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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...
While implants have been used to aesthetically augment the lower two-thirds of the face, less implant augmentations have been done in the upper third of the face in the forehead. The main reason, of course, is that there are historically no standard forehead implants available and part of the reason for this is that the Read More…
While the incidence of infection in facial implants is fairly low, 1% to 2%, it is not zero. The definitive treatment for any facial implant infection is removal. This works 100% of the time for a successful resolution of the infection. But more times than not the patient will want an implant eventually replaced whether Read More…
The temporal region of the head is an historically overlooked and under appreciated area of aesthetic augmentation. Standard temporal implants have become available in the past ten years for the permanent treatment of temporal hollowing. But this area of the temples is limited to the anterior or non-hair bearing region by the sides of the Read More…
Background: The anatomy of the jaw angle area is unique when it comes to implant augmentation. It is the only facial area where strong insertion ligamentous attachments need to be released for proper implant positioning. While this is an absolute technical requirement in implants that lengthen this part of the jaw it is still needed Read More…
Background: While a good jawline is desired by both men and women there are differences in the desired shape. It is not a question of whether one is bigger or smaller but the specific shapes at the ‘corners’ is what is the difference between them. While men may desire a square chin shape women usually Read More…
The increasing use of custom facial implants and also the expanding popularity of aesthetic injection and skin resurfacing treatments can create some potential adverse interactions. One of the primary benefits of custom facial implants is that their broader surface areas of bone coverage create aesthetic facial enhancements that have never been possible before. These include Read More…
Background: Midface augmentation consists of a variety of standard implants from that of the cheeks, tear troughs and nasal base. (premaxillary and paranasal) What custom designs bring to this area of the face is infraorbital, infraornital-malar and a variety of broader coverage midface implants. The infraorbital-malar (IOM) implant is the most common of all the Read More…
Background: The custom jawline implant is one of the most frequently performed and powerful of all custom facial implant designs. Its wrap around shallow augments the entire jawline in a preformed implant design. While such an implant design is undergo complete control of the surgeon and patient there is no way to know for sure Read More…
Aesthetic augmentation of the midface has been traditionally done by off-the-shelf cheek implants. While different types of cheek implants exist they have their limitations based on the surface area of bone that they cover. Interestingly many styles of cheek implants are not designed to sit completely on the zygomatic major bone and to sit partially Read More…
Custom jawline implants are one of the most powerful facial enhancement methods as it changes an entire third of the face. Given that it wraps around the entire jawline the length of that distance and its shape along this long curve is unique to each patient. As a result there is no standard wrap around 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...