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Skeletal Augmentation of the Aging Face

  Aging of the face has been historically perceived as being a soft tissue problem.  This has led to how the vast majority of anti-aging facial surgery has been done, employing lifting and redraping of the soft tissues back up from whence they came. There is a reason the term ‘facelift’ has persevered for nearly Read More…

The Role of Custom Facial Implants in Aesthetic Facial Surgery

Implants provide a wide array of options for facial augmentation. While initially only a chin implant was available forty years ago, today there are over fifty different styles and shapes that are available in more than one material composition. From the chin to the forehead, the options for bony enhancement now cover such obscure areas Read More…

Injectable Fillers vs Synthetic Implants In Facial Sculpting

Injectable fillers have come a long way since the approval of the first non-collagen based product in 2002. While once conceived as only a way to make lips bigger and nasolabial folds less deep, injectable fillers have evolved into an aesthetic technology that has a wide number of facial uses. Aiding the expanded uses has Read More…

The Psychological Aspects of Facial Structural Surgery

There are many reasons that patients request surgical changes to their face. With over twenty different facial regions that can be altered, there are seemingly endless options and combinations. But when you break it down, there are two main reasons for making cosmetic changes to the face. I divide these into either facial anti-aging surgery Read More…

Aesthetic Principles Of Facial Implant Augmentation

Implants have been an important part of aesthetic facial surgery for over fifty years. Starting originally as just small implants for chin augmentation, they have evolved into a large line of bone-based implant shapes and sizes. They are commercially available today for just about every conceivable area of facial bone augmentation from the skull down Read More…

Semi-Custom Facial Implants From 3-D Models

  The use of implants makes it possible for many cosmetic facial procedures to be done. The mere existence of some of these implants has created new possibilities for facial augmentation. A wide variety of preformed implants of differing materials are available which allows the plastic surgeon to enhance structures as diverse as the temporal Read More…

Facial Implants Instead of Orthognathic Surgery

  While facial implants are commonly used to highlight the convex bony prominences of the cheeks, chin and jaw angle for purely cosmetic purposes, they have applications to other facial regions and problems as well. They can be very useful in bony deficiencies as well such as midface and mandibular hypoplasias as an orthognathic surgery Read More…

Facial Implants As An Adjunct To Orthognathic Surgery

  Facial skeletal imbalances present in many manifestations. Most commonly these are perceived from the profile view as maxillary and mandibular discrepancies in the mid- to lower face. Often they are reflected as changes in one’s occlusion when the bone deficiencies become significant enough. In these cases, orthognathic surgery is used for facial skeletal correction. Read More…

Facial Implants: Avoiding and Managing Their Complications

  Facial implants are an effective method of creating specific areas of volume augmentation as well as providing bony highlights and improving facial symmetry. Over the past two decades, the available options in facial implants has expanded tremendously and more patients who undergo cosmetic facial surgery are receiving implants than ever before. With such widespread Read More…

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