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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...
Jaw angle implants are a unique and most challenging of all facial implants to surgically place. What fundamentally separates them from other implants is their posterior location at the back end of the lower jaw which is not an easy area to reach from an intraoral access. Besides the limited visibility the implant must also Read More…
Background: While there are many aesthetic head shape concerns one of the common types is the width of the side of the head. Excessive temporal width or a convex head shape from the front or back view is an almost exclusive male concern due to its visibility with short or no hair. There are certain Read More…
Background: Of all the skull reduction procedures temporal reduction is the only one that involves removal of soft tissue and not bone. This is because it is the only skull area where the bone is covered by thicker soft tissues than just the five layers of the scalp. The thickness of the side of the Read More…
Background: V line surgery is popular form of jaw reduction that has its origins in Eastern countries. Because many Asian patients have larger jaw sizes and may desire a smaller/more narrow lower face the removal of some of the jaw bone is needed. Although this facial reduction technique started in Asian countries its popularity has Read More…
Background: The hip area is prone to contour indentations particularly in lean or thinner patients. While some patients may want larger hips over the flat or convex hips that they have, others want to treat a specific hip contour deformity. Located between the bony iliac crest and the prominence of the greater trochanter of the Read More…
Background: The occipital bone is one of eight cranial bones that make up the skull. It makes up the lower half of the visible back of head but what is seen is less than half of its entire size. The rest goes under the neck muscles and wraps around the vertebrae and spinal cord. Given Read More…
In large skull augmentations there is a necessity for expanding the scalp to accommodate its volume. This is done by a first stage scalp expander process using a specially designed ‘balloon’ that acts much like the pregnancy process. While the expander requires surgical placement the expansion process is done by the patient over the following Read More…
Background: Strong chin augmentation effects in men requires variations of standard types of procedures. The interpretation of what a strong chin augmentation means is open to individual interpretation. While usually referring to the amount of forward chin projection, with or without vertical lengthening, it may also be referring to a less round or more square Read More…
Background: Rib removal for a waist narrowing effect, while once an obscure and purported unsafe aesthetic procedure, is now becoming more commonly done. As a result there have become a variety of methods to do so which fundamentally come down to fracture vs excisional techniques. There are and will continue to be debates about which Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation using an implant is the most common form of facial bone enhancement. The chin implants used have been around for over 50 years. Interestedly most of the style of available chin implants styles have changed little since then. Almost all chin implants have an extended design or have long wings that extend 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...