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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 shape of the back of the head is controlled by both internal and external factors. During development the push of the brain creates an internal expanding force. This may become more manifest if the overall shape of the head is more narrow. But external forces such as in utero and postnatal head positioning Read More…
Background: The aesthetic desire for many custom facial implant patients is to have a noticeable but natural looking result. While one could argue that is a very subjective desire, and it is, but what that means to me is that it is a result that is not too big. Thus in the design process one Read More…
Forehead augmentation is done by two basic aesthetic techniques, bone cements and custom made implants. While there are a number of other biomaterials by which it has been done (hand carved standard implants) these have more limited aesthetic effects. While the ideal contemporary method is a custom made implant from the patient’s 3D CT scan, Read More…
Background: The forward projection of the midface is a function of facial skeletal development, genetics and one’s ethnicity. Functionally what matters is how the teeth come together and whether there is enough dental overjet for adequate mastication. But short of the alveolus the rest of the midface skeletal development primary affects facial appearance short of Read More…
Background: A sliding genioplasty is the autologous option for chin augmentation. It is a versatile chin reshaping procedure that can provide horizontal projection, vertical length and even width reduction. The only dimension it can not achieve is chin widening. (which is the antithesis of what an implant can’t do…chin narrowing) Speaking of chin width it Read More…
Chin reduction poses challenges that other facial bone reductions don’t. Because it is a projecting structure with a tight soft tissue pad attachment, consideration must be given to what will happen to the ‘extra’ soft tissue once the bone is reduced. In addition the chin reduction technique used can also have an influence on the Read More…
Background: Given that the size of the forehead occupies one third of the face it is no surprise that forehead reshaping surgery is important to some patients. One of the forehead reshaping procedures is that of augmentation, changing its shape to a more desirable and gender specific appearance. In females this typically refers to a Read More…
Background: The most common style of chin implant is one that provides purely horizontal projection. It works best in patients that need a modest amount of horizontal projection increase and no vertical elongation. While a chin implant can be shifted downward to have its lower edge that sits slightly below the inferior border of the Read More…
Reducing the width or convexity of the side of head is best done by a muscle-based procedure. Removing the entire posterior portion of the temporalis muscle provides an assured technique given the natural width of the muscle in the 7mm to 9mm range. But besides the actual bitemporal width reduction the shape of the sides Read More…
The stimulation of bone formation is very common with certain types of facial implants. Because they require subperiosteal elevation to create the pocket and the subsequent placement of the implant acts as a spacer (maintains the raised periosteum off of the bone), bone formation can occur. This always develops around the periphery of the implant 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...