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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 shape of he chin is typically perceived in how it is seen from different angles…in the static non-smiling position. But it can also present aesthetic abnormalities when one is smiling from a dynamic standpoint. One very specific dynamic chin shape is soft tissue chin pad ptosis. Ptosis of the chin is typically associated Read More…
Background: The most common chin reshaping procedure in a male is augmentation. Most commonly it is in a horizontal dimension but the chin augmentation changes may occasionally also include vertical lengthening and transverse widening. But regardless of the specific dimensional changes augmentation of the chin makes up 95% of all male requests/needs. In women chin Read More…
Background: The pursuit of a well defined jawline always involve some form of augmentation. Whether this is along the corners of the jaw (chin and jaw angles) or along the entire jawline, building it out is the key to seeing an improved lower facial structural appearance. But where to place these augmentations dimensionally is the Read More…
Background: Excesses of the chin are commonly perceived as an over projection of bone which is easily seen in profile in the static position. (non-smiling) While this is true in many cases it is not always so. In uncommon cases the excess of the chin is primarily seen only in a dynamic state. (smiling) This Read More…
There are numerous aesthetic chin surgeries which largely differ by the dimensions that are being changed. Chin reduction, just like chin augmentation, can be done in all three dimensions. (decreased horizontal projection, decreased height and decreased width) Such chin reductions are usually multidimensional (e.g., decreased projection and less height) and some even combine a reduction Read More…
Background: Unlike chin augmentation chin reduction surgery is different in many ways. First reducing the chin is done far less frequently than making it bigger. Second, it is almost exclusively a gender specific procedure (female) whether that is in the cis-female or the transgender male to female patient. Lastly, the component that is mainly excessive Read More…
Chin reduction can be done in a variety of dimensions. What those dimensions are determines whether an intraoral or extra oral (submental) technique is used. Besides the bone dimensions consideration must also be given to how the enveloping soft tissues will respond to the reduction in bony support. One of the most interesting dimensions in Read More…
Chin reduction is a challenging operation because it is a 3D projecting structure with a tightly adherent soft tissue pad that wraps around the bone. When reducing the shape of the bone the specific dimensions needed to get the desired effect must be initially determined. But with the changes in the bone it is also Read More…
Chin reduction is a challenging operation due to the overlying soft tissue chin pad. Since the chin is a projecting bony structure and the soft tissue pad wraps around it, reduction of its bony support and the subperiosteal release of the tissues to do so has implications for the aesthetic result. Like all bony reductions Read More…
Background: The chin is embryologically formed in humans by the union of the paired brachial arches that merge and become one in the middle. Most take the chin for granted because we all have them, some more than others. Humans chins are unique because no other animal has them including primates. Even our Neanderthal ancestors 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...