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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: While chin augmentation by any method dominates aesthetic chin surgery, there remans a need for chin reduction even if its overall demand is less. While the need for chin reduction surgery is less, this does not mean it is easy or more successful than chin augmentation surgery. In fact the exact opposite is true…chin Read More…
Asymmetry of the chin is not common and is almost always due to the bone. Since the lower jaw is formed embryologically by paired arches coming together in the midline at the chin it would not be surprising that occasionally the two half are not perfectly equal creating a bony asymmetry. (congenital chin asymmetry) But Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty is a well known chin procedure that has both a long history and a variety of uses. In its classic form it is a horizontal chin advancement procedure by a forward repositioning of the mandibular symphysis bone. With the advent of plate and screw fixation, the procedure has been expanded to Read More…
Background: Chin reduction remains an infrequently performed and challenging procedure. It is a far ‘simpler’ aesthetic prospect to stretch out the soft tissues of a bony prominence through implants or osteotomies (chin expansion) than it is to do a bony chin reduction. While often believed that simple burring of the bone from an intraoral approach Read More…
Background: The chin is the most projecting part of the lower face. As the most anterior projecting point of the mandible, the chin puts the overlying soft tissue under the most tension of any area of the face other than the nose. As a result the shape of the symphyseal chin bone is readily seen. Read More…
Background: The shape of the jawline consists of various anatomic zones that has numerous dimensions. While the most common aesthetic concerns are a chin that does not have enough horizontal projection or jaw angles that are not wide enough, there are many other types of aesthetic deformities of the jawline. One such undesired jawline shape Read More…
Chin reduction is the least commonly performed chin reshaping procedure. This is because how to reduce a large chin is not well known or practiced by most plastic surgeons. While a reverse sliding genioplasty is commonly believed to be an effective chin reduction procedure, it is not. Pushing the bone back with its attached tissues Read More…
There are many types of dimensional changes that can be done to the bony chin. From an osteotomy standpoint, the most common bony movement is horizontal of the down fractured segment with the well known sliding genioplasty procedure. This is effective at not only moving the bone but also has the benefit of moving the Read More…
Background: While chin augmentation is a very common aesthetic facial reshaping procedure, reduction of a prominent chin is not. Not only are the patient requests for macrogenia reduction far fewer, but the techniques to do so have completely different considerations. In chin implant augmentation the issue is whether there is enough soft tissue to accomodate Read More…
Unlike chin augmentation, chin reduction surgery is performed far less commonly. As a result, it is not a well understood procedure in terms of proper diagnosis and technique. While chin reduction is often perceived as an intraoral bony burring procedure, this is a very limited procedure that is rarely effective and often leads to postoperative 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...