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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 most common structural augmentative procedure of the lower face is chin augmentation. Whether it is done with a sliding genioplasty the front end of the lower jaw bone is moved forward. While effective for this aesthetic purpose, a sliding geniplasty alters the natural shape of this part of the lower jaw. The two Read More…
Background: Augmentation of the upper (forehead-brow bone) and lower (chin-jawline) third of the face have well known techniques, how to do so for the middle third of the face is less clear. What anatomically separates the middle third of the face for the upper and lower face is that is has a major concave component Read More…
Background: While fat injections and synthetic fillers are the most common methods of cheek augmentation, implants still have a useful role to play. But when cheek implants have been placed previously and the patient desires additional volumetric enhancement later, the question becomes what is the best method to do so. The answer to that question Read More…
Background: Standard cheek implants have their role in many modest forms of cheek flattening but were never designed to treat a more complete midface deficiency. The more extensive the midface deficiency is the more its effects are seen around the eye. Undereye hollows and pseudoproptosis (bulging off the eye) are the hallmarks of a more Read More…
Augmentation of the upper third of the face has been less commonly done than the lower two-thirds of the face. Besides it being less frequently requested there is historically no standard implants to do so. The lack of available standard implants is a testament to the low frequency of demand for this area of facial Read More…
Background: The temples are an aesthetically important region that is separate from the forehead above it and the cheeks below it. While the temporal region anatomically extends from the side of the forehead all the way to the back of the head, the most aesthetically recognized temporal region is anterior by the side of the Read More…
Background: The custom made infraorbital-malar (IOM) implant is the next step in midface augmentation when standard implants are inadequate. With custom designs any surface of the cheeks and surrounding bony areas can be augmented as aesthetically needed. But just because the implants may be custom made is not a guarantee that it will have the Read More…
Background: While cheek implant augmentation has been performed for decades, the vast majority of satisfied patients are typically female. Standard cheek implants as we known them today have largely gone unchanged in their designs for the past three decades. While not often obvious cheek implant designs have been made for women, unknowingly by the manufacturers, Read More…
Background: Jaw augmentation can be done by a wide variety of non-surgical and surgical methods. All injectable techniques are temporary and as either a test of the effect or as a short term approach. Implants offer a permanent method and the combined use of standard chin and jaw angle implants can be effective for some Read More…
One of the frequent questions I get asked is how many different procedures can be done in a single surgery. The origin of that question has different origins. For some patients it is a desire to do a ‘makeover’ of either their face or body which requires numerous procedures to do so. Another reason is 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...