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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: The appearance/size of the brow bones is a forehead feature that is usually very gender specific. Prominent brow bones is a verydistinct male trait and serves as the basis for why forehead reshaping is one of the most common facial feminization surgery procedures. Often lost in this surgery is that brow bone reductions are Read More…
Background: Structural waist reduction is synonymous with rib removal surgery. It is the next and last step beyond traditional soft tissue body contouring procedures. Rib removal exerts its effects by the combination of bone mass removal and the loss of thoracoabdominal muscle attachments. This allows the waistline to fall inward. How much it does so Read More…
Background: While facial feminization surgery (FFS) is now a recognized niche area of plastic surgery its counterpart, facial masculinization surgery (FMS) ,is less well known. While it has long been done in a limited fashion with some standard procedures. (e.g., chin augmentation) other procedures to specifically masculinize the face are less frequently performed or are Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty is a well known autologous form of chin augmentation. It is not as commonly performed as chin implants as it is a more invasive and has less controlled dimensional changes. But for the patient who wishes to avoid an implant it is the only other option an d has not long Read More…
Background: Prominent temporal arteries are an aesthetic issue that is the direct result of an abnormally enlarged but normal structure. Every one has a temporal branch off of the carotid artery which ascends vertically into the hair-bearing temporal region and then splits into a Y configuration. (now called the superficial temporal artery or STA) At Read More…
Background: Cheek implants have been around almost as long as chin implants for aesthetic facial augmentations. While over shadowed today in number of procedures performed by filler and fat injections they still have a valuable role to play in aesthetic facial enhancements due to their permanent effects. Their success is based on a variety of Read More…
Background: In aesthetic testicle implant enhancements custom implants are almost always needed. As the largest standard testicle implant is 5.0cms, any size larger requires a custom implant design. These custom implants are made of an ultrasoft solid testicle implant material whose softness is based on the durometer (cross-linking) of the material during manufacture. But as Read More…
Background: Skull defects can be reconstructed by a variety of methods from implants to grafts. If the patient prefers an autologous method then a bone graft is needed. Technically a bone graft could be obtained from a tissue bank (cadaveric or allograft bone) or from the patient themselves. But for a truly autologous bone graft Read More…
Background: The chin as a projecting facial structure has three dimensions. Of these dimensions horizontal projection is the most commonly seen and pursued by patients. Almost every chin implant is based on producing pure horizontal augmentation. The sliding bony genioplasty has fixation plates of various lengths that similarly are designed for increasing horizontal projection. A Read More…
Background: While men make up the majority of aesthetic jaw implant augmentation surgeries there are some females who undergo it as well. They difference is in the custom jawline implant design which obviously is less significant in size and angularity. It has more of an overall V-shaped design with a more tapered chin shape and 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...