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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: The shape of the jawline has taken on great aesthetic importance in contemporary society. This is not just for men but for females as well. But the desired shape of the female jawline is different from that of men. It is desirous to be more tapered from back to front and have more Read More…
Background: The size of the forehead has a major influence on the appearance of one’s face, occupying the entire upper third of it. Beyond its size the shape of the forehead is also important with many gender specific features. In general, males have stronger brows, a wider forehead and a gentle backward slope to it. Read More…
Background: The shape of the lower face is defined primarily by the size and dimensions of the lower jaw. While a strong or more defined lower jaw shape has always been desired by men, it has also taken on more significance in women with contemporary aesthetic facial standards. The well defined female jaw shape can Read More…
Cheek implants provide augmentation to the cheekbone or zygomatic major bony prominence. This produces an anterolateral midface effect that is useful for more common augmentations of isolated and mild to moderate aesthetic cheek deficiencies. But the cheekbone is part of the overall midface skeleton with extensions onto the eye (infraorbital rim) and the upper jaw. Read More…
Alloplastic chin augmentation is the oldest facial implantation procedure. As a result, many different styles and sizes of chin implants have been used over the five decades of the procedure being performed. While in the vast majority of patients standard preformed chin implants work just fine, they do not always achieve the patient’s aesthetic lower Read More…
The shape and appearance of the forehead is highly influenced by the appearance of the brow bones. While usually taken for granted when they are normal, the brow bones or supraorbital rims serve as the roof/overhang of the eye. A strong or weak bony overhang influences the appearance of the eye as well as that Read More…
Background: Augmenting the jawline today is more than just a chin or jaw angle implants. To change the entire jawline from angle to angle in a smooth united fashion, custom jawline implants offer aesthetic results not previously obtainable. Made from the patient’s 3D CT scan they provide a precise fit to the bone as well Read More…
A custom jawline implant has become the premiere method of total jawline augmentation. Being able to control the dimensions of the three corners of the jawline (chin and jaw angles) as well as its connections through the body of the mandible creates the opportunity for a complete lower facial skeletal makeover. This type of facial Read More…
The most common method of permanent midface augmentation is that of the cheek implant. Cheek implants have been around for decades and have evolved into a wide variety of styles and sizes. Their fundamental designs have been to augment the prominence of the cheek bone (malar region), the underside of the cheek bone (submalar region) Read More…
Background: The infraorbital rim is the lower eye socket bone that accounts for the bottom half of the bone that encircles the globe. It is formed by the union of the zygomatic bone laterally and the maxillary bone medially. Between the two bones is a suture line that may or may be present in adults. 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...