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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...
Facial feminization surgery (FFS) is a diverse number of facial procedures that have one purpose…to reshape the face so that it can more identified as female. While each of the facial reshaping procedures can be technically completed, what counts is whether their collective effects can enable transwomen to be identified as female by their facial Read More…
Custom designing of implants for face is an evolving technology that is gaining traction for an increasing number of aesthetic clinical applications. Historically a variety of standard facial implants existed that were developed for common and modest aesthetic facial enhancements. But when more significant problems were encountered, such as the need for larger augmentations or Read More…
Background: Aesthetic augmentation of the cheeks is available to be done by a variety of implant types. Most standard cheek implants provide augmentation to the zygomatic body section of the cheek in an oval shaped geometry. While such a more rounded fullness effect to the cheeks may be favorable for some, such implants can not Read More…
Background: The facelift procedure is an operation that is well known but not well appreciated by patients in its details. Much attention is given to various facelift techniques such as SMAS manipulation, deep plane dissection and cheek lifting. While all of these techniques are important and have valuable roles to play in facelift surgery, some Read More…
Background: Penoscrotal webbing or the webbed penis is a soft tissue deformity on the underside of the penis where excessive scrotal skin exists. This creates a web or skin fold which obliterates the penoscrotal angle and makes the penis looks artificially short in length. The webbed penis exists in a wide range of presentations of Read More…
Background: Head size is typically determined by a circumferential measurement taken just above the ears. In adults this can be anywhere from 55cms (small) to 60cms which would be considered large. Gender differences also expectedly exists with men’s head size being about 10% bigger than females in average. (men = 56 – 60cms, women = Read More…
Facial voluminization can be done by three specific treatment methods. Non-surgical synthetic injectable fillers, autologous fat injections or implants of various material compositions are the different approaches, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. While some tout that one facial volume method is better than the others, the reality is that each one has specific Read More…
Background: The sagittal suture is a well recognized connective tissue joint that runs down the middle of the skull between the parietal bones. It intersects anteriorly with the coronal suture and posteriorly with the lambdoidal suture. These front and back intersections also represent the original anterior and posterior fontanelle. (soft spots) The sagittal suture gets Read More…
Background: The most common aesthetic deformity of the lower jaw is asymmetry. Whether it is very visible or known only to the patient, lower jaw asymmetry is very common and is probably the norm rather than the exception. This is clearly evident in the many 3D CT scans I see where almost everyone has some Read More…
Shoulder width reduction by reducing the length of the clavicle is a very effective upper body reshaping procedure. In a near 1:1 relationship with the amount of clavicle removed, the bideltoid width of the shoulders is reduced. The result is immediate and is unaffected by any swelling that occurs at the actual site of the 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...