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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...
Reshaping the full or round cheek area is most commonly treated by a buccal lipectomy. This now popular procedure, performed intraorally and with a very low rate of any complications, has often misunderstood aesthetic effects. It has its effects in the upper cheek which is defined by what lies north of a line drawn between Read More…
Background: In shortening the clavicles in shoulder reduction surgery there are two factors to consider. Howe much bone length can be removed? How much fixation hardware is needed to support it for uncomplicated healing? Since all patients do not have the same clavicle lengths some adjustments have to be made in the length not bone Read More…
Part of the success of aesthetic skull augmentation with custom implants depends on the stretch of the overlying scalp to accommodate it. While the scalp can be released and it has some natural ability to be elongated there are limits. Unlike using a bicoronal scalp incision (ear to ear) in which the extent of the Read More…
In reducing the length of the long ear the simplest and most effective strategy is to reduce the size of the earlobe. Whether by natural size or aging the enlarged earlobe is a major contributor to the perceived size of the ear. It lacks a cartilage component, unlike what lies above it, making it unnecessary Read More…
Custom skull implants can make for some remarkable changes in the shape of the head. Besides being able to make a head augmentation change that is otherwise not possible by any other means one of the advantages of a custom implant design is to create a shape that blends into the surrounding skull in a Read More…
Background: The skull is composed of a number of plates of bone which are joined by sutures. These sutures allow the skull to grow with the underlying developing brain. Once brain growth is complete these sutures became stiffer and more fibrotic and even partially calcified. In adults the major suture lines are still seen of Read More…
While the most common type of lip enhancement is done with injectable fillers this is far less requested by men. Men typically prefer more permanent solutions and, in my experience, often present with more significant lip issues. The amount of vermilion exposure is less, the cupid’s bow is not very pronounced and the mouth corners Read More…
Custom infraorbital implants provide superior augmentation of the lower orbital-upper midface skeletal due to its 3D design. Augmentation of many infraorbital rim deficiencies often requires a combined vertical and horizontal augmentation which standard infraorbital implants can not do. In addition they can provide coverage for the lateral orbital rim or malar areas as well for Read More…
Temporal reduction is an effective aesthetic procedure for reshaping the side of the head in the properly selected patient. Based on temporal muscle removals and releases the goal is to decrease the wide or convex shape to the side of the head. Its effectiveness is based on how thick the temporal muscle is but in Read More…
Background: The superficial temporal artery (STA) is one of numerous blood supplies to the top of the head and scalp. Emanating off of the external carotid artery in the neck the origin of this arterial branch courses in front of the ear where its ascends into the temporal region and splits into anterior and posterior 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...