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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...
Custom jawline implants are the definitive method for creating 3D changes to the lower face. In designing a custom jawline implant there are seven specific dimensions that have to be provided to create the desired augmentation effect. These include three for the chin, three for the jaw angles and how one chooses to connect the Read More…
Background: All three facial thirds can be aesthetically augmented with implants. But there are major differences between the upper third of the face than the lower two-thirds. By history, availability of off-the-shelf implants and clinical experience augmentation of the lower 2/3s of the face is well known with chin, cheek, jaw angle, paranasal, premaxillary, and Read More…
There are numerous aesthetic implants for the midface that are well known including cheek, tear trough and paranasal implants. While effective in the properly selected patient these standard facial implants provide spot augmentations meaning that only a portion of the facial bone area is being enlarged/expanded. For larger areas of midface augmentation these standard implants Read More…
Background: The most common bony changes done to the lower jaw are the sliding genioplasty and the sagittal split ramus osteotomy. (SSRO) Other types of bony changes less commonly done are chin wing osteotomies, v line surgery and TMJ joint replacements. All of these autologous jaw procedures can create very effective lower facialreshaping changes but Read More…
Background: The chin is the most commonly treated aesthetic facial augmentation area for which a wide variety of implants exist to perform it. All but one of these implant styles provides a horizontal augmentation effect only. While they can be positioned a bit lower on the chin bone to create some vertical lengthening effect they Read More…
Background: Chin implants, like all implants placed in the body, induces a biologic response at the implantation site. The most well known response is encapsulation or the surrounding of the implant with scar tissue known as the capsule. Regardless of the implant material capsules are formed. Chin implants have also been associated with ‘erosion’ although Read More…
Background: Cheek implant augmentation is uniquely different from that of chin implants. Besides being a different anatomic location the cheek is bilateral and not singular which are its two most obvious differences. But when planning for cheek augmentation one has to look way behind these basic differences and treat them with their own unique dimensional Read More…
Background: Upper and lower jaw osteotomies, once known as orthognathic surgery, has undergone an evolution for what was its original purpose. Designed to correct dentofacial deformities for malocclusions, and while still used for that purpose today, its uses currently have expanded to the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and as a method to increase mid- Read More…
Background: The definitive method for complete jaw or lower facial augmentation is the custom jawline implant. Not surprisingly the vast majority of patients who seek this surgery are men and their goals are fairly consistent… a stronger and more defined jawline. While there are different flavors of what that means for each individual patient there Read More…
Background: The most under diagnosed aesthetic chin deformity is in the vertical dimension. This particularly true when it is a vertical deficiency. It is easy to miss unless one is aware of the indicators. An overbite, an excessively deep labiomental fold, a bunched up soft tissue chin pad and a shortened lower third of the 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...