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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: Custom skull implants have revolutionized any form of aesthetic head augmentation. Having a preformed design with an assured smooth shape creates head shape changes that were heretofore impossible without major scalp incisions and the use of synthetic bone cements in large quantities. In an indirect way it is a lot like breast implants (although Read More…
Background: Total or complete lower jaw augmentation of any significance can really only be done by a custom wrap around jawline implant. By creating an augmentation line along the entire inferolateral bony border from one angle to the other a true 3D jaw augmentation is obtained. To compare what this type of implant can do Read More…
Rib removal in my practice is a common body contouring procedure to improve the shape of the waistline. It is the final possible procedure for those patients who have been through prior surgical efforts (BBL,liposuction, tummy tucks) or for those who are so lean that these standard surgical procedures are not of much value. Reducing Read More…
Background: The shape of anyone’s nose is a result of the size, shape and thicknesses of its cartilage, bone and skin components. These five pieces of cartilage and two pieces of bone are able to be modified to varying degrees if one wants to change the shape of their nose. How well or poorly these Read More…
Background: Custom jawline implants can be made of a variety of materials each with their own advantages and disadvantages. One of these materials is porous polyethylene or Medpor. It offers a firm soft tissue adhesion to its surface to which that advantage over other materials which do not develop this strong adhesion is not clinically Read More…
One of the most common aesthetic questions potential patients ask about shoulder narrowing surgery by clavicle resection is whether rolling in of the shoulders occurs. The question actually is not whether it occurs by how significant will it be. To properly answer that question requires an understanding of clavicular bone anatomy. While the clavicle is Read More…
Background: Shoulder narrowing surgery is a conceptually ‘simple’ aesthetic concept. Remove a piece of the clavicle, pull the two ends together and the shoulder will appear less wide. While from a conceptual standpoint this is true, actually doing it through limited surgical access from a favorable incision location successfully is a bigger surgical challenge that Read More…
Background: Of all facial areas to aesthetically enhance with implants the jaw angles are the toughest area to do so. There are multiple reasons why this is so but it comes down to lack of good visibility with the intraoral access used and that this is where the insertion is for the masseter muscle. Getting Read More…
Background: A not uncommon but less frequently treated aesthetic forehead deformity is that of prominent temporal arteries. Seen as ‘squiggly worms’ on the side of the head crossing from the temporal region into the upper lateral forehead they occur for reasons unknown. Their serpiginous pattern and location make them the undeniable course of the anterior Read More…
Background: While neck webbing occurs in a number of congenital syndromes, and occasionally in non-syndromes as well, they are most common associated with Turner’s syndrome. They may also appear most significant in Turner’s where they are fully expressed. While the exact reason why neck webs occur is not precisely known their anatomic makeup is better 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...