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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...
The skull has many normal raised areas particularly around its lower base. One of these is the mastoid process which is located behind the ear. The derivation of the mastoid name comes from the Greek word for breast with refers to its shape. This conical bony process is on the lower end of the temporal Read More…
Temporal implants provide a permanent augmentation to the entire side of the head. Standard temporal implants initially were developed to treat the more common and limited anterior hollowing that occurs by the side of the eye all the way up to the temporal line of the forehead in the non-hairbearing skin. Custom temporal implants were Read More…
The desire for reduction of the width or convexity of the side of the head is mainly seen in men with short hair or a shaved head. While it is commonly perceived that this is a bone problem and only correctable through its reduction, this is anatomically erroneous. The more definitive and scar free method Read More…
The most powerful aesthetic bony procedure of the lower face is the custom jawline implant. It exerts its effect by expanding the inferolateral cortex of the mandible in a circumferential manner. This creates an improved separation between the face and the neck whose magnitude of change is a function of the thickness of the overlying Read More…
Facial aging is associated with a predictable set of soft tissue changes that are treated by various forms of facelift surgery. In the U.S. concomitant bone procedures with a facelift are typically augmentative with chin, cheek and temporal implants being the most common. In Asian patients who already have strong facial skeletal features of the Read More…
Chin reduction can be done by a variety of surgical techniques which fundamentally separate into two basic approaches. The superior intraoral approach offers either an outer cortical burring technique (2D) or an inverted t-shaped osteotomy (3D) for chin size reduction. The inferior submental approach provides access to do bone shaving/removal in all three dimensions of Read More…
The treatment of tear trough and related nasojugal grooves has evolved over the years to include injectable fillers, fat and infraorbital implants. Each method has their advantages and disadvantages and none of the available treatments are perfect or free of complications. Patients with tear trough deformities can be young or older with the difference in Read More…
Background: Much is written on the topic of primary breast augmentation including the management of preoperative breast sagging. This is classically treated with an implant with some form of breast lift. Little is written, however, on a very common phenomenon seen many years after a primary breast augmentation…the development of breast sagging that develops in Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty is a well known chin reshaping procedure. Unlike its bigger brother, the sagittal split ramus osteotomy done back at the jaw angles, the sliding genioplasty does not affect the occlusion or any movement of the lower jaw. It is an isolated procedure done just on the chin bone at the anterior Read More…
Background: The forehead appears on superficial assessment as a relatively flat surface structure with little to contribution to one’s facial appearance. But in reality it is has a substantial contribution to the shape of the face making up to one-third of its surface area. The three aesthetically important forehead structures are the shape and length 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...