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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: A significant prominence in the center of the neck is that of the tracheal cartilages and it is an almost exclusive male feature. The tracheal cartilages become larger during development imen, like the deepening of the voice, due to hormone influences. While there are men, usually with thin necks, that desire tracheal reduction due Read More…
Scalp incisions are a necessary part of any aesthetic skull reshaping procedure. Whether it is onlay augmentation with materials or bone reduction techniques, access to do the surgery and work under the scalp is necessary. But the resultant scalp scars in aesthetic skull surgery have much greater significance than it would for medically necessary neurosurgery Read More…
Background: A female chin shape has a more rounded or a tapered look. The male chin can be also be rounded but a square shape is more gender specific and often desired. In facial feminization surgery changing the shape of the lower third of the face can be done by chin reshaping alone or combined Read More…
Injectable fillers, fat and implants are all options for the treatment of temporal hollowing. But the one permanent and assured smooth treatment is that of temporal implants because of their shape and non-resorbable material composition. But temporal implants do require an incision to be placed over the main body of the temporalis muscle underneath the Read More…
Background: Chin implants are the most common form of facial augmentation and have the largest selection of styles and sizes of any facial implant. But despite this wide selection there are some patients in which a standard chin implant will not suffice. This is particularly relevant when any degree of vertical lengthening is needed or Read More…
Background: The deltoid muscle is the large muscle that forms the rounded contour of the shoulder. It essentially joins the upper extremity with the back and chest. While often perceived as just one large muscle, it really consists of three distinct muscle heads making up the front (anterior), middle (central) and back (posterior) regions of Read More…
For major nasal augmentations the options come to using a rib graft or an implant to achieve it. Each augmentation method has their own advantages and disadvantages and one isn’t necessarily better than the other. Each patient situation must be assessed on an individual basis in terms of amount of augmentation needed and the patient’s Read More…
Background: The shape of the nose has clear gender differences and preferences. Most of these are classically known and are also influenced by ethnicity, culture and age of the patient. By contemporary beauty trends that are highly influenced by social media, many young females today are seeing very small and refined noses. They will often Read More…
The tip of the nose is the most anatomically complex area manipulated in rhinoplasty and also one of the most visible. While it is the first area encountered in rhinoplasty surgery and often the last area of manipulation prior to closure, it is highly prone to irregularities. While they can be very subtle, if it Read More…
While numerous types of implants exist for many areas of the face, the central midface has only ever had one implant style. The well known although infrequently used Peri-Pyriform implant, as the name indicates, provides an augmentation around the base of the nose. This anatomically is known as the pyriform aperture which serves as 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...