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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 historic approach to aesthetic skull augmentations was with the use of bone cements. While still available today they have largely been replaced by custom skull implants in my practice due to their preoperative designs, superior augmentation effects and the ability to have them placed through small scalp incisions. The only exception to the Read More…
Background: Augmentation of the forehead can be done like any other facial bone. (technically the forehead is actually part of the skull) What is unique about forehead augmentation, particularly in the male patient, is the consideration of the brow bones which have a different shape and thickness. This consideration is also relevant for women but Read More…
Background: Like most facial structures the eyes must develop symmetrically both for functional and aesthetic reasons. Given the complexity of the anatomy that makes up the structures surrounding the eyeball, it is a marvel of embryology and developmental growth that the eye area develops as symmetric as it does most of the time. Between the Read More…
Background: The back of the head is composed of the occipital bone inferiorly and the parietal bone superiorly. While the back of the head is commonly referred to as the occiput, this anatomically only refers to the lower half of the back of he head. Because of the two different bones that make up the Read More…
Background: The intergluteal cleft is a well recognized feature of the buttocks and is more commonly known as the ‘butt crack’. It is the linear groove between the buttocks that extends from the top[ fo the sacrum down to the perineum. Anatomically it represents the medial border of the gluteus maximum muscle attachments to the Read More…
Cheek implants, like all facial implants, exert their effect by osteoligamentous release and a subsequent soft tissue float concept. In essence the release of the soft tissue attachments allows the overlying soft tissue to be displaced upward/outward which is supported by the placement of the underlying implant. While this facial implant concept seems obvious when Read More…
Background: V line surgery is a form of lower jaw reshaping that is largely a reductive procedure. It has gained popularity around the world as it reshapes the lower face into a more narrow one. It is far more commonly performed in women although some men with very large lower jaws undergo the procedure as Read More…
Jaw angle implants have been around for over twenty-five years but were very infrequently used. They have had a more recent resurgence of aesthetic relevance due to the contemporary emphasis for a more visible and defined jawline, improved jaw angle implant styles and the widespread use of injectable augmentation strategies. (synthetic fillers and fat) Jaw Read More…
The most common chin deficiency is that of a horizontal recession. This is evidenced by the many chin implant styles of which almost all of them provide horizontal augmentation of various amounts. The second type of chin deficiency which is far less common is that in the vertical dimension. Vertical chin deficiencies may exist in Read More…
The custom infraorbital-malar implant offers a diverse number of aesthetic benefits. Its anterior portion augments the infraorbital rim treating undereye hollows and providing increased lower eyelid support. Its connected posterior portion provides augmentation to the cheek area. This curved implant style has a wide variety of options for its bony coverage, shape and thicknesses. When 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...