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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...
The current commercial types of jaw angle implants available are of two types, lateral widening and vertical lengthening. In reality each type also have a bit of the other dimension as well. A widening jaw angle implant can provide a very modest lengthening effect and the vertical lengthening style always provides some width increase as Read More…
Facial reshaping with alloplastic implants is a dynamic and growing area of facial plastic surgery. Driven by the recent increasing demand for injectable synthetic fillers and fat, facial implants offer a long-term solution for facial contouring that includes rejuvenation, congenital or traumatic deformities, or aesthetic facial reshaping for enhanced facial convexity or refinement. However, the Read More…
Background: The facelift is a well known workhorse of facial rejuvenation in the lower third of the face. While a wide variety of surgical techniques have been described for it and the magnitude of the procedure is based on patient age and degree of soft tissue sagging, it still comes down to a soft tissue Read More…
The masseter is the largest muscle on the face that has its bony origin and insertion there. It is a muscle that needs to be elevated by subperiosteal dissection for any form of jaw angle surgery including implants. While lifting the muscle up is a seemingly innocuous maneuver there is always the risk of it Read More…
The most common approach for jaw angle implant placement is intraoral. This not only avoids an external approach but provides the widest exposure of the mandibular ramus. This incision is made through a posterior vestibular mucosal incision. There are various thoughts on where it should be placed directly into the depth of the vestibule or Read More…
While chin implants were the original jaw augmentation method, the development and emergence of jaw angle implants now provides an option for the rest of the jaw as well. The combination of standard chin and jaw angle implants can be done to create a total jawline enhancement. Placed at the three ‘corners’ of the jaw, Read More…
Background: Enhancement of the prominence of the jaw angles is today sought by both men and women. For men a more defined jaw angle often means increased width of a bony angle shape that often curves more inward. A wider jaw angle shape will also make it more defined and often makes it appear a Read More…
Jaw angle augmentation with implants has become an increasingly popular aesthetic facial procedure for both men and women. It is performed through intraoral incisions that are located in the back of the mouth in the vestibule opposite the second and third molars. This provides access to the subperiosteal plane under the masseter muscle over the Read More…
Background: While augmentation of the lower jaw has historically been perceived as that of the chin at the front of the jaw, that has been a limited perception of what is possible and often needed. Augmentation of the back of the jaw, the jaw angles, affects two-thirds of the lower jaw and can have just Read More…
The placement of implants on the facial bones, like implants placed anywhere in the body, causes well recognized tissue responses. The encapsulation of the implant by scar, known as a capsule, is the body’s method of separating ‘self from non-self’. This capsule also serves to lock the implant down, creating a fixed and immoveable implant 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...