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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: Chin implants are the most common form of aesthetic facial augmentation of which a wide variety of styles and sizes exist. Such a large selection of chin implant options would lead one to believe that almost any type of chin reshaping option is possible. But the reality is that the available chin implant options Read More…
Masculinizing the male face is typically about augmenting the skeletal contours of the three facial thirds. This includes the linear lines of the brow bones, cheeks and jawline. Today this is possible because of custom implant designs which make brow bone augmentation possible (which never was), cheek augmentation more specific (high cheekbone look) and jawline Read More…
Background: The shape of the forehead in a male is dominated by one structure, the brow bones. That is the distinguishing feature that separates the male vs female forehead shape and is directly the result of an increased pneumatization of the frontal sinuses. The protruding convex brow bones separate from the forehead above it through Read More…
Getting more defined cheekbones in either men or women can be challenging. In some patients they have decent cheekbone structure but their face is too full to show them well. In these cases facial defatting (buccal lipectomies, perioral liposuction) is often done to reduce the fullness below the cheekbones. In others they may have a Read More…
While most patients understandably are enamored with the design and surface area coverage of a custom jawline implant, one aspect of it that is not obvious is its placement during surgery. How can such a large implant be placed through small incisions that heal well and create no obvious aesthetic tradeoffs? One approach that diminishes Read More…
Background: While facial asymmetry is common and often viewed as a favorable personal trait, this is only true in more minor forms of it. In more significant facial asymmetries such a favorable feeling about it is never shared by the patient. Of course the interpretation of what constitutes minor vs more significant facial asymmetries is Read More…
Background: Chin implants are the most common type of surgical facial augmentation. They can be performed as a solitary procedure but are equally done as part of other aesthetic facial changes as well. In mild cases of microgenia (small chin) augmentation of the front end of the lower jaw produces a completely satisfying result. But Read More…
Background: Lack of adequate facial projection is a common aesthetic problem that can affects all three levels of the face (facial thirds), often occurring in more than one level in the same patient. The most recognized and treated facial third deficiency is the lower one as commonly seen in a weak chin. It is also Read More…
The cheek area is one of the most common types of facial augmentation procedures. While long ago once only achievable with implants, many more cheek augmentations are performed today by less invasive means with injectable fillers and fat. They offer a cheek augmentation effect with minimal recovery and generally a very low chance of any Read More…
Background: A custom jawline implant is designed with seven (7) specific dimensional components. Three of those dimensions relate to the more forward projecting part of the implant at the chin. While the chin constitutes less than 30% of the implant’s total surface area coverage it is the most valuable part of the implant due to 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...