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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: A well defined and angular jawline has become a desired facial feature for many young men. (and some young women as well) While the strength of the male jawline has never gone out of style, the influence of the internet, social media and smart phones has made it more desirous than ever. Improving a Read More…
Background: The most common method of corrective lower jaw surgery is the sagittal split ramus osteotomy. (BSSRO) While initially described over half a century ago, it remains the cornerstone of lower jaw repositioning surgery. It is an incredibly clever oseotomy design that I still consider a marvel of craniofacial bone surgery and remains technically challenging Read More…
Background: The role of the custom jawline implant in facial augmentation is mainly to create dimensional changes to the jawline that standard preformed chin and jaw angle implants can not accomplish. It also creates a unique effect by uniting the chin and jaw angles to create a wrap around effect. But one of its other Read More…
The most dramatic and successful augmentation of the entire lower third of the face is best done in most patients by a custom jawline implant. Such an implant is made from a 3D CT scan of the patient. Inserted as a single piece implant that augments the lower face from jaw angle to jaw Read More…
Facial balance is composed of aesthetic relationships between the three thirds of the face. Most commonly perceived from the profile view, there are various known projections of each facial third that makes it aesthetically appealing. When one of the facial thirds is out of balance it makes the other two–thirds of the face look larger Read More…
High cheekbones, whether it is in women or men, is an often desired facial feature. Careful inspection of what constitutes the ‘high’ or ‘strong’ cheekbone look reveals that it has several anatomic components. The main portion of the cheekbone is indeed high but the prominence extends back along the zygomatic arch, stopping just short of Read More…
Background: Jaw angle reduction is a well known surgery that is most commonly performed in Asian patients to narrow a wide lower face. The historic approach for this operation, and still one that is commonly performed, is that of an amputation technique of the jaw angle bone. By cutting off the jaw angle, the lower Read More…
Background: A custom jawline implant made from a 3D CT scan is becoming recognized as the most definitive method to modify the shape of the lower jaw. Because it is a unified one-piece implant and can be preoperatively designed to whatever dimensions the surgeon and the patient desire, it is hard to argue with Read More…
Background: Augmentation of the nose is a frequently needed maneuver in rhinoplasty surgery. This is particularly needed in many ethnic patients who are genetically prone to low and wide nasal bones and lack of an elevated straight dorsal line. Dorsal augmentation requires some form of material which can be either synthetic or harvested from the Read More…
Background: Flatness in the midface occurs primarily due to natural development and occurs in certain ethnicities. The Asian face is well known to be broader with less anterior projection and it is most manifest in the appearance of the nose and the underlying maxillary support. But loss of maxillary support can also occur from trauma, 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...