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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: Custom skull implants provide a new method for changing the shape of the head through their ability to add volume in a controlled preoperatively designed fashion. By definition this makes the scalp tighter. That is certainly true initially although some scalp relaxation undoubtably occurs later. This is well known to me as some skull Read More…
Background: The projection of the forehead plays a significant role in the appearance of the upper third of the face. If it is sloped too far backward, it will make the brows appear more prominent and create a high or elongated hairline. If it is too far forward it appears too prominent and oversized for Read More…
Background: The shape of faces is influenced by the genetics of one’s ethnicity. This is well known and seen in the recognized major ethnicities around the world. In the Asian face, for example, the proclivity is for more width then projection in the entire craniofacial skeleton. This is evidenced in the tremendous popularity of the Read More…
Background: Correction of chin deformities is based on what dimensions of it need to be changed. The most common chin deficiency is horizontal for which either an implant or a sliding genioplasty is used to treat it. It may or may not be accompanied with a vertical deficiency as well. One of the least common Read More…
Background: Osteomas are well known benign bony growths which can occur from within, on or even outside of the bone in the surrounding soft tissues. In the craniofacial skeleton, osteomas usually occur as a peripheral lesion arising from the periosteum. While there are multiple etiologies for them the most recognized is that of trauma. The Read More…
Background: Flatness on one side of the back of the head is known as occipital plagiocephaly and can occur for a variety or reasons. In utero positioning and infant sleep positions are two of the most common etiologies. Regardless of its cause its presence is of aesthetic significance only when seen in an adult. While Read More…
Background: At its most simplistic level, aesthetic skull augmentation uses an implant to push off the outer bony cortex to create an overlying soft tissue expansion the scalp. Like every form of aesthetic face and body augmentation the ability of the soft tissues to stretch and be displaced outward is ultimately what creates the change Read More…
Background: The well known sagittal split ramus osteotomy of the mandible provides a change in the position of the tooth-bearing portion of the lower jaw. It can move the lower jaw forward or back in the sagittal direction. It is not infrequently done in conjunction with a sliding genioplasty, another sagittal type osteotomy that is Read More…
Background: Total skull augmentation, or enlargement of the entire head, is an uncommon procedure amongst all types of skull reshaping procedures. Almost always expanding the outer surface of the skull in a near 180 degree manner requires a first stage scalp expansion procedure to ensure a competent scalp incision closure. A prior skull augmentation procedure Read More…
Background: Implants are the alternative to fat grafting to the buttocks (Brazilian Butt Lift or BBL) when the patient either does not have enough fat to harvest or has had a failed BBL procedure. When placing buttock implants the decisions to be made are pocket location and implant size…although the former controls the latter. Meaning 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...