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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 primary objective of chin implants historically is to provide horizontal projection as this is the most requested dimensional change. They secondarily provide width, intended or unintended, due to the wings or lateral extensions that most chin implants have. The dimensions that most chin implants can not change is adding vertical length. They simply Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation is a general term that encompasses a variety of different techniques to do so. The two commonly used methods are an implant and an osteotomy. A wide variety of implant materials, styles and sizes are available to create almost every type of desired chin augmentation effect. For very significant chin augmentations beyond Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation using an implant is commonly viewed as a ‘simple and easy’ procedure. It is certainly the least complicated of all facial implant procedures as it involves only a single implant placement on the front edge of the chin bone. And while there are few anatomic obstacles on the way to the chin, Read More…
Background: The chin implant is the most historic of all the facial implants and still the most commonly performed facial implant procedure. Because access to the chin for implant placement does have any major impediments and the distance from either inside the mouth or below the chin is short, the chin implant is often viewed Read More…
Chin augmentation is a common aesthetic request for lower third of the face enhancement. Most chin augmentation patients are seeking horizontal augmentation as the primary change which is best appreciated in the profile view. But the chin is a 3D structure due to being a solitary projecting structure which has other dimensional considerations as well. Read More…
Background: In chin augmentation surgery there are a wide variety of chin implant styles and sizes. The vast majority of standard chin implant options provide a horizontal augmentation effect which for most patients works just fine. The one exception is when a vertical chin deficiency exists which is the most underdiagnosed dimensional chin deficiency. While Read More…
Background: While the most common chin augmentation change is in the horizontal dimension, there are occasional needs for a vertical increase as well. Such vertical increases are often an accompanying change with a horizontal augmentation and usually are of a lesser movement. There are, however, patients whose chin argumentation needs are dominated by the vertical Read More…
Background: There are numerous factors to consider in chin augmentation from the method (implant vs osteotomy), material if an implant is used, to the dimensional changes required to achieve the desired effect. Despite the variety of options available successful results can be achieved with a wide variety of combinations of these factors provided it is Read More…
Background: The soft tissue chin pad wraps over and around the bony end of the chin. Its movement is affected by a variety of muscles, most commonly the mentalis muscle which pulls the chin pad upward and protrudes the lower lip. But the movement of the chin pad can be affected by other muscles and Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation for many patients can largely be a one dimensional operation. For those who do not need any vertical change (lengthening or shortening) and width is not a significant concern, then the amount of horizontal augmentation desired in profile becomes the goal and measure of success of the surgery. Regardless of how the 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...