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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 shape and symmetry of the eyes is critically judged by many people because they are paired and are always the first thing seen on the face when looking in a mirror. Such critical assessment of the face has now become magnified with the proliferation of selfies and the widespread use of self-photography that Read More…
Thigh implants offer aesthetic augmentation of the upper leg through subfascial implant placement of the biceps femoris muscle. This is the single largest muscle of the anterior thigh and thus creates the best opportunity for increased thigh size and definition by alloplastic insertion. Like all implants it requires a method of pocket dissection that is Read More…
Augmentation of the central midface refers to building out the skeletal margins that surround the pyriform aperture. While such augmentation can be done by injectable fillers and fat as well as implants, the most assured outcomes come from placing a permanent material on the bone. Such materials around this area have been given various names Read More…
The midface is a general term that is often used to refer to any structure between the eyes and the lower jaw, excluding that of the nose specifically. (even though it lies in the midface region) Anatomically it includes the infraorbital rims of the eyes, the zygoma and zygomatic arch and the maxilla down to Read More…
Brow bone reduction is a procedure that is done in both men and women to reshape their forehead. Men undergo the procedure to reduce a very prominent brow bone protrusion to eliminate a ‘Neanderthal’ appearance. Transgender male to females have the procedure to feminize the forehead and eliminate any semblance of a brow bone break. Read More…
Background: Plagioephaly is a well known skull deformity that is marked by an asymmetry of the circumferential skull shape. This is most commonly manifest by a flatness on the back of the head with varying degrees of asymmetry of the forehead as well. It is almost always that the back of the head is flatter Read More…
The labiomental fold is the natural indentation between the lower lip and the chin. It usually is about 1/3 the distance between the lip and chin, being closer to the lip than that of the chin. It represents the attachments of the mentalis muscle to the underlying bone (its origin) and is also reflective of Read More…
Background: The most common major aesthetic ear surgery is the setback otoplasty. With a long surgical history numerous methods have been described for setting back the protruding ear and decreasing the auriculocephalic angle. (bring the ear back closer to the head) The fundamental concept is that the ear cartilages have to be manipulated either by Read More…
Background: The shape of the forehead in men is determined by the prominence of the brow bones and the slope and width of the forehead above it. Most men have some degree of brow bone protrusion as evidenced by the presence of a brow bone break before going up into the forehead. How protrusive the Read More…
A custom wraparound jawline implant is a supercharged chin implant that augments the entire jawline. As a result it shares some similarities in placement as both type of jaw implants need an anterior incision. (the total jawline implant also needs two additional intraoral incisions to get the jaw angle parts in the proper position) This 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...