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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...
The chin is a unique facial area because its surface can have some very distinct features. Two types of topographic chin features can occur, dimples and clefts. While often confused they are different in shape. A chin dimple is located in the central chin pad and is a circular indentation. A chin cleft is a Read More…
While the chin can have a wide variety of different dimensional appearances, it has only a few potential topographic features. The labiomental fold is the superior horizontal indentation that may be present and the lower soft tissue chin pad can have indentations of various shapes from circular (dimples) to vertical. (clefts) It is common misconception Read More…
I had a patient in the distant past that wanted a procedure to give him ‘Tom Brady’s chin dimple’. In considering such a procedural request the fundamental question is why do chin dimples occur? What is their anatomic makeup? First chin dimples must be differentiated from chin clefts. A dimple is a circular indentation of Read More…
The chin has few topographic features on an otherwise round convex shape as it covers the projecting chin bone. Chins can have either a dimple or cleft. A chin dimple is a circular central indentation of the soft tissue chin pad. A chin cleft is a vertical indentation through the lower half of the chin Read More…
Background: One of the very unique aesthetic features of the chin are dimples and clefts. While often perceived as being similar, they are not. Chin dimples are central circular indentations in the central mound of the chin pad. A chin cleft is a vertical groove located more along the inferior chin pad and crosses along Read More…
Chin augmentation is most commonly done by placement of a synthetic silicone implant. Chin implants today come in a wide variety of dimensions, historically providing only horizontal projection, but now available in vertical lengthening styles as well. For men chin implants are even available to provide an increase in width, also known as a square Read More…
Cheek dimples are indentations in the central area of the chin soft tissue pad of varying degrees of depth. They are caused by a defect in the mentalis muscle and thickness of the overlying fat that causes the skin to be drawn inward. It is a genetically-inherited trait and has been associated with chromosome Read More…
Midline clefts of the chin are both a desired as well as a disliked facial feature. For some patients who have these chin clefts naturally, they would like the depth of the cleft softened or even completely removed. Such a procedure, chin cleft reduction, is possible. Contrary to popular perception, clefts of the chin Read More…
A cleft or dimple of the chin is a visible indentation in the midline of the chin prominence. It can be small or quite deep and its presence is genetically determined. (dominant gene) It has appeared on many well known faces and most people can quickly name at least one famous person who has 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...