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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...
Chin implants come in a wide variety of sizes and shapes. They can be placed either from an intraoral degloving approach from inside the mouth or from an incision underneath the chin. Both can be successful chin augmentation techniques as long as the implant stays where it is placed, albeit with either suture or screw Read More…
Chin augmentation through the use of an implant is an historic procedure that dates back over fifty years and is still commonly performed today. It is typically done with a silicone chin implant due to its wide variety of styles and sizes and its smooth surface which facilitates its insertion and placement. A chin implant Read More…
Background: Creating a stronger male jawline can be done by a variety of methods, most of which are done by permanent implants. While many plastic surgeons still think that the approach to a better jawline comes from chin implant augmentation alone, that approach excludes any consideration of the back of the jaw which makes up Read More…
Chin augmentation is traditionally thought as a choice between a chin implant and a sliding genioplasty. While seen as the two procedure choices for chin reshaping they are not really interchangeable. Besides the difference between synthetically augmenting the bone vs actually cutting and moving the bone, they can achieve different dimensional chin changes. The one Read More…
Background: The most common facial augmentation procedure is the chin implant. It has been done for over fifty years with the silicone implant as the most common device used for most of this time. It is often combined with a rhinoplasty but can also be done along or in conjunction with anti-aging procedures like a Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation is one of the original facial reshaping surgeries and has been performed for decades. Whether done through the mouth or done from an incision below the chin, the fundamental concept is that an implant is placed over the central aspect of the lower chin bone. (pogonion) While the basic technique for chin Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation is one of the most popular lower facial reshaping procedures and has been so for many decades. Its benefits are most commonly perceived in the side profile demonstrating increased horizontal projection of the chin. While changes in how far the chin projects forward is one of the most important benefits of Read More…
Chin augmentation is the most historic but still the most commonly performed facial augmentation procedure. While many other types of facial implants have been developed, increasing projection of a deficient lower face is still the most potentially dramatic facial augmentation change of them all. Chin implants have evolved considerably over the past few decades with Read More…
Background: The desire for a more pronounced and visible lower jawline exists in both men and women. The surgical methods to do so are more commonly requested by men particularly when it comes to a substantially larger jawline change. Making a jawline more evident focuses on increasing the size and shape at its ‘corners’, that Read More…
Chin implants are the most common permanent method of facial augmentation. Chin implants of various materials have been used for almost fifty years. Whatever the material composition of the implant is and its shape and size, chin implants can be introduced from either a superior approach (intraoral mucosal incision) or from below. (submental skin incision) 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...