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OR Snapshots – From Chin Implant to Custom Jawline Implant

The traditional approach to jaw augmentation has been a chin implant for many decades. Bringing the front part of the lower jaw forward is the common perception of improving the contour of the lower third of the face. Chin augmentation is commonly performed in young patients and is also often part of a facelift in Read More…

OR Snapshots – Rib Removal Surgery Explained

Rib removal surgery is done for a variety of waistline slimming patients. One such patient is the already thin female who can not get a slimmer waistline by diet, exercise or even liposuction surgery. The lower ribs represent the last anatomic barrier for any further waistline reduction.The second type patient is the transgender male to Read More…

OR Snapshots – Parietal Eminence Skull Reduction

Skull reshaping entails a variety of different procedures to effect minor to major head reshaping. Such procedures can fundamentally be divided into either augmentative or reductive surgery. Skull reduction procedures mainly involve bone but can also include soft tissue as well in some cases. One such skull area is that of the parietal eminence. This Read More…

OR Snapshots – Intraoperative Reshaping of a Custom Skull Implant

Custom skull implants provide one of the most effective methods to treat a side variety of head shape abnormalities. Made from a 3D CT scan they provide a preoperative design that hopefully adequately addresses the patient’s aesthetic head shape concerns. Because of their custom design, most cases do not require any intraoperative adjustment for either Read More…

OR Snapshots – Nostril Narrowing in the African-American Rhinoplasty

The African-American rhinoplasty typically consists of several basic maneuvers to change the shape of the nose. Augmenting a low nasal bridge, lifting/narrowing and strengthening the nasal tip and narrowing the nostrils serve as the typical foundation for this type of rhinoplasty. When done together an uplifted and more narrow nose can be created. While the Read More…

OR Snapshots – The Cap Graft in Open Rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty surgery is an osteocartilaginous operation, meaning changes are made to the bone and cartilage supporting structures. Ultimately the final aesthetic results is in how these changes are done and how much they show through the overlying skin as it shrinks and contracts around the reshaped nasal framework. Such osteocartilaginous framework changes can be done Read More…

OR Snapshots – The Extended Arch Cheek Implant for the High Cheek Augmentation Look

The zygomatic arch is the thin section of bone that connects the main body of the cheek (zygoma) with that of the skull. (temporal skull) Thus it is formed by the zygomatic process of the temporal bone that comes forward to meet with the temporal process of the cheekbone. They meet in the middle to Read More…

OR Snapshots – Intraoperative Adjustment of Custom Jawline Implants

A custom jawline implant design is based on an artistic and experienced assessment of the patient’s goals and what implant dimensions are felt that may accomplish them. It is not an exact science and can not calculate in how the overlying soft tissues will respond. This is relevant both aesthetically as well as potentially impacting Read More…

OR Snapshots – Submental Incision Location in Custom Jawline Implants

A wrap around jawline implant that has been custom made is the best method for augmenting the skeletal lower third of the face. It does so because of the surface area that it covers, expanding the skeletal contours of the lower third of the face. Like all implants in the face and body, its augmentation Read More…

OR Snapshots – Screw Fixation of Standard or Custom Cheek Implants

While cheek implants are of the most commonly performed synthetic facial augmentation procedures, they are unique in several ways. One of their unique features is that they are typically placed in an upward direction from below (intraoral) and are positioned essentially ‘on the side of a clift’ so to speak. Laying up against the prominence Read More…