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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...
The eyelids provide aesthetically important shape to the eye area and has a greater influence on the appearance of this part of the face than the eyeball itself. Their horizontal coverage of the eyeball creates how much of the eyeball is seen particularly scleral show. The amount of scleral show determines how wide open the Read More…
Background: One of the least appreciated and treated areas of the face historically is the temporal region. That has changed with the widespread use of injectable fillers and fat injections where the addition of volume can be readily accomplished. The vast majority of these temporal volumizing treatments are done in women where temporal hollowing is Read More…
Background: The lower third of the face in men is a very important aesthetic feature. It defines both a more sculpted facial shape but is well known to crate a more masculine appearance. The historic and obvious approach to creating a more masculine face is chin augmentation. While effective it is a limited approach to Read More…
Background: Chin ptosis is a well known aesthetic deformity of the soft tissue chin pad that almost always has an iatrogenic cause. (prior surgery) Chin implant removals, intraoral bony chin reductions and decreased bone support of the soft tissue pad through osteotomies are all common surgical histories that I see when patients present with problematic Read More…
Background: One of the primary patient questions and concerns in shoulder narrowing surgery is how bone is going to be removed. As a general guideline I base how much bone is removed based on patient height. Shorter patients get 2.5cms removed per side, medium height patients get 2.75cms and tall patients get 3cms removed per Read More…
A not uncommon esthetic abnormality of the temporal region are prominent arteries. Unlike temporal veins which will have a bluish hue and run in a relatively straight vertical, the superficial branch of the temporal artery has a classic serpiginous course as it proceeds superiorly from the temporal hairline and crosses into the side of the Read More…
Background: The forehead is the largest surface area on the face with seemingly limited distinguishing characteristics. Hair makes up its most identifiable features which are relegated to the borders with the frontal and temporal hairlines superiorly and laterally and the eyebrows inferiorly. The most recognized bony feature are the more prominent brow bones in men. Read More…
For many cases of chin pas ptosis intraoral technique are used and can be effective. Such techniques rely on a method to secure the mobilized chin pad upward and to hold in there for a prolonged time as it heals…and hopefully stays there. The most common techniques used is securing the chin pad to screws Read More…
Background: The two most common midfacial aesthetic deficiencies are undereye hollows and lack of cheek projection. Standard implants have been available for years to to treat these aesthetic midfacial concerns but they often are not adequate. Tear trough implants can improve some undereye deficiencies but it does not provide a complete infraorbital rim augmentation effect. Read More…
The sliding genioplasty is the bony chin augmentation method that has a very long surgical history. In the traditional method it is an angled bone cut from the middle of the chin backwards going below the mental nerve and ending at the inferior border. This creates a down fractured bone segment that can be moved 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...