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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...
While the buccal lipectomy procedure is a straight forward surgical procedure with a limited recovery and is highly effective at its goal (removing a distinct facial fat area), some patient seek non-surgical methods for cheek fat reduction. Fat dissolving solutions such as dexoycholic acid and brand name Kybella have been used for facial fat treatments Read More…
Background: Prominent temporal arteries are an aesthetic issue that is the direct result of an abnormally enlarged but normal structure. Every one has a temporal branch off of the carotid artery which ascends vertically into the hair-bearing temporal region and then splits into a Y configuration. (now called the superficial temporal artery or STA) At Read More…
Background: Cheek implants have been around almost as long as chin implants for aesthetic facial augmentations. While over shadowed today in number of procedures performed by filler and fat injections they still have a valuable role to play in aesthetic facial enhancements due to their permanent effects. Their success is based on a variety of Read More…
Background: In aesthetic testicle implant enhancements custom implants are almost always needed. As the largest standard testicle implant is 5.0cms, any size larger requires a custom implant design. These custom implants are made of an ultrasoft solid testicle implant material whose softness is based on the durometer (cross-linking) of the material during manufacture. But as Read More…
Background: Skull defects can be reconstructed by a variety of methods from implants to grafts. If the patient prefers an autologous method then a bone graft is needed. Technically a bone graft could be obtained from a tissue bank (cadaveric or allograft bone) or from the patient themselves. But for a truly autologous bone graft Read More…
Background: The chin as a projecting facial structure has three dimensions. Of these dimensions horizontal projection is the most commonly seen and pursued by patients. Almost every chin implant is based on producing pure horizontal augmentation. The sliding bony genioplasty has fixation plates of various lengths that similarly are designed for increasing horizontal projection. A Read More…
Background: While men make up the majority of aesthetic jaw implant augmentation surgeries there are some females who undergo it as well. They difference is in the custom jawline implant design which obviously is less significant in size and angularity. It has more of an overall V-shaped design with a more tapered chin shape and Read More…
Background: Rhinoplasty has a wide variety of technical maneuvers to change the shape of the nose. While each patient is unique and the selection of rhinoplasty techniques will vary based on individual needs, there are subsets or types of rhinoplasty which consist of some standard techniques. One such type of rhinoplasty where a standard approach Read More…
Wide nostrils are a not uncommon feature of a nose that is often treated as the final step in rhinoplasty surgery. It can occur as a natural feature of a nose or one that is created by surgery from the overall nose narrowing effect. (induced nostril widening) The origin of the wide nostrils may affect Read More…
Background: In aesthetic forehead augmentation what differs between male and females is the brow bone component. Females usually do not have a brow bone section of their implant or, if it does, it does not extend beyond the forehead projection above it. While men can have a forehead implant alone, if they have good brow 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...