Category: facial implants | jawline reshaping | plastic surgery case study

Case Study: Female Jawline Implant Augmentation

Background: An underdeveloped jaw or mandible has been historically treated by chin and jaw angle implants. A chin implant enhances the front part of the jaw while jaw angle implants augment the posterior part of the jaw. While these types of facial implants are tremendously effective at augmenting the two obvious prominences of the jaw, Read More…

Case Study: Lateral Corticotomy Jaw Angle Reduction

Background: The frontal view of the face allows one to see its width from the forehead down to the jawline. This width and its proportion to the length of the face helps create an overall facial shape. It is generally acknowledged that there are seven basic facial shapes which for women an oval shape is Read More…

Case Study: Surgical Rejuvenation of the Aging Mouth

Background: Aging affects all parts of the face and the mouth area is no exception. The changes of the lips and the perioral tissues are classic and include thinning of the lips, downturning of the corners of the mouth and the development of vertical lip lines. These central facial aging changes are unaffected by more Read More…

Case Study: Tummy Tuck for the Double Roll Abdominal Deformity

Background: Tummy tucks are done for a wide variety of abdominal wall deformities. Whether it is a small lower pooch from pregnancies or a large overhanging pannus from a lifetime of weight gain (and some weight loss), tummy tucks are done in an almost customized fashion for each patient. The location and extent of Read More…

Case Study: Tissue Expansion in Scalp Reconstruction

Background: The scalp is exposed to a wide variety of traumatic and disease processes which can result in small to large lost segments. While smaller scalp defects can be closed by subgaleal mobilization and stretching to a moderately tight closure, defects beyond a few cms can not be so simply closed with hair-bearing scalp. Scalp Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study: Rim Resection Method of Earlobe Reduction

Background: The earlobe is a part of the ear that is best known as a site of adornment by the placement of jewelry. It is rarely thought of as a body structure that ages or sags. But the earlobe is the only part of the ear that is not supported by cartilage, it is composed Read More…

Case Study: Mega Abdominal Scar Revision

Background: Abdominal wall disruptions and deformities occur from a wide variety of problems. But infection from traumatic injury, surgery or a bowel-related disease process can produce a devastating and life-threatening abdominal wound problem due to having to be packed open. Once the infection is cleared, the open abdominal wound can usually be secondarily closed once Read More…

Case Study: Shaped Breast Implant Augmentation

Background: When women consider breast augmentation, they understandably spent an enormous amount of time focusing on the size of the implanted result. Along with that assessment comes the consideration of the breast shape which they assume comes from the effect of the implant. While this is somewhat true, there is also a strong influence of Read More…

Case Study: The Injectable Rhinoplasty

Background: The use of injectable fillers has revolutionized the whole approach to facial rejuvenation, particularly for the early aging patient. It is no surprise that their ease of injection and immediate volumetric effects has led to their use for structural facial changes such as chin augmentation. Such use has even been extended to nose reshaping Read More…

Case Study: Jaw Angle Augmentation in Facial Asymmetry Correction

Background: Facial asymmetry can occur from a wide variety of bone and soft tissue deficiencies or even, more uncommonly, overgrowths. (hypertrophy) One of the most common components of facial asymmetry occurs in the jawline of the lower face. Growth abnormalities emanate from the rami of the mandible, the meeting point of the vertical and Read More…