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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 skull implants provide a new method for changing the shape of the head through their ability to add volume in a controlled preoperatively designed fashion. By definition this makes the scalp tighter. That is certainly true initially although some scalp relaxation undoubtably occurs later. This is well known to me as some skull Read More…
Background: The projection of the forehead plays a significant role in the appearance of the upper third of the face. If it is sloped too far backward, it will make the brows appear more prominent and create a high or elongated hairline. If it is too far forward it appears too prominent and oversized for Read More…
Background: The shape of faces is influenced by the genetics of one’s ethnicity. This is well known and seen in the recognized major ethnicities around the world. In the Asian face, for example, the proclivity is for more width then projection in the entire craniofacial skeleton. This is evidenced in the tremendous popularity of the Read More…
Helping surgical incisions heal faster and with less scar would be of interest to any patient but this is of particular relevance in the aesthetic surgery patient. One of the adverse tradeoffs of numerous cosmetic procedures is that of an incision and resultant scar to achieve the procedure’s potential benefits. While numerous postoperative scar strategies Read More…
Chin ptosis is defined as a malpositioning of the soft tissue chin pad over the front end of the chin bone. The soft tissue chin pad has fallen off the end of the bone causing a potential multitude of symptoms from a lower lip sag, excessive tooth show to, at the least, an unaesthetic fullness Read More…
Background: Correction of chin deformities is based on what dimensions of it need to be changed. The most common chin deficiency is horizontal for which either an implant or a sliding genioplasty is used to treat it. It may or may not be accompanied with a vertical deficiency as well. One of the least common Read More…
Background: Osteomas are well known benign bony growths which can occur from within, on or even outside of the bone in the surrounding soft tissues. In the craniofacial skeleton, osteomas usually occur as a peripheral lesion arising from the periosteum. While there are multiple etiologies for them the most recognized is that of trauma. The Read More…
Background: Flatness on one side of the back of the head is known as occipital plagiocephaly and can occur for a variety or reasons. In utero positioning and infant sleep positions are two of the most common etiologies. Regardless of its cause its presence is of aesthetic significance only when seen in an adult. While Read More…
Temporal implants have come into usage to create a permanent augmentation effect of the muscle to the side of the eye. Some temporal augmentation patients have been through injectable fillers and fat injections first while others opt right for a permanent surgical effect with implants. These soft and very flexible implants are designed to replicate Read More…
While the superficial temporal artery, a distal branch of the external carotid artery, is essential for providing blood flow to the temples and scalp. Based on its path northward into the scalp, it appears to be the terminal end of the external carotid artery. It splits in a well known Y-configuration above the ear of 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...