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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Vertical Back Lift for Torso Narrowing

Background: The excision of loose skin and fat through a variety of lifting are common body contouring procedures. While usually done after large amounts of weight loss, many such excisional procedures are done for the abdomen, waistline, chest, arms and thighs. Back lifts are also done and have been described as braline lifts, back roll Read More…

Fat Injection as a Potential Scar Treatment

The management of adherent scars or scar contractures are difficult problems. to improve. Like all scars the tissues are not normal and many scars have an actual tissue deficiency as part of their makeup. Traditional surgical approaches include excision, geometric skin rearrangements and skin grafting. Non-surgical injection treatments include steriods (Kenalog) and 5FU as a Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Pectoral and Bicep Implants

  Background: Augmentation of the male chest can be done by either fat injections or pectoral implants. Fat injections, however, can be unpredictable and often only creates a fuller and rounder chest appearance. Implants produce a much more natural and guaranteed pectoral muscle enhancement effect since they are placed directly under the muscle. By being Read More…

Inframammary Approach for Pectoral Implant Repositioning

  Pectoral implants in men is the equivalent of breast implants in women. Both serve to enhance the chest appearance in their respective genders. But beyond this general concept, pectoral implants and breast implants are very different. One major difference is the such implants in men are for muscular augmentation. As such it is placed Read More…

3D CT Scanning of Custom Jawline Implants -Before and After Surgery

Augmentation of the entire jawline has become a popular method for improvement of the lower third of the face. While historically lower facial augmentation was focused on the front half of the jaw (chin), a more contemporary approach considers the jaw angles behind the chin for a complete jawline effect. While most people who seek Read More…

Interpositional Grafting in Reversal Otoplasty

Otoplasty is the most common total ear reshaping surgery. Its objective is to take an ear that sticks out too far and bring it in closer to the side of the head. This is typically done by changing the shape of the cartilage through sutures placed on the back of the ear. How much the Read More…

The Need for Interpositional Grafting in Vertical Lengthening Genioplasty

The sliding genioplasty is a well known chin augmentation procedure that is commonly used for horionzontal advancement. But cutting and moving the chin bone can be done for other dimensional changes of which vertical lengthening is also a good indication. Historically vertical lengthening of the chin could only be done with an opening bony genioplasty. Read More…

Success of Medpor Jaw Angle Implant Removals

There are only two materials of which jaw angle implants are made, silicone and Medpor. While there are material differences between the two as well as each offer their own styles and sizes, there are surgeon advocates for either jaw angle implant material. With the proper implant selection and good surgical technique both materials can Read More…

Technical Strategies – Hairline Approach to Temporal Implant Placement

Temporal implants offer the only method of permanent temporal augmentation…that is also easily reversible. Placed in the subfascial plane on top of the anterior temporalis muscle, there is no risk of facial nerve injury nor visible edges of the implant.The skin incision to place them is done back behind the temporal hairline so it is Read More…

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