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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Removal Of Bulky Medpor Jawline Implants with Custom Silicone Jawline Implants for Improved Correction of Inferior Border Irregularitues After Jaw Osteotomies

Case Study: Jaw osteotomies are commonly performed with high degrees of success and few significant complications. They are very effective at improving lower face proportions and projection as well as occlusal interdigitation. But like all operations it is not perfect and does have some aesthetic tradeoffs. These aesthetic liabilities include bony irregularities and some dimensional Read More…

Use of the Ogee Curve in Custom Cheek Implant Designs

The Ogee curve is a well known and talked about aesthetic facial feature. Looking at the face in the oblique view it is an S-shaped double curve created by the outline or silhouette of the tail of the brow bone along the lateral orbital rim and down across the cheek prominence. It is usually referred Read More…

ORvSnapshots – Rib and Muscle Grafts for Labiomental Fold Augmentation

The labiomental fold is an indentation between the lower lip and chin which anatomically represents the attachment origin of the mentalis muscle to the bone. While everyone has a labiomental fold it varies in depth from near non-existant to a severe V-shaped indentation due to various anatomic causes. Jaw/chin deficiencies, inclination of the lower teeth Read More…

Technical Strategies – Female High Cheekbone Implants

Cheek implants have a long clinical history most of which have been designed for females to create an apple cheek effect. This cheek augmentation outcome is created by having a cheek implant of which part of it is positioned below the cheekbone (zygomatic major) into the submalar space. This results in a rounded prominence which Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – 2nd Stage Custom Chin Implant after 1st Stage Verticalk Lengthening Bomy Genioplasty for Maximal Male Chin Augmentation

Background: The bony genioplasty remains the best technique for significant lower facial augmentation particularly when  significant vertical lengthening is needed. It is always better in the long term to let the bone create the large chin augmentation effect as opposed to a large implant load on the chin even if it may not create the Read More…

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