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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: There are many different body locations where various types of lifts are performed for loose/excessive skin. Familiar lifts include procedures such as tummy tucks and brachioplasties. (arm lifts) The need for these lifts usually comes from weight loss and aging. No matter where on the body the lift is performed it involves an excisional Read More…
Background: In aesthetic jaw augmentation the most common approaches are purely implant-based. Using either standard chin and jaw angle implants or a custom wraparound implant the entire jawline can be augmented. The only autologous jaw augmentation method is for the chin with a sliding genioplasty. So another complete jaw augmentation method is to combine a Read More…
Background: Lengthening of the lower face can be done by an implant or an osteotomy. The difference between the two lies in both surgical technique as well as outcome. The soft tissue chin pad is the key anatomic factor that makes the difference. With an implant the soft tissue chin pad must be completely detached Read More…
Background: Chin implants are the most common form of aesthetic facial augmentation and have been used ion various forms for more than a half century. Despite their frequent use by a wide variety of surgeons there remain numerous misconceptions about their placement, implant selection and the biologic response to them. This particular case study helps Read More…
Background: The skull has five surfaces which all connect to each other to create a wide variety of head shapes. While three of the skull surfaces are purely bone in composition (front, top and back) the side of the head is a combination of bone and muscle. The dimension that the side of the head Read More…
Background: One technique of testicular enhancement is known as a side by side displacement method. In this approach testicle implants are placed below the existing testicles in the scrotum which, by by their size, becomes the dominant structure seen…hiding or displacing the smaller natural testicles. An approach which on the surface seems unlikely to work Read More…
Background: An aesthetic concern of the upper third of the face that has a vascular basis are prominent temporal arteries. Often confused as being veins prominent temporal arteries create an irregular serpiginous pathway across the temples into the forehead. Temporal veins do exist but they are straighter and look distinctly different. They can occur in Read More…
Background: The ‘debate’ between an implant and the sliding genioplasty for chin augmentation is an historic one and is often influenced by surgical specialty and patient preference. This debate can be largely irrelevant in modest chin augmentations where their aesthetic effects are more similar. But their aesthetic benefits begin to differ when the anatomic makeup Read More…
Background: Facial asymmetries often have a contributing bony basis to them whether they are developmental, traumatic or pathologic in origin. One extremely unique cause of facial asymmetry is Parry-Romberg syndrome also known as craniofacial linear scleroderma. In this well known but biologically not yet understood syndrome atrophy of the facial soft tissue starts usually along Read More…
Background: Midface augmentation is a common aesthetic requested procedure done today by either injectable fillers or implants. But no matter how the augmentation is performed it is really a ‘spot’ technique which focuses on specific midface areas like the cheeks and undereyes which are common areas of aesthetic deficiencies. Available off the shelf implants clearly 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...