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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 submental (under the chin) incision for placement of chin and custom jawline implants are a standard approach. This inferior approach offers a safer approach to avoiding injury to the mental nerve with implant placement as well as lessens the risk of infection compared to intraoral incisions. The tradeoff is that of a a Read More…
Implants provide the most definitive and sustained volume augmentation for temporal hollowing. Available in different sizes and thicknesses they are placed under the deep temporal fascia to exert their augmentation effect. Unlike other facial implants which are placed on bone and have a firm feel to them, temporal implants are uniquely different in that they Read More…
Background: Custom jawline implants provide a unique and most powerful effect on the lower face due to their wrap around designs. Extending from one jaw angle to the other they create a change to the complete inferolateral border of the lower jaw. Of the five parts of the lower jaw (symphysis, body and ramus) the Read More…
Background: Chin implants are the most common surgical facial bone surgical procedure. As a solitary projecting structure with not much complex anatomy to reach it, chin implant surgery is usually viewed as a simple surgery. It often is done as ancillary to other more complex procedures (e.g., rhinoplasty, facelift) which adds to its perception as Read More…
Background: Undereye hollows are a not uncommon aesthetic midface concern.They are seen in two basic types of patients. In the older patients undereye hollows occur from aging with loss of fat from underneath the lower eyelid and inferior orbital compartments. It may also be caused from a prior lower blepharoplasty where excessive fat has been Read More…
Custom designed implants are the most powerful method of aesthetic augmentation of various facial features. There are many obvious benefits to a custom designed facial implants. But one of the presumed benefits, although not an accurate one, is that one engineer a specific look or type of facial change. While specific shapes and thickness can Read More…
Background: Aside from asymmetries and congenital skull deformities there are gender differences in the types of aesthetic skull augmentations that are requested. In my experience the back of the head is the #1 request for men while the crown of the skull is most commonly sought in women. One could argue that the lack of Read More…
Background: The large chin (macrogenia) can be caused by excessive bone, soft tissue or both. A unique form of congenital macrogenia, most commonly seen in females, is a pure soft tissue excess known as chin pad hypertyrophy. Often called a fleshy chin the size of the overlying soft tissue is disproportionately larger than that of Read More…
When significant lengthening of the chin is needed the opening wedge bony genioplasty is the best procedure to do so. In this procedure the chin bone is cut with a horizontal osteotomy and down fractured. The desired vertical lengthening is then set by the application of a fixation plate c reating a bony gap between Read More…
Background: The vertical length of the female face extends from the frontal hairline (trichion ) down to the bottom of the chin. (pogonion) It is aesthetically divided in thirds which are ideally proportionate. From a surgical manipulation standpoint the facial thirds can be thought of as the forehead, nose-upper lip and chin as all of 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...