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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Correction of Male Pectoral Implant Asymmetry

Background: Pectoral implants in men are in some ways similar to breast implants in women. Their similarities are that both implant types are placed in the submuscular position and can be surgically inserted through an axillary incision. But this is where their similarities end and they become divergent. Pectoral implants are made of soft solid Read More…

Techical Strategies – Creating a Central Glabellar Depression in Custom Brow Bone Implants

Brow bone enhancement is often done as part of an overall forehead augmentation procedure/implant for both men and women. When only brow bone augmentation is requested, however, this is usually an exclusive male aesthetic procedure. Because of the need to limit the extent of any scalp incisions to the smallest extent, a premade custom brow Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Hip Implants Following Intramuscular Buttock Implants

Background: Successful buttock augmentation can be done with either fat injections or implants. But in very thin patients fat injections are not a buttock augmentation option ad implants have to be used. In such thin patients the best location for buttock implants is in the intramuscular location. This provides the best camouflage of their outline Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Custom Brow Bone Implant Placement Using an Endoscopic-Assisted Triangular Incisional Method

Background: One of the key male distinguishing features of the upper third of the face are the brow bones. It is a very gender specific facial feature that truly separates a male vs a female facial appearance. One other aesthetic aspect of having some brow bone protrusion is that it also helps provide some coverage Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Custom Skull Heightening Implant

Background: Physically changing one’s height in adults can be accomplished by a variety of non-surgical and surgical methods. The historic non-surgical method was the placement of lifts in one’s shoes to the most contemporary method of lower limb lengthening. Shoe lifts are the simplest method and height increases of up to 1’’ are usually obtained. Read More…

Using Standard Implants for an Infraorbital-Malar Augmentation Effect

Augmentation of the undereye area has become popularized because of the convenience of injectable treatments. For those affected by undereye hollowing and volume deficiency the use of injectable fillers can provide an immediate and profound improvement. But of all the areas of the face to inject the undereye or infraorbital rim area is the most Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Hairline Incisional Approach for Forehead Lipoma Removal

Background: Lipomas are one of the most common benign tumors, purportedly presenting as many as several million cases per year in the U.S.. While their exact cause is not precisely known, it is known to be an overgrowth of otherwise normal fat cells. They can appear at any time in life and are slow growing. Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Calf Implant Augmentation of the Upper Inner Leg Concavity

Background: The contour of the inner leg below the knee is heavily influenced by the size and shape of the medical gastrocnemius muscle. This muscle takes it origin from the medial head of the femoral condyle and extends down the inner aspect of the lower leg to join with the soleus tendon/muscle on its way Read More…

Understanding Rib Removal Surgery with 2D and 3D CT scans

Aesthetic rib removal surgery is done as the ultimate or final effort to create a narrow waistline by horizontal reduction. While effective in the properly selected patient, it is a body contouring procedure that is highly misunderstood. There are many myths or misconceptions about the procedure and it is prone to hyperbole by both patients Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Skull Implant for Correction of Peaked Head Shape with Geometric Split Insertion Technique

Background: The skull is prone to a wide variety of shape malformations by virtue of its multiple suture connections during development. Premature fusion of these sutures cause well known forms of head deformity known as craniosynostoses. While these classic forms of craniosynostosis are the result of near or complete premature fusion of these suture lines Read More…