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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...
Custom midface mask implants are a specific subtype of custom facial implants that act as a single, continuous skeletal “overlay” for the central face rather than separate cheek or infraorbital pieces. Think of it as a one-piece midface framework that sits on top of the maxilla and along the infraorbital rims and cheeks. What a Read More…
Standard off-the shelf (OTS) implants exist for just about every facial area below the brow bones. This is true for the infraorbital area of the upper midface as well with the tear trough implant. It is an implant that was originally made to treat a limited or the entire infraorbital rim bone. How does this Read More…
Custom implant designs offer great versatility for augmentation of upper midface aesthetic bony deficiencies particularly the undereye area. There are two basic types of undereye custom designs, infraorbital (IO) and infraorbital-malar (IOM) implants. A comparison of infraorbital-only versus infraorbital–malar implants, focusing on when each works, when it doesn’t, and why, will make the difference in Read More…
Custom infraorbital–malar implants are one of the most powerful (and under-used) solutions for true undereye hollowing, especially when the problem is skeletal deficiency, not just soft-tissue fat loss (e.g., after lower blepharoplasty) Undereye hollowing is often caused by: Infraorbital rim deficiency Negative vector midface Low malar projection with deep tear trough Thin lower-lid soft tissue Read More…
A custom jawline implant after vertical chin lengthening is a very logical and commonly paired sequence when the goal is a stronger, longer, and more continuous lower facial contour. Here’s how these procedures can be done either staged or together. In the staged approach 1. Vertical Chin Lengthening Comes First Vertical chin lengthening by an opening wedge Read More…
Aesthetic augmentation of the lower jaw can be incomplete or complete. Incomplete augmentation is isolated chin or jaw angle augmentation for which there are standard implant styles for each to do so. Complete jaw augmentation involves the entire jawline (chin + jaw angles + mandibular body)) where numerous implant options are available. What “standard” jaw Read More…
Introduction V-line surgery is a facial contouring procedure designed to create a slimmer, more tapered lower face—often forming a soft “V” shape from the cheeks to the chin. It’s especially popular among patients who feel their jawline looks wide, square, or heavy. V-line surgery usually combines changes of all three segments of the lower jaw Read More…
Introduction A custom glabellar-forehead implant refers to a personalized facial implant designed to augment the glabellar region (the area between and just above the eyebrows) and potentially the adjacent central forehead to correct flatness, concavity, or lack of projection. While this is typically done as part of aesthetic forehead contouring it is more like the Read More…
Chin implants are notorious for causing a deepening effect on the labiomental fold. Does using a custom chin implant rather than an off-the-shelf design decrease that risk? The following is a fold-centric, design-specific discussion of custom chin implant strategies aimed at minimizing labiomental fold worsening. This assumes you’ve already decided an implant is appropriate and Read More…
When creating custom facial implant designs there are two basic steps, creation of a footprint and determining the various thicknesses of material throughout the implant’s footprint. By comparison the establishment of the the implant’s bony surface area coverage (footprint) is more visually apparent as the location. of the desired external effect usually correlates on a 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...