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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: Custom facial implants have understandably gone through an evolution that past quarter century…like all technology has. In the 1970s and 1980s, the concept of a custom facial implant was one were the few standard implants that existed was modified intraoperatively by handcarving. Or a solid block of material was hand craved into a specific Read More…
Making the face more slender or narrow consists of a variety of well known bone reshaping procedures that have origin in Asian facial reshaping. For the lower face V-line surgery consists of jaw angle reduction combined with a chin reduction osteotomy. Most commonly the chin osteotomy is a T-shape, removing bone in a vertical central Read More…
Infection in any type of facial implant is always a risk. Traditional method of prevention include Iv antibiotics during surgery, pocket and implant antibiotic irrigateons during surgery as well as oral antibiotics after surgery. This approach keeps the risk of infection in facial implants fairly low in the 1% to 2% range on average. But Read More…
Chin implants are the most common facial bone augmentation procedure. The vast majority are done using silicone materials which makes for easier introduction as well as uncomplicated and expeditious adjustments/removals. But other chin implant materials exist of which the most frequently used is that of porous polyethylene, also known as Medpor. By virtue of its Read More…
Background: Custom designed facial implants provide a great degree of facial change. The larger surface areas of custom implants and preoperative control of their shape and dimensions allows for a major change in facial shape if desired. To do so augmentation of the midface line (infraorbital-malar) and entire jawline are often done together as Read More…
Background: While men have greater brow bone prominences than women, there are cases where the brow bones do overgrow. When they do so the brow bone appear too prominent (Neanderthal-like), the forehead appears retroclined and one’s appearance is harsh or angry looking. While there are different degrees of brow bone hypertrophy in men, ultimately all Read More…
One of the techniques that I always do in custom skull implants is the placement of perforations through the implant. These round holes are placed using dermal punches and are typically 4 to 6mms in diameter. They can number from dozens to up to fifty holes per implant. Most patients rightfully assume that connective Read More…
The intergluteal cleft, more commonly known as the ‘crack’, is the attached skin that forms a groove between the two buttocks. It is very similar to the breasts with the attached skin to the sternum forming a cleavage line in the chest between the breasts. The interglueal cleft is approximately 9 to 11 cms long Read More…
Buttock implants are the alternative procedure to the Brazilian Butt Lift. (buttock augmentation by fat injections) When one doesn’t have enough fat for injection or has ‘failed’ a fat injection procedure, implants are the remaining option for buttock augmentation. Once having a more checkered clinical history with a high rate of complications, buttock implants have Read More…
Background: Aesthetic skull augmentations are sought by individuals who have a deficient or flatter area of the skull. One of the most common areas to augment is a flat back of the head or crown area. This is the one aesthetic skull deficiency that is equally shared by both men and women. While women have 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...