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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...
When injectable fillers were first introduced they were used for very specific spots areas such as the lips and nasolabial folds. But today there use has extended to every conceivable facial augmentation need or request. Facial bone augmentation by injectable fillers is now commonly done for chin, cheek and jaw augmentation. Beyond the differences with Read More…
While brow bone reduction is fairly well known because of the emergence of facial feminization surgery, less is known about its opposite cousin brow bone augmentation. While aesthetic brow bone augmentation has been done sporadically for years there has never been a completely satisfactory method for doing so. Different biomaterials have been used, usually hand Read More…
Background: The most common historic and contemporary approach to lower facial augmentation is the chin implant. This is the first and oldest form of facial augmentation and the chin implant has undergone a variety of material and design innovations since its inception. Its popularity remains today as bringing forward the anterior projection of the lower Read More…
Of all the common sites of aesthetic facial implant augmentation, the jaw angles in my experience pose the greatest challenges. Not only getting the correct dimensional shape for each patient defies any conventional measurements but they are also the most difficult to accurately place in the correct position on the bone. Placing an implant through Read More…
Background: Having a well defined lower third of the face, a good jawline, is one the most important features of the male face. While there are many variations/personal tastes to what makes for a well defined jawline, there are certain essential components to it. These include an adequately projected chin, a desired chin shape (round Read More…
The undereye region is a frequent area of aesthetic dissatisfaction. In the older patient it is sagging lower eyelid skin, bags and wrinkles for which various blepharoplasty and skin resurfacing techniques exist to provide substantial improvements. But in the younger patient aging soft tissues are not the primary cause of undereye concerns. Rather lack of Read More…
Background: Like most other facial features the shape of the forehead is gender specific. There are numerous parts of the forehead that differ between women from men but the most obvious is that of the brow bones. In men due to the influence of testosterone the frontal sinuses develop more fully, creating prominent brow bone Read More…
Background: There are numerous facial features that define the male face of which the forehead is one of them. Occupying a third of the face the forehead is a dominant male feature that has a more complex topography than it initially seems to have. Besides the brow bones on its lower end, it is taller Read More…
There are numerous procedures to reshape the lower third of the face. Many of them are directed at changing or augmenting the lower jawbone while others are used to reduce or tighten the soft tissue around the jawbone to create a more defined lower face. (more visible transition between the face and the neck. In Read More…
Background: The well known sliding genioplasty procedure can provide multi-dimensional changes to the projection of the chin. With a downfractured and mobile inferior chin segment, it can freely be positioned ‘out into space’ to accomplish the desired chin augmentation effect provided that rigid fixation is used to hold it there. But with that downfractured chin 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...