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Case Study: Male Lip Implant Augmentation

  Background: Lip augmentation is a popular procedure that is most commonly done with the use of injectable fillers. Any of the family of hyaluronic-acid based fillers offers an immediate improvement in which the material can be placed in a variety of lip locations to create both increased size and/or enhancement of various lip features. Read More…

Case Study: Extreme Chin Augmentation with Combined Osteotomy and Implant

  Background: Chin augmentation is a very common plastic surgery procedure that helps bring into balance the lower face with more projecting upper facial features. It is by far most commonly done with synthetic implants that provide varying amounts of increased horizontal projection as well as some width changes. Less frequently, sliding genioplasties (chin osteotomies) Read More…

Case Study: Rhinoplasty For Slimming The Wide Nose

  Background: Aesthetic nasal deformities come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. While plastic surgeons have anatomic terminology to describe these nasal deformities, patients refer to them in much simpler and more visually apparent descriptions. It is extremely common that a patient presents for a rhinoplasty that wants to improve their ‘fat nose’. Read More…

Case Study: Long-Term Scar Outcome From Arm Lifts

  Background: The arm lift, known technically as a brachioplasty, is the only skin tightening procedure that is done on the arm. Because of its long scar, it is an excisional procedure used almost exclusively in patients who have had a large amount of weight loss. Whether through bariatric surgery or by diet and exercise Read More…

Case Study: Jawline Enhancement in the Thin Male Face

  Background: A strong jawline is perceived as a sign of masculinity and is a commonly desired feature of some men. Using implants is the only way to create a well-defined jawline through the triple approach of chin and jaw angle implants. While these implants are available in different materials from various manufacturers, their most Read More…

Case Study: Correction of Bottomed Out Breast Implants

  Background: Breast augmentation surgery is mainly associated with the size and shape of the implant, understandably so given its influence on the result. But the implant must be expertly placed in just the right location to have it exert its best effect. That is not always easy given the great variances in breasts between Read More…

Case Study: Rhinoplasty for the Witch’s Nose Deformity

  Background: Noses have an incredible variety of shapes and are the most diverse and complex structural feature of the face. With over a dozen different anatomic facets to them, it is no wonder how different one’s nose is from another. But despite this structural diversity, there are several features of a nose that are Read More…

Case Study: Computer-Generated Implant Reconstruction of Zygomatic Arch Tumor

  Background: Facial bones frequently need to be reconstructed from tumor resection. The vast majority of facial tumors are malignant and require complex reconstructions due to the need for adequate margins and to withstand post-resection radiation treatments. Benign bony tumors of the facial bones is more uncommon and can be reconstructed more simply, using employing Read More…

Case Study: Forehead Reconstruction with Hydroxyapatite Cement

  Background: Loss of the frontal or forehead bone can occur for a variety of reasons, usually from depressed fractures or loss of a craniotomy flap from infection. With removal of the protective bone cover, the brain and its dural covering sit directly up against the skin not only creating an obvious depression but pulsating Read More…

Case Study: Rib Grafting for the Saddle Nose Deformity

  Background: The dorsal line of the nose, often referred to as the bridge, looks best in most people when it is straight from the top of the nose down to the tip. Disruptions of a straight dorsal line is one of the most common reasons people seek rhinoplasty, usually because a hump exists creating Read More…

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