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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Wraparound Testicle Implants Based on Ultrasound Measurements

Background: Testicular enhancement is a conceptually different procedure from testicular replacement. Replacement is a reconstructive procedure to implant a substitute for what has been lost. Enhancement is to enlarge the appearance of testicles that are intact…small but present. Both younger and older men present for testicular enhancement but often for slightly different reasons. The older Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Head Width Reduction with a Combination Temporal Muscle Transposition and Parietal Eminence Skull Reductions

Background: Treatment of the overly wide or convex head shape requires a temporal reduction procedure. The side of the head is known as the temporal region which has a large muscle component external to the thinner temporal bone underneath. It iswell known in temporal craniotomies for brain tumors and aneurysms that loss of temporal muscle Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Occipital Bun Reduction by a High Speed Burring Technique

Background: The occipital bone is the most posterior projection of the skull. It is a curved bone of which only its upper half is seen externally. Its lower half extends inferiorly beneath the thick neck muscles and provides the aperture for the spinal column. The upper half of the occipital bone has a superior border Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Surgical Technique for Anterior Sagittal Ridge Skull Reduction

Background: The top of the head typically has a smooth convex surface from the front view. While the midline is its highest point it has a gentle slope down to the temporal lines which serve a more acute change onto the side of the head. In the aesthetic peaked head shape the top of the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Clavicle Reduction Osteotomies (Shoulder Narrowing Surgery) in the Cis-Female Patient

Background: Shoulder reduction through clavicle reduction osteotomies can successfully reshape the outer appearance of the shoulders. It is most commonly requested in the transfemale patient where shoulder dysphoria can be significant. It has a high patient satisfaction rate andcomplication rates have been few. The need for secondary hardware removal has been limited to a handful Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Composite Soft Tissue Jaw Angles Implants for Correcting the Soft Tissue Contour Deformity From Masseteric Muscle Dehiscence

Background: The masseter muscle is one of major lower jaw soft tissue structure that not only contributes to its movement but adds width to the face as well. It has a broad origin along the zygomatic arch and narrows down into a triangular shape at its insertion point over the bony jaw angle. It attaches Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Increasing Midface Projection and Lift with XL Custom Cheek Implants

Background: Cheek implants have been used for female midface enhancement for decades. While injectable techniques have come to dominate cheek augmentation today the use of implants still have a useful role to play. Current standard implants are designed to create an anterior cheek fullness which varies in the level of apple cheek fullness that it Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Vertical Backlift Rib Removal for Waistline Narrowing Results

Background: Surgical reduction of the shape of the waistline is typically achieved by commonly performed procedures of liposuction and tummy tuck surgeries. But when the results from these procedures are insufficient or there is not enough fat or loose skin to undergo them, the last surgical procedure to consider is rib removal surgery. This is Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Secondary Custom Posterior Temporal Implants for Completion of a Head Widening Effect

Background: In the congenitally narrow head the sides appear not wide enough for the height of the skull. This is most easily seen in the forehead and anterior temporal area which appears ’pinched’ or indented. One’s hair may hide the rest of the narrow side of the head but it usually extends all the way Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Secondary Custom Chin and Jaw Angle Implant Overlays for Jawline Implant Enhancement

Background: The custom jawline implant offers a preoperative design approach to jaw augmentation. While exerting a potentially powerful effect the relationship between the implant’s design and its aesthetic effect is not completely predictable. A custom implant’s design is not yet an exact science. There is no current design software that can show exactly what the Read More…