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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: The lower jaw develops from paired cartilage outgrowths known as Meckel’s cartilage which meet in the middle to create the arch shape of the bone. These two segments become joined at the symphysis or chin which, if everything forms perfectly, is symmetric in shape. Whether the chin is small, medium or large in size, Read More…
A custom skull implant design based on the patient’s 3D CT scan is the best method for almost any aesthetic skull augmentation. As long as the volume of the skull implant does not exceed the ability of the scalp to stretch to accommodate it any shape or size implants can be designed. This makes many Read More…
A central premaxillary region of the midface that lacks projection creates an appearance with a more acute nasolabial angle, recession of the central upper lip and even lack of nasal tip projection. Premaxillary augmentation has a long history in rhinoplasty surgery in certain ethnic noses to improve the nasolabial angle relationship but can also be Read More…
Background: The ear has a very complex shape but is best appreciated when it is not easily seen. The best looking ears are often those who don’t stand out and just blend into the side of the head. How easily the ear is seen is significantly influenced by how much it protrudes from the side Read More…
Shoulder narrowing is an effective surgery done by removing a portion of the clavicle bone. Shortening the length of the clavicle, even though it is not a perfectly straight horizontal bone, achieves its effect by pulling the shoulders inward. Shoulder narrowing is an interesting surgery in several aspects. It is most unique from a recovery Read More…
Buttock implants have a role to play in buttock augmentation for those patients either are not good candidates for BBL surgery or have less than desired BBK results. Unlike injecting large amounts of fat in BBL, implant placement in the buttock tissues is far more restrictive. When patients request large buttock augmentation results using implants, Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation by a siding genioplasty typically focuses on the amount of horizontal augmentation the patient desires. But one advantage of the sliding genioplasty over a chin implant is the ability to also adjust the vertical chin length. It can be used to vertically shorten or lengthen the chin. In doing so, particularly in Read More…
Two uncommon but successful aesthetic body contouring procedures are shoulder reduction (clavicle reduction osteotomies) and waistline narrowing. (rib removal) Each contour reduction procedure is partially or totally based on bone removal to achieve their effects. These are also body contouring procedures done on females, whether it is transgender or cis females. Each procedure has its Read More…
Background: Despite the successes achieved with all custom skull implants, the exact aesthetic outcome can never be known with absolute certainty. In addition patients may well have achieved their initial goal, or come very close to it, but desire to get even closer to it or even exceed it if possible. Either waif the issue Read More…
Background: Elective skull augmentations are done for a variety of indications most of which are due to aesthetic head shape concerns. Such concerns are simply the way the head developed without any specific reason why. But one event after birth that can change the shape of the head is invasive skull surgery, specifically craniotomies. They 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...