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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...
Augmentation of the facial skeleton has historically been done through the placement of preformed implants. The past decade has seen the emergence of a variety of injectable materials to create soft tissue volume augmentation. These have included a large number of synthetic fillers as well as autologous fat. As their use has become more common Read More…
Background: Creating a stronger male jawline can be done by a variety of methods, most of which are done by permanent implants. While many plastic surgeons still think that the approach to a better jawline comes from chin implant augmentation alone, that approach excludes any consideration of the back of the jaw which makes up Read More…
The development of new jaw angle implant styles has finally allowed augmentation of the back part of the jaw to get caught up with that of the chin. The jaw angles have been overlooked for a long time as implant styles and sizes of the chin have progressed. With the chin and jaw angle implant Read More…
There are only two materials of which jaw angle implants are made, silicone and Medpor. While there are material differences between the two as well as each offer their own styles and sizes, there are surgeon advocates for either jaw angle implant material. With the proper implant selection and good surgical technique both materials can Read More…
Background: Total jawline augmentation refers to changing the entire look of the mandible. This could mean that the entire jawline has to be changed that can only be done by a custom wrap around jawline implant. But not everyone needs augmentation of all areas of the jawline. Many patients just need to change the three Read More…
Background: The sagittal split mandibular osteotomy (SSRO), most commonly used for lower jaw advancement, is one of the most ingenious of all the craniomaxillofacial osteotomies. Splitting the ramus of the mandible longutudinally into two vascularized bone segments is a technical marvel. It allows the distal tooth-bearing portion of the lower jaw to be moved forward Read More…
Jaw angle implants have become more recently recognized as an essential part of jawline augmentation. While much focus has historically been on the front protruding part of the jaw through chin augmentation, it is now recognized that the chin represents just a part of the total lower facial effect. While jaw angle implants have been Read More…
Jaw angles implants are becoming increasingly popular for their jawline augmentation effects. Different styles of jaw angle implants allow for a variety of posterior jawline effects from widening, lengthening and combinations thereof. Like a chin implant they are placed in the subperiosteal submuscular position at the back of the jaw. The difference in jaw angle Read More…
Background: A strong and well defined jawline used to be an exclusively male trait. And the pursuit of a stronger jawline through implant surgery used to be only pursued by the young male patient. But that has changed in recent times as now women often desire a stronger jawline as well. When patients, men or Read More…
Background: Jaw angle reduction is a well known surgery that is most commonly performed in Asian patients to narrow a wide lower face. The historic approach for this operation, and still one that is commonly performed, is that of an amputation technique of the jaw angle bone. By cutting off the jaw angle, the lower 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...