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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Lateral Border Modified Pectoral Implants Combined With Pectoral Triangle Liposuction For Male Chest Enhancement

Background: Male chest enhancement usually refers to the size of the pectoralis major muscle which creates definition and shape to the chest. While fat reduction by liposuction around the outer border of the muscle may offer some modest improvement in the shape of the chest (liposculpture), pectoral muscle augmentation offers the greatest male chest shape Read More…

Technical Strategies – A Modified Approach To Mini V Line Chin Reshaping Surgery

Mini V line surgery is a chin narrowing concept that manipulates the bone to create a more narrow or v-shaped chin. Specifically it involves a combination of a horizontal osteotomy and a vertical midline ostectomy of the chin bone to narrow it. Vertical shortening/lengthening as well as horizontal advancement can also be done based on Read More…

Technical Strategies – Achieving The High CheekBone Look Using Standard Implants

While cheek implants have been around for over fifty years little attention has been paid to their gender differences. Men and women do not want the same type of cheek augmentation effect/look in my experience in many patients. While the facial differences between men and women have been acknowledged for centuries cheek implants exist as Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – The Limits of Male Clavicle Lengthening Surgery (Shoulder Widening)

Background: Shoulder reshaping is a relatively new area of aesthetic surgery in which the shoulders can become smaller or wider. By changing the length of the clavicle bone the outer shape of the shoulders can be changed. Started initially with shoulder narrowing surgery, which is most commonly done in transgender male to female patients, it Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Left Male Forehead Augmentation With ePTFE Implant For Asymmetry

Background: Forehead asymmetry can either consist of an excess or a deficiency on one side. While most commonly seen in congenital plagiocephaly a twist of the forehead for whatever reason during development makes one side different from the other. Forehead asymmetries often affect the entire side of the forehead most prominently along the bony temporal Read More…

Understanding The Effects of Shoulder Narrowing Surgery By Angle Geometry

Shoulder reduction or narrowing surgery works by shortening the length of the clavicle bone holding it out. While the clavicle may appear relatively straight in front view pictures and x-rays, it is far from being so. Because the clavicle is not straight, but rather a lazy s-shape, shortening its length does not produce a 1:1 Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Back Of Head Male Skull Reduction Through A Superior Scalp Incisional Approach

Background: One of most common requests in skull reduction surgery is that for protrusions on the back of the head. Whether it is smaller projections like an occipital knob to larger ones like an occipital bun, the back of the head in profile view takes on great aesthetic significance particularly in the shaved or short Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Vertical Lengthening Chin Implant Replacement for Improved Chin Augmentation Effect

Background: In chin augmentation surgery there are a wide variety of chin implant styles and sizes. The vast majority of standard chin implant options provide a horizontal augmentation effect which for most patients works just fine. The one exception is when a vertical chin deficiency exists which is the most underdiagnosed dimensional chin deficiency. While Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Six Pack Ab Implants in the Male Tummy Tuck Patient

Background: One very specific method of abdominal sculpting is the creation of a ‘six pack’ look. While everyone would agree that the best method to achieve that abdominal look is through exercise and diet, not every patient can actually achieve that result no matter how much effort they put into it. This is not to Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Secondary Rasping in Bony Forehead Reductions

Background: The shape of the forehead is significantly influenced by the thickness and contours of its underlying bone. Changing the shape of the forehead bone is done for a variety of topographic reasons, one of which is asymmetry. Increased fullness on one side of the forehead is not rare and when present almost always involves Read More…