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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...
Cheek augmentation, particularly when done with implants, is typically perceived and done as a ‘lower cheek augmentation’. The tail of the implant may be up on the cheekbone but most of the implant is over onto the cheek soft tissues and the concave maxilla. The placement of cheek implants in this location can create a Read More…
Background: Of the five surfaces of the skull the most prone to irregularities and asymmetries is the back of the head. While often referred to as the occiput or occipital skull bone, anatomically it is more complex than one single bone surface. The back of the head is composed of the intersection of three bones, Read More…
Background: Wide shoulders can create an aesthetic dysphoria for females and can interfere with the fit and look of certain types of clothing. The clavicle reduction osteotomy has been shown to be an effective procedure at reshaping the shoulders to a more pleasing width and shape. This is seen very obviously in the frontal view Read More…
Background: The skull has five basic surfaces, all of which can be either augmented or reduced.The central 3 surfaces (forehead, top of head and back of head ) are only bone under the scalp and this reduction in these areas needs to be done by bone removal. However the two sides of the skull, while Read More…
Aesthetic surgery of the shoulder largely revolves around shoulder narrowing for females and shoulder lengthening/augmentation for men. In reductive shoulder surgery in females the goal is to make the shoulders less broad and to change its shape to have a less square/masculine in appearance. While the primary focus is on the outer shape of the Read More…
Background: The aesthetics of an appealing lower facial shape from the structure of the lower jaw is certainly influenced by the patient’s gender. While a desire for a well defined jawline is universal there are specific differences between what that constitutes for men vs women. A strong lower jaw in a male tends to be Read More…
Implants and injectable materials (synthetic fillers and fat) are the surgical and non-surgical methods for aesthetic facial augmentation In some cases injection augmentation is done first followed by the placement of implants for a more sustained and substantial facial volume result. In other cases facial implants are done first and injectable filler methods follow afterwards. Read More…
The custom jawline implant is the definitive 3D method of reshaping the lower face. With a predetermined design made to fit the patient’s anatomy on an individual basis its effects are far more aesthetically powerful than any use of standard jaw implants. But the preoperative design is a best guess estimate of what the patient Read More…
Testicular enhancement is an aesthetic procedure which increases the appearance of the size of the testicles and scrotum. This is different than testicular reconstruction/replacement where one or both testicles are or are about to be missing. Enhancement refers to increasing the size of the indwelling testicles, whether they are of normal size or have shrunk Read More…
Background: Jaw augmentation is the most frequented form of aesthetic facial augmentation. While chin augmentation has been around for a long time more recent focus has been on improving the shape of the entire jawline including the jaw angles. Standard chin and jaw angle implants exist, and they have their role, but the gold standard 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...