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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...
Background: The most common ear reshaping procedure is a setback otoplasty for the correction of protruding ears. (technically earlobe repair is the most common ear surgery but this is not an ear reshaping surgery) In an otoplasty the ear generally has good components but is distorted by its protrusive condition. In a much more uncommon Read More…
Background: The shape of the forehead is affected by many surface contour features. Its height and width are most evident in the frontal view. Its shape and any contour irregularities are most seen in the side and oblique views. When deficiencies exist in any of these forehead features an augmentative approach is needed. While several Read More…
Background: The shape of the skull varies widely amongst people. Despite this variability there are certain skull shapes that are viewed as more pleasing than others. In general a more convex shape is desired whether seen from the side or front views. But beyond the general concept of convexity no specific shape numerical measurements exist Read More…
Background: While jaw augmentation is most commonly associated as an aesthetic male procedure, it is done in women also. Women today can be just as concerned about the shape of their lower face and jawline. Many female celebrities, models and TV news women can be seen to have good jawlines. While the strength of the Read More…
Background: The shape of the entire face is heavily influenced by its underlying bone structure as is well known. While the effects of the overlying soft tissue do also have a significan influence on facial shape, that becomes less relevant the leaner one’s face becomes. This is seen along the jawline where thick facial and Read More…
The sliding genioplasty for chin augmentation is a multidimensional procedure. While it is commonly perceived as a horizontal chin movement, and this is what it was originally designed to do, it can create greater dimensional changes than just horizontal. It can just as easily create vertical chin lengthening (or less so vertical chin shortening) and Read More…
Background: Orthognathic surgery is the collection of facial osteotomy procedures that have been done for more than fifty years. One of the most commonly performed is the sagittal split ramus osteotomy or the SSRO. This incredibly clever osteotomy design, as the name implies, sections the ramus or angle area of the lower jaw into two Read More…
The width of the shoulders is impacted by several tissue factors including muscle and bone. But none is more significant than the length of the clavicles which separates the sternum from the shoulder joint. For this reason shoulder width reduction, what is also known as shoulder feminization, is achieved by shortening the length of the Read More…
Facial feminization surgery (FFS) is largely a bony reductive approach to reshaping the face. Reversing the male facial skeletal features focuses on the prominences of the forehead, brow bones, chin and jaw angles. The techniques to do so are well known and widely used. Such facial bone reshaping is largely an art form in that Read More…
The shape of the forehead is very gender specific. Besides the presence of prominent brow bones in males) and a flatter brow area in females, the shape of the forehead above it is also different. A male forehead is associated with a more recessed upper forehead back into then hairline while the feminine forehead has 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...