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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...
Chin implants are the oldest form of alloplastic facial augmentation. Such implants have been available for over fifty years. Over half a century of clinical experience has led to many innovations in their shapes and sizes as well as the surgical techniques to place them. Throughout this history there are currently older patients walking around Read More…
Background: While the skull appears as a smooth surfaced structure it has numerous raised bony areas at its edges. These are most apparent at the front of the skull in the brow area as well as on the back of the skull at its lower edge. These larger bony prominences have a purpose and are Read More…
Background: Custom facial implants provide the most substantial amount of facial augmentation due to their often larger bony surface areas that are covered. This combined with the ability to create one’s desired dimension and shape of the implant illustrate why this implant approach is far superior for many patient’s over the use of standard facial Read More…
The shape of the lower third of the nose is impacted by the shape of the nostrils and the central columella that runs between them. In both front and side views the cephalocaudal relationship between the alar rim and columella has a known set of values which is determined by a horizontal line drawn halfway Read More…
One of the original contouring procedures in facial feminization surgery is that of reshaping the forehead. Brow bone reduction still remains one of the defining facial contouring procedures that separates male vs. female appearance. It is a well described technique that fundamentally can be done by either burring reduction or a bone flap setback technique. Read More…
The term ’facelift’ is a well known plastic surgery procedure and it signifies different meanings to different people. It is, in fact, a generic term in which many different surgical techniques are done to accomplish a facial rejuvenation effect. In essence all facelifts are not created equal…in how they are done, what their complications are, Read More…
Background: The traditional use of facial implants is based on the most common locations of aesthetic bony augmentation. This constitutes the design of standard implant shapes, most of which provide expansion of existing flat or convex bone contours. Few, if any, standard facial implants provide augmentation to an existing concave bone surface. This is because Read More…
Macrogenia or aesthetic large chin deformities present with numerous dimensional excesses. While most people think of a large chin as one that sticks out too far, a chin that is too vertically is also common. In many women, who are most affected by chin overgrowths, their undesired large chin is a combination of both horizontal Read More…
The custom design approach to cheek augmentation allows for an extended and much more versatile midface effect for many patients. Many custom cheek implants become infraorbital-malar designs for a combined undereye and cheek bone enhancement. This is better for many patients as a weaker cheekbone is often associated with undereye hollows given that the bones Read More…
One of the principles of aesthetic skull implant augmentation is that the scalp has to stretch to accommodate it. As the implant is placed, the full thickness of the scalp is elevated off the bone to make the recipient tissue pocket. By releasing the attachments of the scalp to the outer cranial surface the natural 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...