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Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Five Essential Steps in Sliding Genioplasty Surgery
The sliding genioplasty is a well known surgical procedure to change...
Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Custom Skull Implant for Flat Back of The Head
Background: The shape of the skull has varying degrees of convexity...
Augmentation of the brow ridges can be done by a variety of techniques. Injectable fillers is the non-surgical approach and, while it can be effective, their effects will be temporary. Fat injections offer a minimally invasive surgical method but how well the fat survives and whether it will be smooth is unpredictable. While both injectable Read More…
Background: Craniofacial surgery is a collection of bone reshaping procedures of the skull and upper face that is typically used to treat various congenital deformities. While most commonly perceived as being done in very young patients, many craniofacial operations can also be done in older patients as well. While craniofacial surgery produces some remarkable results, Read More…
Background: Migraines are a common medical problem with variable causes and no one single effective treatment. Most treatment regimens are pharmacologic or prevention/avoidance of known triggers. While various surgical approaches to the treatment of migraines have been done, none have historically been very successful. Recent migraine surgery has focused a specific subset of migraines patients Read More…
Background: Aesthetic evaluation of the lower third of the face is historically based on the concepts of the facial thirds. This is a frontal view concept evaluating the vertical relationship/ratios of the upper, middle and lower facial thirds. This linear measurement can detect a short lower third of the face which is aesthetically treated by Read More…
In the new textbook OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES IN CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY I co-wrote a chapter on aesthetic chin surgery entitled ‘Alloplastic Chin Augymentation’. In this chapter is described the basic techniques for the aesthetic correction of chin deficiencies using implants. While this procedure is often viewed as ‘simple’, it often is not well performed with implant selection Read More…
Reduction of a large chin is far less frequently done than chin augmentation. And it is a procedure that is highly gender influenced, more women have it done than men. As a result, information on chin reduction is less available including the various techniques used to perform it. Like chin augmentation and in selecting how Read More…
Otoplasty or ear reshaping surgery for prominent ears has a long history of over a century of clinical experience. Since its early inception the focus has been on changing the shape of the cartilage which makes up almost the entire ear with the exception of the earlobe. How to reshape the ear cartilage has been Read More…
In the new textbook OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES IN CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY I co-wrote a chapter on craniofacial-based orbital reconstruction entitled ‘Box and U-Shaped Osteotomies’. In this chapter is described the basic techniques for the surgical correction of orbital dystopias. This is a bony orbital condition where the entire orbital box and its contents are displaced in a Read More…
Background: Cheek augmentation is most commonly done in females. The traditional goal was to create an ‘apple cheek’ midface effect. This is defined as the part of the cheek that enlarges when smiling or laughing. This is anatomically over the main anterolateral projection of the cheekbone and has a rounded appearance. To no surprise this Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation in females is a common procedure that is often combined with other facial procedures (e.g., rhinoplasty) or done as a stand alone surgery. While it is a facial reshaping surgery that has been done for a long time and given that it is also performed frequently, it is assumed that it is Read More…
Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Five Essential Steps in Sliding Genioplasty Surgery
The sliding genioplasty is a well known surgical procedure to change...
Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Custom Skull Implant for Flat Back of The Head
Background: The shape of the skull has varying degrees of convexity...