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Concepts in Male Brow Bone Reduction

While brow bone reduction is done in both men and women, the techniques may be different based on the amount of brow bone reduction required. In my experience most men that consider and undergo reduction of their brow bone prominences do so because they are extremely large and have a dramatic impact on the perception Read More…

ePTFE Paranasal Augmentation in Asian Rhinoplasty

Paranasal augmentation is a specific form of midface skeletal enhancement that is isolated to the side of the nose. It is anatomically identified externally at the junction of the nose and the face along the alar-facial crease. This is a naturally flat to concave part of the face that can become exaggerated in certain type Read More…

Avoiding Aesthetic Chin Implant Complications III. Square Chin Augmentation

Some men desire a more square shape to their chin implant augmentation. Standard square chin implant styles have been around for decades and have served some patients well. But like all standard implants they do not work well for everyone and may not create as much squareness as the patient desires. It is important to Read More…

Avoiding Aesthetic Chin Implant Complications II. Vertical Elongation

While the most common chin augmentation dimension is forward or in the horizontal dimension, the most under diagnosed chin augmentation patient is the one who needs some vertical lengthening as well. Vertically elongating the chin typically means a forward and down direction of augmentation in profile (45 degrees in the side view) and not a Read More…

Avoiding Aesthetic Chin Implant Complications I. The Standard Horizontal Augmentation

Chin implant `augmentation is typically viewed as a ‘simple’ operation that has a low complication rate. And for many types of modest chin augmentations needs this may be true. But I have seen hundreds of ‘simple’ chin implant patients that have become complicated through improper implant selection and placements. Many of these patients never went Read More…

Implant Design Considerations for the High Cheekbone Look

Creating the high cheekbone look using an implant currently requires a special design to do so. Such a look is based on the natural shape and convexity of the complete zygomatic bone which includes both its main body as well as posterior arch component. There are no standard cheek implants that have yet been designed Read More…

Custom Brow Bone Implants for Men

One distinct male feature is the of a prominent brow bone at the lower end of the forehead. It is one of many facial features that distinguishes males from females. It extends over the eyes with a horizontal projection, has a brow bone break before heading up into the forehead and has a slight glabellar Read More…

Volumetric Assessment of Before and After Buccal Lipectomy Procedures

The buccal lipectomy is a well known cheek reductive contouring procedure. For those patients with fuller cheeks and rounder faces, it is an obvious target to create some facial slimming effects. Done through several intraoral incisional options, it is easy to access underneath the buccinator muscle. What can be removed can be impressive but, given Read More…

The Inferior Border Shave in Lower Facial Asymmetry Correction

Facial asymmetry is common and can be caused by a wide variety of causes. But many facial asymmetries occur naturally, it is just the way the face developed. Given the complex embryological creation of a face it is a wonder that the two sides of the face ever get as closely matched in most people Read More…

Basic Concepts of Chin Reshaping Surgery

Like the nose, the chin is a major component of the facial profile. Surgically more rhinoplasties are performed for aesthetic facial improvements than chin reshaping procedures. But this speaks more to the combined functional and complex aesthetic deformities caused by the nose compared to the isolated aesthetic effects of the chin which is structurally simpler Read More…