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OR Snapshots – Difficult Custom Jawline Implant Removal

Despite the tremendous benefits of a custom jawline implant there is always the need for revision of it. Whether due to its size, design or placement the potential need (risk) of revisional surgery always exists. In fact that risk is higher for custom implants than standard implants which can be very confusing to patients. What Read More…

OR Snapshots – Buccal vs Abdominal Fat For Facial Fat Injections

Fat injections are a common method today for soft tissue augmentation whether it is for reconstructive or aesthetic purposes. An injection approach offers a versatile method of instilling a soft tissue graft in almost any anatomic location. How successful such fat injections are depends on a variety of factors from method of harvest and preparation Read More…

OR Snapshots – Temporal Implant Incisions

Implants provide the most definitive and sustained volume augmentation for temporal hollowing. Available in different sizes and thicknesses they are placed under the deep temporal fascia to exert their augmentation effect. Unlike other facial implants which are placed on bone and have a firm feel to them, temporal implants are uniquely different in that they Read More…

OR Snapshots – Wedge Latissimus Dorsi Musclle Resection in Rib Removal Surgery

Rib removal in my practice is a common body contouring procedure to improve the shape of the waistline. It is the final possible procedure for those patients who have been through prior surgical efforts (BBL,liposuction, tummy tucks) or for those who are so lean that these standard surgical procedures are not of much value. Reducing Read More…

OR Snapshots – Free Floating Rib Removal for Waistline Reduction

Waistline reductive reshaping with rib removal involves manipulation of the lowest level of the ribcage. The so called free floating ribs, numbers 11 and 12, are partially removed to reduce the support for the sides of waistline. These ribs are unique as they are not attached to the rest of the ribcage like the other Read More…

OR Snapshots – The Extended Pennant Corner of Mouth Lift

The sagging or downturned corner of the mouth is not a facial feature that anyone requests to have. While the fall of the corner of the mouth is most commonly associated with aging, due to the weight of the overlying falling softy tissues, some people have a natural downward slant to the corners of their Read More…

OR Snapshots – Temporal Artery Ligation in Females

A not uncommon esthetic abnormality of the temporal region are prominent arteries. Unlike temporal veins which will have a bluish hue and run in a relatively straight vertical, the superficial branch of the temporal artery has a classic serpiginous course as it proceeds superiorly from the temporal hairline and crosses into the side of the Read More…

OR Snapshots – How To and Not To Perform a Feminizing Rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty surgery has tremendous capabilities of changing the shape of the nose. In doing so there are many tried and true techniques of how to do it successfully as well as how to maintain the result long term. Despite the many techniques available to change the structural framework of the nose, there are no established Read More…

OR Snapshots – How Many Implants (Face and Body) Can Be Done In A Single Surgery?

One of the frequent questions I get asked is how many different procedures can be done in a single surgery. The origin of that question has different origins. For some patients it is a desire to do a ‘makeover’ of either their face or body which requires numerous procedures to do so. Another reason is Read More…

OR Snapshots – Non-Custom Brow Bone Implant Fabrication

In the lower two-thirds of the face there are numerous standard implants for aesthetic augmentation. In the upper third of the face, however, no such options exist. This undoubtably is because of the low number of patient requests historically for aesthetic forehead and brow bone augmentation. It also speaks to the anatomic reality that the Read More…