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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...
One of the smallest areas of facial augmentation by bony surface area is the pyriform aperture region of the midface. The lower base of the nose is divided into two zones, paranasal and premaxillary. Both areas provide support to the base of the nose but with different effects. The paranasal region builds up the base Read More…
One of the most aesthetic augmentations in the face due to a natural genetic shape is the midface in Asians. Lack of forward development of the nasal base (pyriform aperture) is common in such patients, and while paranasal augmentation was once reserved for an adjunctive procedure in rhinoplasty, it is now often done as a Read More…
Paranasal deficiency is a common midface aesthetic concern in which the base of the nose lacks sufficient horizontal projection. While it is common phenotypic feature of the Asian face it can occur in any ethnicity or gender. The treatment of paranasal deficiencies has its historic origins as an adjunctive procedure to augmentative rhinoplasty as nasal Read More…
Some Asian faces are well known to have a mid facial concavity or lack of forward facial projection. As a result augmentative rhinoplasty is one of the most common facial procedures performed in this ethnic group to increase the height and length of the nose. As part of the underlying facial deficiency and a procedure Read More…
Background: The shape of the face is controlled by many factors including its width and anterior/horizontal projection. When viewed in the middle facial third the facial shape is a function of cheek and maxillary forward growth vs the width of the cheek and zygomatic arches. In certain ethnicities the balance of the forward projection of Read More…
The most common site of midface augmentation (minus the nose) is the nasal base. While the nasal base is composed of a concave paranasal and a convex central premaxillary regions, it is the larger and bilateral paranasal concavities that are the most frequently requested for augmentation. Such paranasal augmentations have been done for decades and Read More…
One of the considerations in any type of premaxillary-paranasal augmentation is what are the effects on the nose, specifically its projection. By definition when the bone is moved forward (LeFort I osteotomy) or bone grafts or implants are placed beneath the nasal base there is going to be a forward push on the nostril base Read More…
Augmentation of the central midface generally refers to increasing the projection of the bony pyriform rim. This is the central maxillary bone that surrounds the large nasal cavity opening that lies underneath the external nose. It is most commonly referred to as the paranasal region. Its shape into the surrounding midface has either a flatter Read More…
A concave central midface that lacks projection creates a less than desirable appearance that can give the face a more aged appearance. Flatter midfaces are almost always associated with deeper nasolabial fold area or a premature development of them. Paranasal implants are a proven method to augment the natural concave bony areas around the pyriform Read More…
Background: One of the smaller and least recognized areas of facial augmentation is the central nasal region. Reasons for augmenting the base of the nose are for general midface retrusion or flattening but can also be done to improve the nasolabial angle/upper lip projection or to soften deeper nasolabial folds at the alara-facial junction. Premaxillary 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...