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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 forehead occupies a large amount of the face, encompassing up to one-third of its frontal surface area. While it appears to be a featureless surface, there are well known gender differences in its shape. It is traditionally known that men have prominent brow bones and a forehead that has more of a relative backward Read More…
Background: Chin implants are the most common form of facial augmentation and have the largest selection of styles and sizes of any facial implant. But despite this wide selection there are some patients in which a standard chin implant will not suffice. This is particularly relevant when any degree of vertical lengthening is needed or Read More…
A custom jawline implant is undoubtably the best method to augment the entire lower third of the face. Since it covers the entire jaw from angle to angle crossing the chin it creates both volume and definition for a more distinct transition of the face into the neck. Its one-piece design also offers a lower Read More…
Background: The best method to aesthetically augment the entire forehead is with a custom implant approach. Being able to select the exact dimensions and shape of the implant beforehand and design it on the patient’s 3D CT scan offers a huge aesthetic advantage over creating the augmentation by hand intraoperatively with bone cements. While there Read More…
Bringing the entire lower jaw forward to correct a malocclusion has been by the sagittal split ramps osteotomy (SSRO) for over fifty years. While a commonly performed procedure that is often taken for granted due to its universal use, it is one of the most clever facial osteotomies every designed. In an effort to move Read More…
Background: Custom jawline implants are usually the best surgical method for changing the 3D shape of the lower face. Through a computer-designing process an implant can be designed to cover jaw angle to jaw angle crossing the chin in the middle. Covering such a large bony surface area, even when the dimensions of the implant Read More…
Custom jawline implants offer an unparalleled ability to reshape the entire jawline and the lower face. Combining chin and jaw angle augmentation in a connected fashion can have a powerful effect given the surface area of the lower jaw that it covers. Because of this surface area coverage even small amounts of implant thickness create Read More…
Background: Chin implant augmentation is the most commonly performed of all facial implants. The procedure has been done for over fifty years and, as a result, a wide variety of chin implant styles have been developed. While often named after the surgeon who developed them (which is not particularly helpful in understanding what they are Read More…
Augmentation of the forehead is done for a variety for reasons which differ based on gender and ethnicity. In women it is usually to create a rounder and more vertically inclined forehead which often does not include the brow bones. In men it is either for brow bone augmentation alone, correction of a backward forehead Read More…
The cheeks occupy a prominent aesthetic position in the midface. They create some amount of facial prominence/angularity as they curve around between the eye and the side of the face. While the cheek is often perceived as an isolated circular area by the side of the eye, as is commonly seen in the shape of 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...