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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...
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…
Buccal lipectomies have been recognized as an effective technique for providing midface/cheek slimming effects. The scarless intraoral removal technique and the visibly sizable fat that comes out make it the most effective fat removal procedure per surface area of the face. The one concern that is always posed for the buccal lipectomy patient is Read More…
Background: At its most simplistic level, aesthetic skull augmentation uses an implant to push off the outer bony cortex to create an overlying soft tissue expansion the scalp. Like every form of aesthetic face and body augmentation the ability of the soft tissues to stretch and be displaced outward is ultimately what creates the change Read More…
Background: The well known sagittal split ramus osteotomy of the mandible provides a change in the position of the tooth-bearing portion of the lower jaw. It can move the lower jaw forward or back in the sagittal direction. It is not infrequently done in conjunction with a sliding genioplasty, another sagittal type osteotomy that is 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...