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Technical Strategies – Tracheal Shave by Burring Reduction

A tracheal shave or Adam’s Apple reduction (technically a thyrochondroplasty) is a well known neck contouring procedure to reduce a thyroid cartilage prominence. While it is most commonly perceived to be a male to female transgender procedure, it is actually done just as commonly for men or women who have a prominent thyroid bulge and Read More…

Technique of Bony Forehead Reduction with Hairline Advancement

The long or high forehead can be challenging to treat. The vertical length of the forehead is typically judged to be too long if the distance from the eyebrows to the frontal hairline exceeds about 6.5 cms. This is obviously a subjective judgement as the aesthetics of the forehead defies any exact number. But when Read More…

Assessment of Facelift Surgery Satisfaction

Facelift surgery is one of the most commonly performed anti-aging facial procedures and certainly one that is historically highly associated with plastic surgery. In the U.S. alone over 125,000 facelift procedures are performed per year. It is felt that a facelift produces a highly satisfied patient given the amount of improvement seen in before Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Breast Augmentation in Asymmetric Breasts

Background: Despite the breasts being a paired chest structure, they rarely are perfectly symmetric. These asymmetries may be slight and often are completely unrecognized by many women until they are pointed out. Larger breast asymmetries are more well known to the patient and may have been caused by natural breast development, pregnancies, breast feeding or Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Reduction of the Vertex Skull Bump

Background: The skull is formed by six separate cranial bones which are initially joined by fibrous tissue known as sutures. The union of these sutures is most commonly recognized by the two large open areas between them that remain after birth, the fontanelles or soft spots. The fontanelles allow for rapid stretching and deformation of Read More…

Classification and Treatment Approaches to the Tuberous Breast

Tuberous breasts are a well known congenital breast problem that presents in varying degrees of deformity. It has its greatest impact with the patient who presents for breast augmentation and often adjunctive strategies must be done at the time of implant placement to get a good breast shape result. Women often recognize that their breast(s) Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Skull Implant for Sagittal Crest Deformity

Background: The skull is partially created and composed of numerous sutures. During development the skull is composed of six separate cranial bones which are held together by sutures which are made up of fibrous and elastic tissue. These sutures keep the skull bones separate for up to 18 months after birth to allow for brain Read More…

Technical Strategies – Asian Love Band Surgery

The Asian eyelid is very different from that of Caucasians both in anatomy and in aesthetic appearance. For the upper eyelid the ‘double eyelid’ blepharoplasty procedure is well known to create a crease which does not naturally exist. But for the lower eyelid aesthetic enhancements are less well known or requested. One newer lower blepharoplasty Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Small Rib Graft Dorsal Augmentation Rhinoplasty

Background: One of the main features of the nose is the dorsal line or the nasal dorsum. It is more commonly called the “bridge” of the nose as it connects the forehead to the tip of the protruding nasal tip. It is made up of bone (upper half or upper third) and cartilage. (upper lateral Read More…

Simultaneous Stahl’s Ear and Constricted Ear Corrections

There are numerous types of congenital ear deformities. The constricted ear represents a tightness of the ear like a cinch around the outer helix of the ear which makes it smaller and often folded somewhat onto itself. The Stahl’s ear deformity, also known as a Vulcan or Spock ear, has a cartilage fold that can Read More…