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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...
Cheek augmentation is most commonly performed today by injectable fillers. But when filler fatigue sets in cheek implants offer a permanent augmentation method. Cheek implants have been around for a long time and a variety of styes and sizes exist. Their use has historically been for females of which the same still exists today. But Read More…
Background: Facial asymmetry affects the face in seemingly variable and unpredictable ways. But in reality most facial asymmetries are relatively complete (affects the entire side of the face) if one looks closely enough and follows one of two patterns. (lower/inferior and upper/superior types) In other words they are more predictable than they may appear. In Read More…
Background: Facial implants are a common method used for permanent aesthetic augmentation. But the concept to grasp about their use is that is a reason that are available as off-the-shelf preformed implants….they are made for modest aesthetic concerns that can be improved by a single ‘spot’ augmentation. This is the role that standard cheek and Read More…
Th typical perception of the outer shape of the jaw angles is that they are a flat surface. This is certainly how they are seen in looking at regular x-rays and on most plastic jaw models. But in looking at many 3D CT scans for jawline implant designs it is apparent that their actual topography Read More…
Background: Augmentation of the periorbital region has very few standard implant options. Such standard implants are made for the aesthetic tear trough deformity and some modest amount of horizontal infraorbital rim deficiency. Combined with cheek implants an infraorbital-malar horizontal augmentation can be achieved but not in a contiguous fashion. But specific types of infraorbital-malar augmentations Read More…
The custom infraorbital-malar implant is the most effective approach to treating undereye hollows and in creating a specific cheek augmentation look. (high cheekbone look) It provides a linear line of bone augmentation from the nose to the end of the zygomatic arch. In placing such an implant through a lower eyelid incision the pocket dissection Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation by either an implant or a sliding genioplasty can be a very effective lower facial enhancement for many patients. But given the length and surface area of the jawline it is important to remember that it occupies only about 20% of the total surface area of the bony lower face. Thus it Read More…
Jaw angles implants are the complement to chin implants for aesthetic enhancement of the back of the jaw. Custom jawline implants is the best option for complete lower facial augmentation. Besides their unique aesthetic effects they also share the need for intraoral incisions for insertion and positioning. While numerous type of facial implants are placed Read More…
The antegonial notch is a well known feature of the lower jaw. It occurs as a concavity or elevation of the inferior border in front of the jaw or gonial angle. Because of this location it has also been called the pregonial notch. It does not appear in everyone and it is more common in Read More…
Background: Residual defects of the forehead and orbital regions are very common from prior early craniofacial surgery procedures. While moving skull and facial bones around at a young age are an ideal time for the bones to heal and open bone gaps to fit in, long term such skull and orbital bone reshaping procedures can 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...