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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Incisional Access in Male Facial Masculinization Infraorbital-Malar and Jawline Implants

Background: Many of aesthetic surgery procedures borrow from established reconstructive surgery techniques and then are modified and applied in a more aesthetic manner. Much of this re-application comes down to performing the procedure with less scar burden through smaller incisions. Such small or hidden incisions are especially important in all forms of aesthetic facial surgery. Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Major Scrotal Lift (Scrotoplasty) For Severe Scrotal Sagging From Trauma

Background: The scrotum is a unique male structure that is essentially a dual-chambered sac of hanging skin and smooth muscle. Its main components are the testes and epididymis along with some spermatic fascia. It hangs outside the body for functional reasons which are primarily the regulation of testicular temperature as well as protection from internal Read More…

Technical Strategies – The Occipital Skull Extension Implant for Back of Head Reshaping

A flat back of the head is typically treated by skull augmentation, most commonly done by a custom implant design. In doing many of these back of head augmentations one quickly becomes aware that the location of the bone on the back of the head is much higher than almost anyone realizes. It does not Read More…

Technical Strategies – The Split Placement Technique in Large Surface Custom Skull Implants

Custom skull implants provide an unparalleled ability to reshape the head when an augmentative effect is needed. Whether the implant augmentation is completely on bone or involves resting on the soft tissues on the side of the head, the ability of the implant to produce a smooth contour that blends into the surrounding skull surface’s Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Placement of Custom Testicle Implants in a Silicone Injected Scrotum

Background: Enlargement of the scrotum can be achieved by a variety of injection and implant techniques. An injection approach offers a no-surgical approach in which filler materials could include saline and a variety of non-permanent and permanent fillers. The most common permanent filler used, and the only one that really exists, is silicone oil. Silicone Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Combining Frontal Hairline Advancement With A Direct Browlift in a Female

Background: The appearance of the forehead is heavily dependent on the hair bearing areas that frame it. The frontal hairline is the superior border (at least for women) and the eyebrows are the inferior border. The location of the frontal hairline controls the vertical length of the forehead while the eyebrows influence the appearance of Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – The Postauricular Incision for Male Temporal Implant Placements

Background: Implants offer one effective method for treating temporal hollowing which is defined as an excessive concavity . There are two basic styles of temporal implants, standard and extended, whose shapes are based on the extent of the temporal hollowing that is being treated. Regardless of the implant style used the traditional placement is through Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – 4 Implant Male Calf Augmentation

Background: Augmentation of the lower legs can be done by either fat injections or implants. Each has their advantages and disadvantages which is consistent with the same choice for any other body muscle augmentation. Fat injections are an autologous procedure that has few complications and is a natural material but its volume retention is unpredictable Read More…

Zygomatic Arch Liposuction for Facial Width Reduction

When trying to reduce facial fullness due to fat there are three procedures recognized to do so. Submental liposuction (neck), buccal lipectomies (upper/mid cheek) and perioral liposuction (lower cheek) have been widely used with good clinical success. Because of the location of the facial nerve branches in the rest of the face liposuction is not Read More…

The Long-Term Outcome of the Incisions/Scars from Temporal Ligation Surgery for Prominent Vessels

Prominent temporal vessels, often commonly called ‘worms’, are overly dilated branches of the superficial temporal artery that appear on the side of the forehead. Why they appear in some people and not others is not known. Certain characteristics are associated with the prominent temporal arteries such as a male patient who often has a thinner/leaner Read More…