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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: Macrotia is present when the patient feels that their ear is too big. This is not just when a large earlobe is present, which is the most common reason patients may feel their ear is overly large, but when the entire ear from top to bottom is large. There are measurements which usually align Read More…
Background: The ear has a very complex shape but is best appreciated when it is not easily seen. The best looking ears are often those who don’t stand out and just blend into the side of the head. How easily the ear is seen is significantly influenced by how much it protrudes from the side Read More…
The external ear has a very complex topographic shape which is largely overlooked/underappreciated because it sits on the side of the head. Its variety of convexities and concavities of its cartilage framework create the recognizable ear shape even if one can not describe them in detail. While there are differences in the exact size and Read More…
Background: The appearance of the ear is primarily affected by the amount and shape of its cartilage component. Only the earlobe escapes this effect because it contains no cartilage. The most common shape abnormality of the ear is when it protrudes due to either an excessive conchal bowl, a weak or absent antihelical cartilage fold Read More…
Background: The ear has a complex shape due to its numerous cartilage convexities and concavities. Despite these topographic complexities the ear is best appreciated when it doesn’t stand out along the side of the head. (a normal auriculocephalic angle) But one other dimension, height, can also make the ear more noticeable than desired. The typical Read More…
The complexity of the ear shape leads to a wide variety of potential developmental deformities. Even in normal appearing ears, it is rare that both ears are perfectly symmetric in shape. Once type of well known congenital ear deformity is that known as lidding. When it appears in newborns it usually represents when the continuation Read More…
Earlobe Reduction The ears appears in the midface section because that is where they lie horizontally in alignment to the face. Large earlobes are often tolerated on men but are less attractive and proportionate in women. While cis-women often develop elongation of the only non-cartilaginous portion of the ear from ear ring wear and aging, Read More…
Background: Aesthetic ear reshaping is most commonly perceived as the reduction of prominent ears. And while a setback otoplasty may be one of the most common aesthetic ear surgeries it is far from the only one. The convoluted shape of the large ear cartilage and the inferior hanging cartilage-free earlobe make for a variety of Read More…
Background: The earlobe is the only part of the ear that does not have a cartilaginous base. It is only skin and fat which makes it potentially structurally unstable over a lifetime. It is prone to elongation due to aging and stretching from ear ring wear. It is also prone to being too big in Read More…
Background: The most common ear reshaping procedure is a setback otoplasty for the correction of protruding ears. (technically earlobe repair is the most common ear surgery but this is not an ear reshaping surgery) In an otoplasty the ear generally has good components but is distorted by its protrusive condition. In a much more uncommon 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...