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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...
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…
Background: The features that make for a strong or masculine face are always skeletal in nature. The convex contours of the face, the infraorbital-malar and the jawline, provide the silhouette of a defined and more angular face. The convex contours, the so called trampoline area that lies between these two contour lines, helps add to Read More…
Background: Changing the shape of the lower face is most effectively done by skeletal augmentation. While injectable filers and fat has a valuable role to play in enhancing facial volumes, they are not effective ‘perimeter’ augmentation methods. They are too soft to create a sharp line of demarcation which is what is needed in jawline Read More…
Background: Brow bone injuries are an uncommon type of facial fracture. They are typically associated with high impact injuries to the forehead. The thin bones overlying the frontal sinus are typically shattered over most of the underlying air cavities. Inward displacement occurs and an external contour deformity results which is particularly obvious in men due 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...