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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...
Cheek implants have a long clinical history most of which have been designed for females to create an apple cheek effect. This cheek augmentation outcome is created by having a cheek implant of which part of it is positioned below the cheekbone (zygomatic major) into the submalar space. This results in a rounded prominence which Read More…
The high cheekbone look is a specific form of cheek augmentation requested often by men but sometimes by women as well. It is a well known aesthetic facial look externally but what creates that internally at the anatomic level is not as well described. Flat cheeks are typically associated with am inward rotation of the Read More…
Implants and injectable materials (synthetic fillers and fat) are the surgical and non-surgical methods for aesthetic facial augmentation In some cases injection augmentation is done first followed by the placement of implants for a more sustained and substantial facial volume result. In other cases facial implants are done first and injectable filler methods follow afterwards. Read More…
Cheek implants are a common form of facial augmentation but there are numerous anatomic misconceptions about them. The cheeks are not a pure bone or soft tissue structure. Rather it is an aesthetic term myjhayt connotes a midfacial area. While there is underlying bony support to the overlying cheek region called the zygoma or cheekbone, Read More…
Background: Cheek implants have been around almost as long as chin implants for aesthetic facial augmentations. While over shadowed today in number of procedures performed by filler and fat injections they still have a valuable role to play in aesthetic facial enhancements due to their permanent effects. Their success is based on a variety of Read More…
Background: Cheek implants, while having been used clinically for a long time, pose challenges in both determining their aesthetic effects as well as their surgical placement. While seemingly simple in both regards cheek augmentation lessons are often learned from the initial placement of standard implants. In such situations the standard cheek implant serves as a Read More…
Cheek implants have been around for almost fifty years in various shapes and sizes. As an off-the-shelf implant it can create different cheek augmentation effects over the main body of cheekbone as well as the submalar area just beneath it. Depending where on the cheek the implant is placed and its size it can create Read More…
Background: In facial reshaping surgery a combination of diametric structural changes are needed to improve the facial balance. The most well known facial reshaping procedure is a reductive rhinoplasty and chin augmentation, a horizontal facial shape change that is best seen in profile. Vertical facial shape changes, however, are less appreciated and often underdiagnosed. As Read More…
Background: Cheek augmentation can be achieved by percutaneous injection techniques or the surgical placement of cheek implants. Of all the facial skeletal areas that can be augmented by injections (synthetic fillers or fat) the cheek area is a particularly effective facial area to do so. This is because the cheeks are softer and not a Read More…
Background: Facial lipoatrophy is a well known condition that is defined by fat loss in the face. This is most evident in the cheek and temporal areas where the largest collection of the fat exists in the face due to the buccal fat pad and its extensions. There are a variety for reasons why such 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...