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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...
Custom jawline implants are in the properly selected patient the most powerful changer of the lower facial support structure. Creating a more distinct separation between the face and neck is a more extended version of what a standard chin implant does at the front of the jawline. Because the amount of surface area and volume Read More…
In designing custom jawline implants for the ‘high angle’ patient, the question is always how much should the jaw angle be lowered. While there are some aesthetic guidelines for placement of jaw angle position, it is first important to establish the diagnosis…is the jaw angle really high and, if so, how high? Such an assessment Read More…
Background: The historic approach to complete jawline augmentation is with the use of standard styles and sizes of chin and jaw angle implants. This three implant approach can be effective but is prone to asymmetries of implant positioning, an incomplete jawline effect and limitations of shapes and sizes of implants that are commercially available. The Read More…
Background: While jaw augmentation is most commonly associated as an aesthetic male procedure, it is done in women also. Women today can be just as concerned about the shape of their lower face and jawline. Many female celebrities, models and TV news women can be seen to have good jawlines. While the strength of the Read More…
Background: Orthognathic surgery is the collection of facial osteotomy procedures that have been done for more than fifty years. One of the most commonly performed is the sagittal split ramus osteotomy or the SSRO. This incredibly clever osteotomy design, as the name implies, sections the ramus or angle area of the lower jaw into two Read More…
Background: The perception of the lower jaw in males is often perceived as one of size. A ‘big’ lower jaw is often seen as a strong male facial appearance. And while there is some truth to that belief, it is neither applicable to all men or all jawlines. Shape sometimes can be as important, if Read More…
Background: Male masculinization involves a variety of procedures of which the jawline at the junction of the face and neck is a major skeletal component that contribute to the desired facial effect. Standard chin and jaw angles can be effective for jawline augmentation but pose issues with shape and size as well as connectivity around Read More…
Background: The upper and lower jaws are prone to a variety of cystic lesions due to their teeth-containing elements. Between the formation of the teeth and their long term retention when erupted in the bone, cysts can result from the original follicular components or from apical pathologic reactions to dental disease. Often the discovery of Read More…
The most common form of total jawline augmentation is the use of standard chin and jaw angle implants. (I did not say it is the best approach, it is just the most common currently) While this can be effective for some patients, it is really a subtotal form of jawline augmentation since it it discontinuous. Read More…
Background: The aesthetic desire for many custom facial implant patients is to have a noticeable but natural looking result. While one could argue that is a very subjective desire, and it is, but what that means to me is that it is a result that is not too big. Thus in the design process one 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...