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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: 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…
Lower facial reshaping by jaw reduction, also known as v line surgery, is a well known procedure that historically has been mainly used in Asian patients. But its use has expanded and has spread and is now being used in females of many different ethnicities and lower jaw shapes. While it can be a very Read More…
There are multiple methods of jawline augmentation. Injectable fillers can be a good but temporary method which has its limitations long term due to economic reasons. But it can be a good initial test for some patients. The injection of fat, however, is frequently far less successful both due to its unpredictable survival but also Read More…
While the chin has been a focus of lower facial reshaping for over half a century, it really only represents 1/3 of the total jaw surface area. While its surface area involvement is relatively small it has greater aesthetic significance to the face than the amount of bone area that it occupies due to its Read More…
The most commonly performed osteotomy of the lower jaw for occlusal realignment is the sagittal split ramus osteotomy. (SSRO) This cleverly designed osteotomy splits the mandible ramus in a sagittal direction which allows the distal segment containing the teeth to move forward or back. Once the lower teeth are aligned with the upper teeth, the Read More…
Background: The shape of an aesthetically desirous forehead in a female is distinctly different than that of a male. The absence of brow bones is an obvious difference but the overall shape of the forehead is rounder with more vertical inclination. Equally important is the transition into the temporal area which should be seemless as Read More…
Background: The face develops from paired brachial arches as an embryo which meet in the middle and fuse to form a complete paired face. This is a remarkably complex interaction and it is miraculous that to works as well as it does the vast majority of time in making a fairly symmetric face. But despite Read More…
One of the important and/or desired aesthetic features of the male face is a strong lower jawline. The three corners of the jawline, the chin and paired jaw angles, are the major components of it. Much has been written about the desired anatomic features of the chin but much less so about that of the Read More…
Background: Lack of adequate development of the midface is a not uncommon facial developmental deformity and is most commonly seen in certain ethnicities. In its most significant form combined orthodontic-orthognathic surgery approaches are needed to treat both the functional and aesthetic sequelae from a midface that lacks adequate forward projection. Far more commonly are natural Read More…
The anatomy of the marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve crosses from beneath the platysma muscle in the neck up across the side of the chin to innervate multiple lower lip and chin muscles. It causes the action of the lip depressor muscles (labii inferiors and angle oris) as well as that of mentalis 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...