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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 concept of cheek implant augmentation has variable aesthetic meanings to different patients. Depending upon gender, ethnicity and one’s natural skeletal anatomy, cheek augmentation can not be a standard type of procedure where one general implant style fulfills all patient’s needs. Despite the numerous styles of cheek implant’s that are available today, they all Read More…
Background: Rhinoplasty patients present with a wide variety of nasal shapes to be changed. While the preoperative anatomy may be diverse, the end goals that most patients desire are much more uniform. What patients consider to be desired nose shapes have consistent features among them. Men desire straight dorsal lines and a tip that is Read More…
Aesthetic augmentation of the side of the head is designed to increase its fullness or convexity. From the side of the eye (lateral orbital rim) all the way to the back of the head is known as the temporal skull area. While most people think of the temples as to the side of the eye, Read More…
Background: Patients that have major lower jaw deficiencies with malocclusions should be ideally treated by a combined orthodontic-orthognathic surgery approach. This is particularly relevant when the patient is young. But some patients never seek treatment for their jaw deficiency until they are older or do not have the desire or resources to go through this Read More…
The aesthetic neuromodulator, Botox, is the ‘Coke’ of all such injectable drugs. It was the first such type of injection approved for aesthetic facial use and dominates the market today, both in sales as well as branding. It is so ingrained into doctor and patient mindsets that term, ‘Botoxed’, is instantly associated with what it Read More…
Background: Much of a preoperative breast augmentation discussion focuses on implant size. To determine what implant volume would create the desired increase in breast size, a variety of methods have been advocated from the rice test, volumetric sizers and 3D imaging. All have their merits and to those who use each one they are staunch Read More…
Background: A custom jawline implant is a powerful augmentation method. As it envelops the entire lower jaw from angle to angle its total external surface area coverage of the bone provides a true 3D change. While this augmentation effect can be impressive, its size also makes it the hardest facial implant to place. Through three Read More…
Background: Cleft lip and palate is a common and well known congenital deformity. It is typically perceived in its fullest presentation with a complete cleft through the lip, alveolus and palate. Even the nose is not usually perceived as part of the cleft, in the compete cleft the nose is also severely affected both internally Read More…
The concept of cheek augmentation, regardless of the method used, is really referring to an external facial contour zone. While it is true that it largely refers to augmenting the bone that lies underneath it (or the soft tissue that lies above the bone when fillers or fat is used), this is not always exclusively Read More…
Background: Size dominates much of the preoperative discussion in breast implant surgery and what volume of implant may achieve it. But right behind size are concerns and desires for postoperative breast shape. The shape of the breast is defined by fullness of the upper and lower poles and the position of the nipple-areolar complex on 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...