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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...
Although chin implants are a commonly performed aesthetic facial surgery procedures, there are numerous aesthetic complications with them. Sometimes it is the size of style of the chin implant chosen which is a largely preoperative issue. Other times it is placement of the chin implant which is an intraoperative issue. And in the most unfortunate Read More…
Background: Chin implants are the most common surgical method of facial augmentation. Changing the projection of the singular chin point provides the most visible change to the lower third of the face. It has been stated that the chin implant provides the greatest value in aesthetic facial surgery in the shortest period of operative time. Read More…
Background: While the majority of chin augmentation patients obtain satisfactory results, some do not. Chin implant results can be aesthetically compromised by miscalculations in implant style and size as well as implant placement on the bone. Between these three implant choices there are lots of opportunities for a chin augmentation result to turn out differently Read More…
Background: While chin implants are commonly performed on both men and women, that does not mean they should be performed in an identical manner. In that regard I am not referring to the surgical technique to place them. Rather I am referring to the implant style and size chosen for the different genders. I think Read More…
The sliding genioplasty is a common chin augmentation procedure that is well known. While highly effective at making horizontal and vertical dimensional changes to the chin, the ideal augmentation amount may not always be achieved. Just like that of chin implants picking the amount of horizontal chin increase is not an exact science. In desiring Read More…
The chin implant is viewed as a low risk facial augmentation procedure and it is certainly the most commonly done. In theory it is the easiest of all facial implants to perform as the incisional access is very close to the implantation site (whether it is intraoral or submental), it is a single implant over Read More…
Chin implants can be introduced onto the chin bone through either an inferior submental skin or a superior intraoral incisional approach. There are surgeons who advocate for one or the other as well as there are advantages and disadvantages with the two implant introduction techniques. Both incisional access points are just different ways to accomplish Read More…
Background: Despite the chin implant being viewed as a ‘simple’ facial implant procedure, it is still capable of having problems related to style/size selection as well as positioning on the bone. While infection and hematoma is always possible with chin implant surgery the vast majority of revisional/secondary surgeries are related to some feature of the Read More…
Background: The effect of any chin implant is a function of its shape, size and position on the bone. Either one can be a cause of ‘macrogenia’, the perception that the projection of the chin is excessive. The most frequent treatment for an implant-induced macrogenia is to simply replace it which is what is almost Read More…
Background: Chin implants come in different styles and sizes. But almost all of these styles are intended for pure horizontal augmentation with the exception of one…the vertical lengthening chin implant. This uniquely designed chin implant provides a vertical as well as a horizontal chin augmentation effect. Essentially it creates a 45 degree vector of chin 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...