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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 projection of the central midface, excluding that of the nose, is controlled by the development of the maxillary bone around the large nasal cavity. This is known as the bony pyriform rim not which the external nose, particularly that of the nostrils laterally and the columella centrally sit. It is divided into a Read More…
Background: Facial lipoatrophy, also known as facial wasting, refers to the loss of fat tissue causing concave facial contours. (So called gaunt face) These always occur above and below the horizontal skeletal lines of the zygomatic arch and jawline in the temporal and submalar/lateral facial areas. Lipoatrophyu occurs along a spectrum of expression from mild Read More…
Background: Soft tissue atrophy of the face most commonly occurs due to aging or weight loss. There are also some well known medical conditions that also can cause it. This atrophy is primarily fat-related and most significantly affects the temporal and cheek areas where the largest subcutaneous and compartmentalized fat exists. Whatever the cause the Read More…
The natural ear is a complex structure consisting of various convexities and concavities. The convexities are the outer helical rim and the Y-shaped superior and inferior crus and antoihelix. The concavities are the large inner most concha around the external auditory canal and the triangular and scaphoid fossas. While the functional significance of these combined Read More…
Forehead augmentation with an implant is a proven method to produce an affective and permanent shape change to the broad surface area of the upper third of the face. Females generally prefer a vertical forehead inclination with a more convex forehead shape. This aesthetically creates a youthful and and more pleasing upper facial appearance. To Read More…
While there are a large number of implants available for aesthetic augmentation of the middle and lower face, the upper third of the face (forehead) has remained devoid of any such off the shelf option. Forehead bone augmentation have up to the present time only been available using injection materials, bone cements or a custom Read More…
The most common method of facial augmentation performed around the world is a nasal implant. While there are two different methods of placing a nasal implant, open vs closed, the method used depends on what else is being done to the nose. If the nose is being opened anyway then how the implant is introduced Read More…
Common aesthetic deformities of the lower eyelid include tear troughs, undereye hollows and orbitomalat grooves. While these all occur from age-related periorbital changes due to soft tissue atrophy and tissue laxity, when they are seen in young patients they are more likely a function of a bony deficiency. Specifically an infraorbital-malar deficiency the extent of Read More…
I have previously dispelled the biologic misconception that facial implants of any material composition result in bone erosion. Improved biologic understanding through observations of indwelling facial implants using 3D CT scans show that the correct interpretation is implant imprinting of the bone. This occurs by the introduction of an implant into established biologic tissue boundaries Read More…
One of the frequent questions I get asked is how many different procedures can be done in a single surgery. The origin of that question has different origins. For some patients it is a desire to do a ‘makeover’ of either their face or body which requires numerous procedures to do so. Another reason is 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...