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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: Jaw augmentation in various forms is a commonly requested procedure amongst men and women. Injectable fillers provide a temporary trial for jaw augmentation but besides the lack of permanency it can take a lot of injection volume to achieve a complete jaw augmentation effect. Standard implants (chin and jaw angles) do well for spot Read More…
Background: The most common method of lip augmentation is injectable fillers. While this lip augmentation method may not be permanent it is effective for many patents if they have an adequate amount of vermilion show to expand. But when a small lip exists with limited vermilion show fillers do not usually create a good aesthetic Read More…
Background: Setback otoplasty is one of the most common aesthetic ear surgeries with a wide variety of technique to accomplish it. But regardless of the techniques used sutures are involved. They either create the desired ear shape change or, at the very least, help hold it into its new position as it heals. These sutures Read More…
Background: Aesthetic skull reductions are done by a high speed burring technique. The usual goal is to remove the outer cortical layer of skull bone down to just outside the diploic space. In so doing as a result of the high speed rotary burr a lot of bone residue or dust is generated. Because of Read More…
The most common method of facial augmentation performed around the world is a nasal implant. While there are two different methods of placing a nasal implant, open vs closed, the method used depends on what else is being done to the nose. If the nose is being opened anyway then how the implant is introduced Read More…
Background: There are many features of the nose that affect its symmetry with the nostrils being one of them. Because they are paired structures there is always the chance of the shape and position of them can be different. The most common cause of nostril asymmetry is postoperative from rhinoplasty surgery. Due to the most Read More…
Background: The shape of the head is determined by the interface between the exposed bony surfaces of the skull and the overlying temporal muscles on its sides. This creates five surfaces (four sides and a top) which influences the appearance of the head from 360 degree viewing angles. Because any one of these skull surfaces Read More…
Background: The shape of the nose is controlled by many anatomic components but one of the most significant is that of the septum. Serving as the central support for all of the nasal structures on top of it, its aesthetic contribution is in largely controlling the height of the bridge and the projection of the Read More…
There are many ratios, angles and linear measurements of the face in assessing proportionate relationships amongst the various facial features. The mouth and lips comprise the distinct features of the lower third of the face in which the lips are a common focus of many aesthetic treatments to improve their size and shape. Once feature Read More…
Cheek dimples are well known facial features that are congenital in origin and appear in about 20% of the population. They are inherited and as a result occur in families. Their anatomic origin is a defect in the zygomaticus major muscle. This muscle originates at the zygomatic arch and inserts at the corner of the 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...