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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...
Reshaping of the soft tissue of the cheek for a less full or thinner facal appearance has long been the promise of the buccal lipectomy procedure. While effective for some patients the procedure is often misused with the belief that will it affect the entire cheek/midface region from the bony cheeks down to the jawline. 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…
Cheek dimples are a unique human facial feature that is often seen as having a desired appearance. In certain ethnicities and cultures cheek dimples are highly prized and surgical techniques to create them are commonly done. The anatomy of a cheek dimple typically comes from a bifidity or defect in the zygomaticus muscle. But the Read More…
Dimples are well recognized indentations in the midface which can occur either on just one cheek or both. They are known to have a familial predisposition and are passed along on a dominant genetic basis. It has been isolated to the 16th chromosome although its expression is inconsistent. Anatomically it is caused primarily by a Read More…
Cheek dimples are well known aesthetic features of the midface. Some people who do not have them regard them as aesthetically desirable while others who have them would like to have them removed. When naturally present anatomic studies have shown that cheek dimples occur as a result of a defect in the zygomaticus muscle. This Read More…
Chin dimples are central depressions on the upper portion of the chin pad below the labiomental sulcus. They are caused by a defect in the mentalis muscle, a lack of subcutaneous fat thickness or both. While some people that have chin dimples may find them creating a desired facial feature, others do not. Women in Read More…
Chin dimples are a not uncommon but anatomically perplexing facial feature. Sitting as a round central depression on the soft tissue chin pad, it serves no functional purpose other than a distinctive facial adornment. Like all facial dimples the cause has been shown to be caused by an underlying muscle deformity, specifically that of the Read More…
The cheek dimple is an anatomic anomaly that is often inherited. They can occur on just one side of the face but more commonly are bilateral. They can be present only when one smiles or is always present and just gets deeper when one smiles. Cadaveric studies have shown that it is created by a Read More…
Cheek dimples are natural indentations some people have when they smile. Although some people have them naturally when they are not smiling and they merely become deeper when they do. The aesthetics of cheek dimples are personal, some like them and want them placed and a few others have them wand want them reduced/removed. The Read More…
Cheek dimples are considered by some to be an attractive facial feature. Why there are appealing is not precisely known but, since they appear largely on smiling, one can assume that they cast an impression of happiness. For others they may merely be ‘cute’ or a sign of facial distinction much like a well placed 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...