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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...
Background: While the most popular cosmetic buttock surgery performed today is augmentation, other reshaping procedures do exist. One such procedure is the lower buttock lift. While surgeons may try and treat a lower buttock ptosis or overhand by trying to fill it with fat, this is rarely effective. Other treat such overhangs with liposuction in Read More…
Background: One of the most popular facial reshaping procedures in the world, by patient numbers, is V-line surgery. This is a lower facial reshaping procedure to reduce the size of the jaw and give it more of a V-shape in the frontal view. It is done by two different types of bone reduction techniques, jaw Read More…
Background: A custom jawline implant is the most powerful augmentation method of the lower third of the face. Its wrap around design changes the entire jawline in an angle-chin-ange distance. In essence the entire outer cortical border of the mandible is expanded. It is not surprising that its effect is more significant than three separate Read More…
Background: While the penis and scrotum lie in anatomic proximity, there is no aesthetic standard as to the size relationship between the two. While not described such a proportionate relationship between the two most certainly does exist although it is open to individual patient interpretation. A penis may be too ‘large’ for the size of Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation is the most common facial reshaping procedure behind rhinoplasty. While most chin augmentations are done by an implant due to its ‘simplicity’ and ease of the procedure, it is not appropriate for all types of chin augmentation. An implant works best for pure horizontal augmentation that are of moderate amounts of change. Read More…
Background: In pediatric craniofacial surgery one of the most known procedures is that of cranial vault reconstruction. Done for craniosynostosis and other severe congenital skull deformities, it involves the extensive removal of misshapen skull bones and their immediate reconstruction in infants and very young children. The success of these procedures is based on the remarkable Read More…
Background: The shape of the tip of the nose is controlled by its underlying cartilaginous structure. Between the caudal end of the septum and the paired overlying lower alar cartilages, the shape of the tip of the nose and the nostrils are formed. Given the many variances of the size of these cartilage and how Read More…
Background: Aesthetic augmentation of temporal hollowing, like most forms of facial augmentation, is most commonly done using injectable fillers and fat. This is certainly appropriate given that temporal hollowing is a soft tissue deformity and not as a result of a bone defect or deficiency. While different forms of such injectates exists and their advantages Read More…
Background: Cartilage grafting is an essential element of many rhinoplasties. Such cartilage grafts are used for two main purposes, structural support and augmentation. For most structural support needs (e.g., columellar strut, spreader grafts) the septal harvest site is usually adequate which may be supplemented by ear grafts. These graft harvest sites are also adequate for Read More…
Background: In the effort to create a more defined face on the younger patient, the combination of skeletal augmentation and soft tissue reduction remains the main efforts to do so. While there are different ways to consider augmenting the facial bones, the definitive, most powerful and long-lasting are implants that push the soft tissues off 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...