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The Role of Vertical Lengthening Jaw Angle Implants in Jaw Augmentation

While jaw angle implants have been around for over 25 years, they only recently have become more popular and in higher demand for jawline enhancement. Offering augmentation to the often overlooked back part of the jaw, they add dimensions to the lower third of the face that can be primarily seen in front and oblique Read More…

Combining Vertical Ear Reduction with Setback Otoplasty

The vertically long ear is one that appears disproportionate to other facial features. Generally if the length of the ear is greater than that of the nose, for example, it can be judged to be too long. But no matter how it is measured of the patient thinks the ear is too long then it Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Breast Augmentation after Weight Loss

Background: Significant weight loss, albeit through diet and exercise or bariatric surgery, will have a dramatic effect on all body areas. As the fat is burned off the support for the skin is lost. This causes an overall body sag that creates a well known collection of body changes that are most reflected centrally in Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Treatment of Chronic Abdominal Seroma after Tummy Tuck

Background: A tummy tuck is a remarkably effective procedure that achieves its effect through wide excision of loose abdominal skin and fat and underlying muscle tightening. The raising of the upper abdominal skin flap to cover the removed lower abdominal tissue creates a large surface area of wounded tissue. This results in an expected serous Read More…

Chin Implant Causing Mental Nerve Compression

Contemporary chin implants, often called anatomic chin implants, have extended wings of material that go back along the jawline. This change in the shape of chin implant was done decades ago to overcome the aesthetic shortcomings of the old style button chin implants which often looked like a round circle sitting on the front end Read More…

Clinic Snapshots – The Results of Rib Removal for Waistline Narrowing

Rib removal is an aesthetic body contouring procedure that has an impact on narrowing the anatomic waistline. It is most commonly performed in my experience on already lean women that are trying to achieve an ultra narrow waistline or on male to female transgender patients to get some semblence of a waistline shape. While historically Read More…

OR Snapshots – Posterior Cheekbone Reduction Osteotomy

Cheekbone reduction surgery typically is done by a double osteotomy technique. The anterior cut allows the posterior body of the zygoma (main body of the cheekbone) to move in. The posterior cut is done at the back end of the attached zygomatic arch just in front of the ear. These two cuts allow the whole Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Custom Chin Implant for Large Horizontal Augmentation

Background: Chin augmentation has been around for a very long time and many implant materials and sizes have been used to do it. From this experience has come standard implant sizes that work for the vast majority of people seeking chin enhancement surgery. But some patients seek changes that exceed what these standard size can Read More…

The Risks and Need for Revisions in Buttock Implant Surgery

Like implants placed anywhere on the body, buttock implants can also have complications. When one compares the two methods of buttock augmentation, fat injection vs implants, it is no surprise that the placement of an implant is associated with a higher rate of potential complications. But for those women and men who have inadequate fat Read More…

OR Snapshots – 3D Forehead Reconstruction Implant

Forehead reconstruction encompasses a variety of inlay and onlay bone procedures. Reconstruction of full-thickness frontal bone defects most commonly occurs from either neurosurgical procedures where a craniotomy bone flap has been lost or from skull bone loss due to trauma. While replacing the lost bone can be done by using the patient’s own bone, this Read More…