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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...
The effectiveness of standard facial implants is based on their ability to improve the natural convexities of the facial bones. The bony projections of the chin, jaw angles and cheeks make up the majority of available facial implant types. These three prominences make up the important bony triangle of the face which together make a Read More…
Background: Cheek and jaw implants are the most common facial implants used. When put together as a five implant facial augmentation strategy significant facial reshaping can be achieved. Whether it be male or female, enhancing the five prominences of the face (two cheeks, two jaw angles and one chin) serves as the keystones to major Read More…
Infraorbital rim implants are an underappreciated method of augmentation of the lower eyelid area. Traditional lower eye implants are preformed and best described as horizontally increase the projection of the infraorbital rims. While this is effective for some lower eyelid issues, such as tear troughs, it only provides limited benefit by virtue of its one Read More…
Standard facial implants are placed through numerous limited external skin and intraoral incisions. Because the implants are not large the incisions to place them don’t have to be either. But most custom facial implants are much larger and that raises the concern that the incisions to place them must correspondingly be larger also. This is Read More…
Facial reshaping surgery is about changing the underlying structural support of the face. This fundamentally consists of either reducing or adding support or some combination thereof. On a smaller scale rhinoplasty, which is the original procedure of facial reshaping surgery, demonstrates what is possible through the addition or subtraction of structural support and allowing the Read More…
Background: Facial asymmetry is common in both young and older people. Most of the time these asymmetries are not large and are usually well tolerated. It is commonly said that most people have facial asymmetries and this is perfectly normal. It is even said that some degree of asymmetry adds character to the face and Read More…
There is no substitute for what a custom jawline implant can do for reshaping the lower third of the face. By virtually expanding the outer corner of the entire jawline a true 3D expansion/reshaping of the face results. Unlike the use of more standard chin and jaw angle implants which are smaller, the question arises Read More…
Background: There are variety of conditions that can cause bony deformities of the angle region of the lower jaw. Abnormal growth from congenital/developmental causes, traumatic injuries and elective jaw surgery can all adversely affect the shape of the jaw angles. By far in my experience elective osteotomies in orthognathic surgery cause the greatest array of Read More…
Background: The brow bones are an important aesthetic feature of the male face. Some mild ‘protrusion’ of them, and the presence of a visible brow bone break, is an identifying and attractive male feature. But when the amount of brow bone protrusion becomes too strong or prominent it becomes a dominant facial feature that is Read More…
Background: Undereye hollows is a very common aesthetic issue for both young and older patients alike. In older patients it is often a function of soft tissue atrophy that exposes the underlying orbital bone, creating a skeletonized appearance. Conversely in the younger patient it is more a function of a hard tissue deficiency rather than 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...