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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 shape and prominence of the lower jaw has a major influence on the perceived characteristic of a male. The more defined and stronger the jawline is the more masculine a man is perceived to be. That may or may not be actually true but the perception remains that it is. At the least Read More…
The placement of jaw angle implants has many unique aspects from other facial implants. It requires dissection in the most posterior part of the face done from inside the mouth making access and visibility challenging. It requires the largest muscle on the face to be lifted off the bone (masseter muscle) to place and Read More…
Background: The angle of the jaw is a unique facial bone area as its shape is highly influenced by the natural development of the jaw and the masseter-pterygoid muscle sling which is attached to it. It is the most recognized are of the ramus portion of the mandible.Regardless of the actual angle shape, it always Read More…
The jaw makeover seems to be one of the newer requested facial cosmetic procedures. Women and men grab their necks and stroke their jawline looking back on the days when it was much tighter and more defined. Men are particularly focused on their jawline feeling that a more prominent one would improve their appearance as Read More…
Background: The jawline is an important facial feature of both men and women. Occupying the entire lower third of the face, it has both a large surface area as well as serves as a distinct transition between the face and the neck. While a well defined and ‘strong’ jawline has been traditionally assigned as a Read More…
Jaw angle augmentation has become an increasingly popular facial implant procedure. While done more in men to enhance an overall weak jawline, it is even done in females who have thin lower faces and lack of any jaw angle width. While historically jaw angle implants only added width to the back part of the Read More…
Background: A more well-defined jawline has become an aesthetic goal for many men and women today. While twenty years ago it was all about the amount of horizontal chin projection of the front of the jawline (and that is still true today), the back part of the jaw (jaw angles) is also recognized now as Read More…
Background: One of the emerging areas of facial implant augmentation is that of the jaw angles. While jaw angle implants have been around for nearly two decades, their designs have been exclusively made for increasing jaw angle width. While there are some patients who seek a wider and more flared posterior jawline, a width only Read More…
A strong jawline is a well known perceived desirable facial feature. While an obvious aesthetic asset in men, it is even so in women as long as the chin does not protrude too much. What what makes up a nice and well defined jawline? The jawline comes from the mandible or lower jaw which is Read More…
Background: Facial asymmetry can occur from a wide variety of bone and soft tissue deficiencies or even, more uncommonly, overgrowths. (hypertrophy) One of the most common components of facial asymmetry occurs in the jawline of the lower face. Growth abnormalities emanate from the rami of the mandible, the meeting point of the vertical and 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...