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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...
Injectable fillers continue to evolve and be developed for specific aesthetic facial applications. This is most recently illustrated with the introduction last year of Juvederm VOLUX. This new filler is a highly cross linked hyaluronic acid-based material (VYC-25L) that was developed for adding volume to the chin and the jawline. While a wide variety of Read More…
Background: Fractures of the lower jaw are one of the most common types of facial fractures. While in adults such fractures may often occur from fights, in younger patients sporting events and recreational activities are the more common sources. Also in younger patients the severity of the mandibular fracture in terms of bone displacement is Read More…
While the ogee curve has good relevance to midface aesthetics, it lacks specific measurements as to the ideal curve shapes that would best benefit any particular patient. The concept of lazy S-shaped curves lacks a specific meaning when it comes to actually creating them. While with injection techniques the creation of specific curved changes should Read More…
In cheek augmentation, whether it be with fillers, fat or implants, the relevance of the ogee curve comes into play. This well known aesthetically desired external facial contour refers to the central facial triangle or the double soft-S curve that is seen on the cheek from an oblique view. It starts with convex fullness in Read More…
While a custom jawline implant can provide an unparalleled amount of lower facial change, it must be able to be inserted in an effective manner with good positioning and the creation of minimal scar in so doing. There are two methods to meet all of these criteria which will only work when the jawline implant Read More…
Custom facial and skull implants provide broad surface bone and soft tissue coverage with implant designs that can not be achieved with standard preformed implants. This almost always means the implant covers a larger surface area than standard implants, not necessarily that it is thicker although it may be. Because these custom implants are bigger, Read More…
While permanent cheek augmentation can be effectively done using standard implants, such implant styles do not provide the type of cheek shape change that some patients seek. Cheek augmentation is a unique aesthetic challenge because of its unique dimensional structure which is not a classic projectional bony prominence with its interface with the anterior eye, Read More…
Custom implants made from the patient’s 3D CT scan are the most effective method of aesthetic skull augmentation. Whether it is the forehead, back of the head, temporal areas or top of the skull, covering large skull surface areas with a desired and smooth shaped implant requires a thoughtful preoperative design process. At the very Read More…
Background: Hip implants are the newest implant method of augmentative body contouring. Their recent emergence as an aesthetic option for hip augmentation has been generated by the widespread popularity of fat injection buttock augmentation (Brazilian Butt Lift) and the need to have the lateral hip areas complement it as well as the lack of consistent Read More…
The lower jaw has numerous constituent parts one of which is the ramus. The ramus of the mandible has considerable clinical interest as it is associated with multiple reconstructive and aesthetic procedures. The well known sagittal split ramus osteotomy (SSRO) is a fundamental orthognathic surgery procedure that splits the ramus into two pieces in a 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...