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Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Surgical Technique of Clavicular Osteotomies in Shoulder Width Reduction
Shoulder width reduction is done by shortening the length of the...
The shape and appearance of the forehead is highly influenced by...
Background: The evolution of rhinoplasty surgery over the past twenty years...
Background: The back of the head is composed of multiple skull segments of which the occipital bone is a major component. The occipital bone is a non-paired bone that occupies the lower 2/3s of the skull in the back of the head. It is also the primary bone of which many neck muscles attach. As Read More…
The most common potential adverse affect relating to facial implants is the concern about bone erosion. While this is certainly not the most common complication from facial implants it is certainly one that is widely spoken about albeit biologically incorrect. The term erosion goes back over 50 years from looking at some chin implants in Read More…
Background: Testicle implants from an aesthetic standpoint have some similarities to breast implants. The end goal is to have an implant in a surrounding sack of skin that is soft, supple and moves without restriction or pain. While the implant type is quite different, a testicle implant is solid silicone while a breast implant is Read More…
Certain head shapes are known to have a wide skull width. This is particularly evident in those skulls that have a brachycephalic tendency. (flat back of the head) With a flat and wide back of the head the sides are pushed outward creating a noticeable wide skull from the front and back views. This increased Read More…
Background: One important dimension of the forehead is it’s vertical length as defined by the distance between the eyebrows to the frontal hairline. This distance is obviously influenced significantly by the location of the frontal hairline which can be quite high in many men (or absent) and in some women as well. Presuming one has Read More…
Background: Excessive projection on the back of the head is a common request for skull reduction. Consideration for whether such skull reduction can be a good aesthetic procedure is how much reduction can be achieved and where is the incisional access going to be to do it. The effectiveness of the procedure depends on how Read More…
Background: The diversity in body size and stature of patients presenting for shoulder reduction is quite considerable. I have done the surgery on patients with heights from 5 feet to 6’4″ tall. While the thickness and length of the clavicle may differ the technical execution of the surgery is the same and aesthetic outcomes are Read More…
Background: There are a variety of types of narrow head shapes which vary based on the extent of bitemporal width reduction and how it affects the shape of the front and back of the head. In more complete manifestations the head is narrow from front to back and either the forehead or the parieto-occipital is Read More…
There are various anatomic reasons for eye asymmetry most of which relate to the position of the eyelids to the globe…but the globes themselves are developmentally symmetric. But a very distinct form of eye symmetry is where the position of the globes themselves are not symmetric…one eye is at a different level than the other Read More…
Background: There are a wide variety of skull shape deformations almost all of which have a congenital origin. While the craniosynostosis skull shapes are the most recognized and are reconstructive procedures for their correction (bone removal and reshaping) most skull shape concerns are less severe and are more of an aesthetic concern. Despite their far Read More…
Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Surgical Technique of Clavicular Osteotomies in Shoulder Width Reduction
Shoulder width reduction is done by shortening the length of the...
The shape and appearance of the forehead is highly influenced by...
Background: The evolution of rhinoplasty surgery over the past twenty years...