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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Trapezius Muscle Implants in the Older Male

 Background: There are eleven (11) different muscle areas that can be aesthetically enhanced by implants in the body. (minus the face) In the upper body this includes the pectoral (chest), bicep and tricep (upper arm), deltoid (shoulder), brachioradialis (forearm) and trapezius. (upper back muscles) Of all of these muscle enhancement sites the trapezius is the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Crown Of the Skull Reduction

 Background: There are a wide variety of aesthetic skull shape deformations that can be divided into either deficiencies or excesses. The excess category may be called protrusions and some are seen in profile where they violate the ‘Golden Arc’ of the skull. This arc is the shape and distance of the head from the nasion Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Transfemale Combined Shoulder and Waist Narrowing Body Contouring Surgeries

 Background: There are numerous body contouring surgeries that transfemales may find of benefit. The most common ones performed are liposuction, BBL and breast, buttock and hip implant surgeries which are primarily soft tissue enhancements. These are also structural body modifications (aka hard tissue procedures) that are gaining popularity which include shoulder reduction by clavicle bone Read More…

The Custom Jawline Implant and Its Impact on the Mandibular Plane Angle

The definitive aesthetic jaw augmentation method is the custom jawline implant. Standard chin and jaw angles have their role in enhancing the shape of the lower face but they should be perceived as more corner enhancements of the jaw since they are not connected. Besides the ability to create/control the dimensions of the implant preoperatively Read More…

Technical Strategies – The Direct Cupid’s Bow Lift

Surgical lip reshaping involve relocation of the vermilion border through either direct or indirect methods. The most recognized method is the well known subnasal lip lift (bullhorn lift) where the the amount of upper lip vermilion show is increased by removal of a strip of skin under the nose. This skin removal pulls the lip Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – The Anatomy and Design of Custom Forearm Implants

 Background: Amongst the numerous types of implants for aesthetic body augmentation the arms are the least commonly performed. Breasts, buttock, pectoral and calf implants make up the majority of augmentations while arm implants (shoulder, biceps, triceps) are done by comparison far less frequently. This is evidenced by lack of any FDA-appoved shoulder and arm implants. Read More…

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