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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: Rib removal is a head of but often not understood procedure. The bottom end of the ribcage are the free floating ribs #11 and #12. Because of this lack of distal attachments that angle down much more significantly than the attached ribs above it. These lack of subcostal/sternal attachments indicates that they do not Read More…
I was just at the 40th annual meeting of the Scandinavian Association for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in Goteborg Sweden as a feature speaker where I met a Swedish surgeon Dr. Igor Niecjajev who has practiced his entire career in Stockholm. He introduced me to a paper he had written on a procedure that I perform Read More…
Background: The most common chin augmentation requested change s horizontal, increasing its forward projection. This is understandable given that many patients seek improvement of their chin recession. But not all chin recessions are completely horizontal in nature. Vertical chin deficiencies also exist and can occur as a stand alone dimensional deficiency or, more commonly, Read More…
The term ‘jaw reduction’ has evolved over the years to mean different types of procedures. Originally jaw reduction referred to an orthognathic surgery operation where the lower jaw was set back by an either a vertical oblique or sagittal split osteotomy to correct a malocclusion. It could also have referred to an aesthetic procedure of Read More…
Background: Soft tissue atrophy of the face most commonly occurs due to aging or weight loss. There are also some well known medical conditions that also can cause it. This atrophy is primarily fat-related and most significantly affects the temporal and cheek areas where the largest subcutaneous and compartmentalized fat exists. Whatever the cause the Read More…
The custom midface mask implant is an under appreciated form of aesthetic facial augmentation but one that has a very significant effect. It is based on the custom implant principle of total bone coverage of an aesthetic third of the face. For example the custom jawline implant covers or wraps around the entire lower third Read More…
Background: Brow bone augmentation is most commonly requested by men for understandable reasons. A stronger more projecting brow bone in the upper third of the face creates an enhanced masculine appearance. Conversely in females a softer brow bone appearance is desired with lack of any visible brow bone prominences particularly in the inner half of Read More…
Temporal implants can be placed as part of a facial rejuvenative procedure and one way to place them is through the brow lift procedure. This is a superior vertical approach coming from above to open the deep temporal fascia just below the bony temporal line. Once opened a subfascial pocket is developed which should be Read More…
Background: Cheek implants, while having been used clinically for a long time, pose challenges in both determining their aesthetic effects as well as their surgical placement. While seemingly simple in both regards cheek augmentation lessons are often learned from the initial placement of standard implants. In such situations the standard cheek implant serves as a Read More…
Background: Chin reduction understandably is the antithesis to chin augmentation. But suffice it to say that a chin reduction is technically harder than a chin augmentation when considering the bone and soft tissue elements involved and isn fraught with its own unique set of challenges. The first one of these is the soft tissue chin 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...