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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...
The superficial temporal artery (STA) is a branch of the facial artery that crosses in front of the ear and heads northward into the scalp. At a fairly predictable point above the ear it turns into a Y configuration with an anterior branches coursing across the forehead at it turns up into the scalp. It Read More…
Unlike chin augmentation, chin reduction surgery is performed far less commonly. As a result, it is not a well understood procedure in terms of proper diagnosis and technique. While chin reduction is often perceived as an intraoral bony burring procedure, this is a very limited procedure that is rarely effective and often leads to postoperative Read More…
Custom skull implants have become a standard technique in my plastic surgery practice for making many aesthetic skull shape changes. Prior to their use, while skull reshaping surgery was possible, it involved the use of much longer scalp incisions and the use of intraoperatively fashioned biomaterials that had a much higher rate of contour issues Read More…
Background: Aesthetic deficiencies of the lower eye/eyelid have a variety of presentations. Dark circles, teat tear troughing, negative vectors and a flat midface describe some of the common terms used to describe the external appearance of a skeletal deficiency of the infraorbital rim or lower eye bone. As a companion to the supraorbital rim or Read More…
Skull implants are a versatile treatment strategy for a variety of head augmentation concerns. Made from the patient’s 3D CT scan they can be designed to provide increases in skull projection that are only limited by the stretch of one’s scalp. One of the not uncommon indications for custom skull implants is to increase the Read More…
Testicle implants have been used for decades in various forms. It is the only known surgical method to replace the lost volume and shape occupied by a natural testicle. Originally they were composed of solid silicone but that material was removed from commercial availability as a result of the silicone breast implant issues in the Read More…
Background: The prominence of the Adam’s apple (hyroid cartilage) in the neck is a distinct gender-associated feature. In males, just like the brow bones, it is more protrusive than females due to the growth influence of testosterone on its cartilaginous development. This is why in facial feminization surgery, particularly in the male to female transgender Read More…
Calf augmentation is most commonly done with implants. There are a variety of reasons patients pursue augmenting the gastrocnemius muscle from congenitally thin legs, muscle atrophy due to disease or trauma and the desire for larger calfs that exercise and effort alone can not easily achieve. While injection fat grafting is another option for larger Read More…
Background: The side of the head is an often overlooked aesthetic area whose shape can really only be appreciated in the frontal view. While great attention is paid to the anterior temporal region by the side of the eye due to its facial proximity, the more obscure posterior region is seen back in the hair-bearing Read More…
While liposuction is widely used over many body areas, its applications to the face are much more limited. Between the far fewer isolated fat pockets and the location of motor nerve branches, facial liposuction is a fairly limited technique for fat reduction outside of the neck. One facial area that can have liposuction done 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...