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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...
Background: The large surface area of the forehead creates a major aesthetic component of the face. While lacking the projecting topographies of the lower 2/3s of the face it nonetheless has a few significant features that define it. These include the frontal hairline superiorly, the eyebrows/brow bones inferiorly and the shape of the entire frontal Read More…
Aesthetic augmentation of the midface has been traditionally done by off-the-shelf cheek implants. While different types of cheek implants exist they have their limitations based on the surface area of bone that they cover. Interestingly many styles of cheek implants are not designed to sit completely on the zygomatic major bone and to sit partially Read More…
Custom jawline implants are one of the most powerful facial enhancement methods as it changes an entire third of the face. Given that it wraps around the entire jawline the length of that distance and its shape along this long curve is unique to each patient. As a result there is no standard wrap around Read More…
Testicle implants have two roles in improving the appearance of the scrotal sac, replacement and enhancement. Replacement is the historic use of testicle implants and is used when a testicle has been lost either through removal form traumatic or pathologic reasons or for one that has never developed or descended. Conversely testicular enhancement is when Read More…
Despite the tremendous benefits of a custom jawline implant there is always the need for revision of it. Whether due to its size, design or placement the potential need (risk) of revisional surgery always exists. In fact that risk is higher for custom implants than standard implants which can be very confusing to patients. What Read More…
Background: Despite the common use of chin implants as an aesthetic facial surgery, some of the important technical aspects of the procedure remain misunderstood or at least underappreciated. The most basic is that an implant may be perfectly placed but if it is the wrong implant style or size then its placement becomes irrelevant. The Read More…
Background: Rhinoplasty is one of the most well known aesthetic procedures in plastic surgery and has been performers in various ways for almost one hundred years. It is the original facial reshaping procedure as it focuses on a structural change to a prominent facial feature…the bone and cartilages of the nose. The nasal skin is Read More…
Background: Like many body structures aging affects their appearance over time. The male scrotum is no exception. As an envelope of skin, fascia and muscle that surrounds the dangling testicles the influence of a lifetime of friction between the thighs and the effects of gravity are bound to affect the scrotal appearance. But the biggest Read More…
Background: Chin implants remain the most commonly performed aesthetic facial augmentation procedure and recent reports indicate that it is increasing in popularity. As a single implant it has been called the most powerful facial enhancement procedure when judged by effect vs time of surgery to perform it. While it is performed in both genders it Read More…
Background: There are numerous upper lip aesthetic deformities that can occur of which the most recognized are external. (long upper lip, limited vermilion show, downturned mouth corners) But there are some internal upper lip aesthetic deformities that are less known as their occurrences are far less frequent. One recognizable internal upper lip aesthetic deformity 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...