is easily noticed particularly in patients with shorter hair. One of the most common and innocuous skull bumps is known as the occipital knob which appears in the midline of the lower Read More…
Background: The width/shape of the waistline is influenced by numerous anatomic factors, much of which is soft tissue related. The amount of overlying skin, thickness of the subcutaneous fat layer, lateral projection of the latissimus dorsi muscle and even the intra-abdominal space/contents all influence the girth of the waistline. The one hard tissue contribution to Read More…
There are numerous technical considerations in performing a sliding genioplasty. But one of the most important is to avoid injury to the inferior alveolar nerve as this nerve supplies feeling to the lower lip and anterior teeth. Since the lateral bone cuts of the genioplasty extend past the mental foramen (exit of the nerve from Read More…
Background: Hip augmentation remains one of the newer forms of body augmentation. The widespread use of fat injections for buttock augmentation has brought similar attention to the geographically proximate hip region. To some degree they are both anatomically and aesthetically connected as it is hard to see one without the other. Often volumetric and shape Read More…
In the placement of custom skull implants consideration must be given to not having a large scalp incision to do so. While a scalp incision is necessary for the surgery keeping it as small as possible is an important aesthetic requirement. As a result of keeping the scalp incision small it then becomes necessary to 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...