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Techniques in Cheekbone Reduction

Cheekbone reduction, also known as reductive malarplasty, is a common operation in Asian patients. (although it can and is performed in patients of all ethnicities) There have been numerous cheekbone reduction osteotomy techniques that have been proposed, each with their own merits and proponents. But it is an operation that is not complication free Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Breast Implants and he Creation ofCleavage

Background: Cleavage is defined as the area between the breasts. It usually confers that the inner or medial part of the breast mound encroaches upon the flat sternum which lies between the breasts. While the term defines a certain breast appearance it usually refers to a look that is seen in clothing such as a Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Teardrop Breast Implants For a Natural Breast Look

Background: Breast implants have obvious effects on increasing the size of the breasts. While volume of the breast obtained per implant size will vary amongst patients, it is obvious that the larger the implant is the larger the breast becomes. But when it comes to breast implant shape, the effect on the outer breast is Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – The Vertical Tummy Tuck in a Midline Scar Abdominal Surgery Patient

Background: Tummy tuck surgery is the most aggressive form of abdominal reshaping. By removing large segments of skin and fat, improvement of the waistline shape is inevitable. The horizontal excision pattern ensures that there is a vertical tightening effect on the central abdomen. Differing lengths of the excision pattern will determine how far to the Read More…

The Occurrence of Suture Extrusion in Otoplasty

Otoplasty is the most common ear reshaping procedure for prominent ears. Known as ear pinning, it achieves its result by bending the ear cartilage back into a better position and stabilizing them with sutures. In the short term it is the sutures that maintain the new ear position and a loss of their tension or Read More…

Review of the Benefits and Downside to the Use of Hydroxyapatite Granules for Facial Augmentation

I get a lot of inquiries regarding the use of hydroxyapatite(HA) for facial augmentation. Some requests are for whether it will work for their facial augmentation needs. Others are with concerns about indwelling HA materials at various craniofacial implantation sites. Depending upon what you read and whom has written it, the advisability and safety of Read More…

The Role of the Nipple Lift in Breast Augmentation

Some women that undergo breast augmentation surgery have various breast asymmetries. These could be differences in the mound size, level of the inframammary fold and the size and shape of the nipple-areolar complex. Because it is the most visible part of the female breast, the size and location of the nipple on the breast mound Read More…

The Effects of Taping After Rhinoplasty Surgery

In rhinoplasty surgery, it is standard of care to apply a compressive dressing to the external nose at the completion of surgery. It usually consists of glued on tapes and an overlying splint made of metal or plastic. Its purpose is to both limit how much swelling will occur in the nose as well Read More…

Tissue Responses to Jaw Angle Reduction Surgery

Reducing the width of the jaw angles is known as a gonioplasty procedure. It gets this name because the prominence of the jaw angles is known as the gonial angles which is located at the very back end of the lower border at the back of the jaw. When the width is aesthetically excessive, the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Power-Assisted Liposculpture of Abdomen and Flanks

Background: Liposuction is the surgical removal of fat by negative pressure evacuation. (suction) It creates its effect through a combination of fat removal and overlying skin contraction. By definition it is a volume reduction procedure. But depending upon the patient and the volume of fat removed the external effect may be a general body shape Read More…