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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...
Certain head shapes are known to have a wide skull width. This is particularly evident in those skulls that have a brachycephalic tendency. (flat back of the head) With a flat and wide back of the head the sides are pushed outward creating a noticeable wide skull from the front and back views. This increased Read More…
Background: One important dimension of the forehead is it’s vertical length as defined by the distance between the eyebrows to the frontal hairline. This distance is obviously influenced significantly by the location of the frontal hairline which can be quite high in many men (or absent) and in some women as well. Presuming one has Read More…
Background: Excessive projection on the back of the head is a common request for skull reduction. Consideration for whether such skull reduction can be a good aesthetic procedure is how much reduction can be achieved and where is the incisional access going to be to do it. The effectiveness of the procedure depends on how Read More…
Background: The diversity in body size and stature of patients presenting for shoulder reduction is quite considerable. I have done the surgery on patients with heights from 5 feet to 6’4″ tall. While the thickness and length of the clavicle may differ the technical execution of the surgery is the same and aesthetic outcomes are Read More…
Background: There are a variety of types of narrow head shapes which vary based on the extent of bitemporal width reduction and how it affects the shape of the front and back of the head. In more complete manifestations the head is narrow from front to back and either the forehead or the parieto-occipital is Read More…
There are various anatomic reasons for eye asymmetry most of which relate to the position of the eyelids to the globe…but the globes themselves are developmentally symmetric. But a very distinct form of eye symmetry is where the position of the globes themselves are not symmetric…one eye is at a different level than the other Read More…
Background: There are a wide variety of skull shape deformations almost all of which have a congenital origin. While the craniosynostosis skull shapes are the most recognized and are reconstructive procedures for their correction (bone removal and reshaping) most skull shape concerns are less severe and are more of an aesthetic concern. Despite their far Read More…
Background: The chin implant is the most common form of lower facial augmentation but it has its limits. Since the soft tissue chin pad must be released to allow an implant to be placed on the bone the stretch of these overlying soft tissues poses a restriction on implant size. As a result chin implants Read More…
Background: While the surgical technique for chin implant augmentation for men and women are the same the selection of the implant and it’s size can be quite different. Man can tolerate larger amounts of chin augmentation and want a broader or more square chin. In contrast, females often can only tolerate lesser amounts of horizontal Read More…
Background: The use of clavicle reduction osteotomies for shoulder reshaping has proven to be an effective procedure. Having performed over 100 patience for shoulder reduction, or over 200 clavicles treated, the vast majority of patients have been very satisfied with their shoulder shape changes. Because it is a structural shoulder change associated with range of 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...