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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...
On Halloween today I was performing a custom skull implant for a female for crown skull augmentation and the pattern of the scalp incision used looked familiar and appropriate for this day. The scalp incision seemed similar to that of a Jack O’Lantern’s smile. Its irregular and jagged appearance was reminiscent of a shape Read More…
Background: There are variety of conditions that can cause bony deformities of the angle region of the lower jaw. Abnormal growth from congenital/developmental causes, traumatic injuries and elective jaw surgery can all adversely affect the shape of the jaw angles. By far in my experience elective osteotomies in orthognathic surgery cause the greatest array of Read More…
Background: The back of the head can have a variety of contour deformities. One such deformity is that of excessive protrusion. This is where the back of the head exceeds what would be considered a normal convex curve. While there is no exact numerical measurement to determine what is or is not excessive, it is Read More…
Background: The nose by virtue of its central facial position and protruding structure is frequently exposed to traumatic injury. Its fixed osteocartilaginous structure can become displaced when enough force is applied. The type of nasal injury depends on the direction and amount of force to which it is exposed. Injuries that strike the nose directly Read More…
Background: The brow bones are an important aesthetic feature of the male face. Some mild ‘protrusion’ of them, and the presence of a visible brow bone break, is an identifying and attractive male feature. But when the amount of brow bone protrusion becomes too strong or prominent it becomes a dominant facial feature that is Read More…
Background: There are four access incisions in which to place breast implants. (inframammary, areolar, axillary and umbilical) Each has their own advantages and disadvantages as well as surgical advocates and opponents. Such a varied number of approaches indicates that neither one is perfect and each can potentially work well with good technique. The axillary or Read More…
Background: Undereye hollows is a very common aesthetic issue for both young and older patients alike. In older patients it is often a function of soft tissue atrophy that exposes the underlying orbital bone, creating a skeletonized appearance. Conversely in the younger patient it is more a function of a hard tissue deficiency rather than Read More…
Chin implants are the most historic of all facial implants. As a result they have been through the greatest number of design changes and resultant size availabilities. Initial introduced a button shape the biggest design advancement came in the 1990s with the introduction of extended anatomic designs. This was a logical extension of the implant’s Read More…
Custom jawline implants represent the most complete approach to augmenting a deficient lower third of the face. Wrapping around the entirety of the mandible they expand the inferolateral border creating a more defined jawline in a 3D dimensional fashion. Part of their success lies not only in their design but how well they are placed Read More…
Background: The features that make for a strong or masculine face are always skeletal in nature. The convex contours of the face, the infraorbital-malar and the jawline, provide the silhouette of a defined and more angular face. The convex contours, the so called trampoline area that lies between these two contour lines, helps add to 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...