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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: In aesthetic jaw augmentation the most common approaches are purely implant-based. Using either standard chin and jaw angle implants or a custom wraparound implant the entire jawline can be augmented. The only autologous jaw augmentation method is for the chin with a sliding genioplasty. So another complete jaw augmentation method is to combine a Read More…
Background: Chin implants are the most common form of aesthetic facial augmentation and have been used ion various forms for more than a half century. Despite their frequent use by a wide variety of surgeons there remain numerous misconceptions about their placement, implant selection and the biologic response to them. This particular case study helps Read More…
Of all the custom facial implants that are commonly used the infraorbital-malar (IOM) implant design is one of the most popular. It augments a skeletal unit of the face that is uniquely different from its separate parts of the cheek and infraorbital rim. As an implant that combines these two adjacent anatomic regions together it Read More…
Background: The skull has five surfaces which all connect to each other to create a wide variety of head shapes. While three of the skull surfaces are purely bone in composition (front, top and back) the side of the head is a combination of bone and muscle. The dimension that the side of the head Read More…
Custom jawline implants are the definitive method for aesthetic augmentation of the lower third of the face. While it is performed in both male and females more custom jawline implants are done in males than females in a ratio of about 8:1. But in doing such implants in females there are a variety of insights Read More…
Background: Facial asymmetries often have a contributing bony basis to them whether they are developmental, traumatic or pathologic in origin. One extremely unique cause of facial asymmetry is Parry-Romberg syndrome also known as craniofacial linear scleroderma. In this well known but biologically not yet understood syndrome atrophy of the facial soft tissue starts usually along Read More…
Background: Midface augmentation is a common aesthetic requested procedure done today by either injectable fillers or implants. But no matter how the augmentation is performed it is really a ‘spot’ technique which focuses on specific midface areas like the cheeks and undereyes which are common areas of aesthetic deficiencies. Available off the shelf implants clearly Read More…
Background: Augmentation of the lower third of the face frequently involves placing an implant at the jaw angle area. Whether done as an isolated jaw angle implant or part of an overall custom jawline implant placement of the implant involves knowledge and manipulation of the masseter muscles. This is distinctly different than that of chin Read More…
Background: Like all facial features the forehead is prone to asymmetries. Given its large surface area such forehead asymmetries can readily be seen. Forehead asymmetries that are developmental in origin are most commonly caused by abnormalities in skull development (plagiocephaly) due to a rotational twist of the craniofacial axis. As a result there is a Read More…
Background: The most frequent implant augmentation of the face is the chin. As only one of two solitary projecting structures of face (the nose is the other) a visible and proportionate chin shape has long been recognized as an important aesthetic facial feature. As a result chin augmentation has been practiced for half a century 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...