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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Breast Implants and Their Effects on Stretch Marks

Background: Changes to the breasts are common with pregnancy and weight loss. The most common aesthetic breast deformities from these bodily changes include loss of beast tissue, stretch marks and breast sagging. While there are surgical corrections for loss of breast volumes and breast sagging, stretch marks remain resistant to any known treatment. Many women Read More…

OR Snapshots – Male Custom Jawline Implant and How It Is Able To Be Placed

The best way to change the shape of the jawline for many men is a custom jawline implant. Custom designed from the patient’s 3D CT scan, the implant is usually a wrap around style that augments the entire jawline. Changing the shape of the jaw angles and jawline in a continuous fashion around the arc Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Vertical Ear Reduction

Background: Any ear that is vertically longer than 65mm to 70mm would generally be perceived to be very large. Despite the numbers, however, if a patient thinks their ears are too large then they are. But in my experience patients that I see for macrotia reduction always have an ear length that is at least Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Natural Custom Jawline Implant Result in a Male

Background: The lower third of the face is a very important component of the male face. Whether one choices to call it more attractive or masculine, a well defined jawline creates an essential aesthetic feature of the lower face in a man. While fashion and beauty ideals change across various cultures and periods of time, Read More…

OR Snapshots – Deltoid Muscle Augmentation by Fat Injections

Implants are most commonly used for aesthetic augmentation of numerous muscle areas of the body. These include the chest (pectoral implants), calfs (calf implants), and buttocks. (gluteal implants) Less frequently performed, although no less successful, is that of the upper extremity of the biceps and triceps muscle. One other muscular augmentation area of the upper Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Female Nasal Fracture Repair

Background: The nose is the most frequently fractured bone on the face. This is undoubtably because it is a very projecting structure that makes it easier to hit than other more recessed areas of the face. Even though the nose is two-thirds cartilage in composition, the small bones in the upper nose are highly prone Read More…

OR Snapshots – Custom Sternal Implant For Secondary Pectus Excavatum Correction

There are numerous types of congenital chest wall deformities. In many such deformities the central sternum is affected. One of the most common of these deformities is pectus excavatum. The sternum is indented or depressed as the attached ribs are abnormally bent inward. There are many manifestations of this chest wall disorder from more minor Read More…

OR Snapshots – Funnel Breast Implant Device Insertion

The placement of breast implants is an obvious key ingredient in breast augmentation surgery. While there different incisional locations that can be used, the breast implants must be passed through the incision into the developed tissue pocket regardless of where it is placed. For saline implants, which are inserted deflated and rolled, the location or Read More…

Correction of the Deep Labiomental Fold with Release and Tissue Grafting

The labiomental fold is the natural indentation that exists between the lower lip and the chin. It resides about 1/3 of the vertical distance between the lip and chin and is present in almost everyone to some degree. While called a fold, it is not really a fold but an indentation that is reflective of Read More…

OR Snapshots – Zygomatic Arch Implants for Lateral Midfacial Width/Prominence

Cheek implants are a well recognized form of facial augmentation that has been used for decades. By placing an implant on the cheekbones a permanent midfacial augmentation effect can be achieved. But cheek implants are not just one style or size fits all. There are over a half dozen styles of cheek implants designed to Read More…