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Plastic Surgery Case Study – The Effect of the Vertical Lengthening Chin Implant

Background: Besides rhinoplasty surgery for the nose, chin augmentation is the second most common facial reshaping procedure. What the nose and chin share in common is that they are both central projecting features of the face. While there are a variety of chin reshaping procedures that can be done, augmentation is by far the most Read More…

Rhinoplasty in the Older Patient

Rhinoplasty is usually perceived as being a young person’s facial surgery… and for the most part it is. The majority of elective nasal reshaping surgery is done on male and female patients between the ages of 18 to 35 years old. But on the further end of the spectrum is the ‘senior rhinoplasty’ patient. Probably Read More…

The Appearance of Temporal Implant Scars

Temporal implants offer the only assured permanent method of treatment for temporal hollows and improving the width/convexity of the upper facial third. It is a procedure performed through small vertical incisions in the temporal hairline. This provides the most direct method for placement by going underneath the deep temporalis fascia to place the implant on Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Skull Implants for Crown Augmentation in Women

Background: The shape of the head has importance to many people whether they have good hair cover or not. It should be no surprise that men who lack good hair cover or shave their heads make up a greater percent of aesthetic skull augmentation than that of women. At the least their head reshaping goals Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – The Grid Technique for Occipital Skull Reduction

Background: The shape of the back of the head is affected by many factors. While flatness and asymmetries are well known to be caused by intrauterine and postnatal head positioning, limiting growth expansions in the compressed area, the origins of bony protrusions are less clear. In a study published in the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery Read More…

Botox Injections for a Brow Lift Effect

One of the most common uses for the well known aesthetic drug, Botox, is injection into the forehead. While it is most commonly used to treat horizontal forehead lines and vertical glabellar rhytids, it is also used to create a chemical brow lift. While such injections can be very effective, it it not uncommon Read More…

Avoiding Common Male Pectoral Implant Complications

The enhancement of the male chest has some obvious differences from that of the female chest. In women the goal is to make a larger mound that sits on top of the muscle. Conversely in men, the goal is to enhance the size and projection of the deeper pectoralis major muscle. As a result the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Implants for Cheek and Jawline Asymmetry after Orthognathic Surgery

Background: Jaw asymmetry is one of the most common forms of perceived facial asymmetry. Whether it is localized to the chin or extends back along the jawline to involve the two jaw angles as well affects the magnitude of the deformity. The long length of the body of the mandible and the size of the Read More…

Six Rib Removal Technique for Horizontal Waistline Reduction

Narrowing one’s waistline can be effectively done for most people by a variety of non-surgical and surgical methods. Dieting, exercise, liposuction and tummy tucks will fulfill the aesthetic goals of the vast majority of people who choose to do so. But for a select few patients such methods are not effective enough for their waistline Read More…

Techniques in Endoscopic Brow Lift Surgery

The endoscopic brow lift has been the most popular forehead rejuvenation technique for some time now. Its appeal is that it eliminates most of the scalp or hairline scarring that occurs from either the traditional coronal or pretrichial incisional approaches. While this is certainly true it is also important to remember that it is not Read More…