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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 periorbital rim of bone around the eye can be aesthetically augmented but how it can be done is not well known. The only standard orbital rim implant is the tear trough implant, a limited spot implant of the infraorbital rim. Its original use was to treat an external indentation at the inner half Read More…
Brow lift surgery has been around for over a half century and numerous techniques have been described in how to perform it. Regardless of the technique used the fundamental approach has been differences in how the technique is applied based on gender. The differences in the shape of the female vs male eyebrow shape is Read More…
Background: Implants remain the definitive buttock augmentation procedure when fat grafting (BBL surgery) has ‘failed’ or there are inadequate fat stores to harvest. While implants provide an assured volume outcome their long-term success (lack of immediate or relayed complications) is highly dependent on the tissue pocket in which it was placed. As a general rule Read More…
The forehead is usually thought of as having a broad flat surface but in reality its topography is a bit more complex. Its shape varies amongst men and women but the one feature that is consistent is the projection of the upper forehead should not exceed that of the lower half of the forehead. Such Read More…
The use of a scalp tissue expander is a critical first step in the large skull implant augmentation patient. Since the scalp is a tightly adherent soft tissue envelope that surrounds all five sides of the skull it has a limited ability to stretch to accommodate an expanded cranial contour using an implant underneath it. Read More…
Background: The greatest aesthetic head shape deficiency in females is on its posterior surface or the back of the head. While commonly referred to as the occiput this is anatomically inaccurate. The back of the head is composed of multiple skull bones of which the singular occipital bone makes up only the lower half. The Read More…
Background: The back of the head is unique in many ways but is the only skull surface that can have bone and scalp aesthetic deformities. The back of the head can have bony protrusions such as occipital knobs and buns as well as a wide variety of bony flattening and asymmetry shapes. Excess scalp can Read More…
Deviations of the nose are common and can involve any of its osteocartilaginous structures. One such deviated component is that of the columella, the strip of skin at the bottom of the nose that separates the two nostrils. It overlies the end of the cartilaginous septum which separates the two sides of the internal nasal Read More…
Background: Rib removal surgery for waist narrowing is a confusing concept because of the different ways surgeons perform it. (and often with different aesthetic outcomes as a result) When one thinks of rib removal it is understandable that the focus is exclusively on the ribs themselves. But rib bone modifications can be done by either Read More…
Background: Skull reshaping is a general term that applies to a variety of surgical techniques designed to alter the shape of the head into a more pleasing shape as desired by the patient. Fundamentally these techniques come down to augmentation by custom designed skull implants and reduction by outer table skull bone removal. While often 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...