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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...
Combining Forehead Augmentation and Frontal Hairline Advancement: A Case Study The forehead is one of the most prominent thirds of the face, and its size and shape significantly influence facial aesthetics. Forehead reshaping generally involves either reduction or augmentation, which can address both the soft tissue and bony components. A common soft tissue reduction is Read More…
The sliding genioplasty remains the workhorse procedure for significant chin augmentation. Unless a patient specifically prefers to avoid an autologous bone procedure, it is almost always preferable to reposition the chin bone itself rather than place a large volume of implant material to achieve projection. However, even with substantial sliding genioplasty movements (10mm or more), Read More…
The side of the head represents two of the five visible surfaces of the skull, so it’s no surprise that its shape can become an aesthetic concern. These concerns typically relate to the width of the sides of the head, which can appear either too narrow or too wide. When the sides of the head Read More…
Background: Aesthetic facial implants are currently available in numerous different materials with a wide variety of sizes and shapes. While each manufacturer of the different materials tout their benefits the reality is that there is no perfect implant material that has all of the benefits both surgeons and patients desire. Each material has its advantages Read More…
Background: Double jaw osteotomy surgery is very popular today for multiple reasons. Several of the reasons for the surgery today are quite different than they were two or three decades ago. While once reserved primarily for the correction of malocclusions the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea as well as for aesthetic purposes has expanded the Read More…
Background: The occipital knob is a natural spike of bone on the visible end of the bony back of the head. Why it gets more visible in some people is not known although it appears to be more gender specific as I have seen it in many men but never yet in a woman. This Read More…
Background: While the back of the head as an aesthetic unit is a single skull surface the bones that make it upon are not. The back of the head is comprised of the paired upper parietal bones and inferiorly by the single occipital bone. They are merged together by the inverted Y suture lines. As Read More…
Background: Custom facial implant designs offer a wide variety of potential facial augmentation changes. On the patient’s 3D CT scan virtually any implant design can be done. But the one important consideration that is not evident in a custom implant design is can it be surgically placed. Because of the overlying soft tissues and incisional Read More…
Background: The temporal artery is a well-known blood vessel located on the anterior side of the head. It is a branch of the external carotid artery that, when it reaches the temporal hair, splits or bifurcates into two separate smaller arteries. This anterior branch of the temporal artery, also called the superficial temporal artery (STA), Read More…
Background: Calf implants are largely done for aesthetic augmentation of small sized lower legs regardless of gender. In less commonly performed cases the motivation for calf implants is reconstructive in nature. One such congenital reason is clubfoot, one of the most common birth defects. It is seen clinically as a foot or feet that are 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...