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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 the forehead has well known gender differences. Male foreheads have a slight backward slope, visible brow bones both medially and laterally as well as more width with potentially visible temporal lines at the sides of the forehead. These are forehead characteristics that are far more difficult to surgically create than the Read More…
The cheeks like the rest of the face is comprised of bony and soft tissue components that can be surgically modified. But what separates the cheeks from other facial areas is that the hard and soft tissue areas are not in the same anatomic area. The bony part is in the upper midface (cheekbones or Read More…
Background: There are numerous methods of performing aesthetic jaw augmentation. While some interpret jaw enhancement as chin augmentation that is an antiquated concept. While in the past the only known method of ‘jaw augmentation’ was a chin implant or a sliding genioplasty, jaw augmentation today means either isolated jaw angle implants, a chin procedure with Read More…
Custom infraorbital implants provide superior augmentation of the lower orbital-upper midface skeletal due to its 3D design. Augmentation of many infraorbital rim deficiencies often requires a combined vertical and horizontal augmentation which standard infraorbital implants can not do. In addition they can provide coverage for the lateral orbital rim or malar areas as well for Read More…
Background: The sagittal split ramus osteotomy (SRRO) of the mandible is the most common form of lower jaw reshaping/repositioning. While a very effective procedure its aesthetic benefits are sagittal in dimension only. It can bring the lower jaw and chin forward to improve lower facial projection but it can widen the chin or jawline and Read More…
Background: The face is prone to a wide variety of developmental abnormalities due to the paired nature of its embryologic development. A frequent cause of facial asymmetries comes from lower jaw development. Originating from the paired first pharyngeal or brachial arches, which develop as early as the fourth week of embryonic life, their eventual growth Read More…
Background: Changing the projection of the chin is the most common lower facial reshaping procedure. Most of these movements are done horizontally and one can debate the merits of an implant vs a bony genioplasty approach to do so. But when it comes to vertically lengthening the chin an implant has dimensional limitations. For significant Read More…
Background: The shape of the male forehead is dominated by three physical features. The presence of brow bone protrusions, a slight backward slope to the forehead and an overall more square shape are the main characteristics of the masculine forehead. In profile view the amount of brow bone projection and the slope of the forehead Read More…
Background: Cheek implants have been used for female midface enhancement for decades. While injectable techniques have come to dominate cheek augmentation today the use of implants still have a useful role to play. Current standard implants are designed to create an anterior cheek fullness which varies in the level of apple cheek fullness that it Read More…
Background: The custom jawline implant offers a preoperative design approach to jaw augmentation. While exerting a potentially powerful effect the relationship between the implant’s design and its aesthetic effect is not completely predictable. A custom implant’s design is not yet an exact science. There is no current design software that can show exactly what the 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...