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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Large Testicle Implant Replacements To Treat The 4 Pac Standard Testicle Implant Scrotal Appearance

Background: In penile enlargements it is not uncommon to augment the underlying scrotum either at the same time or secondarily to maintain penile-scrotal proportions. In testicular size enhancements there are two different implant approaches, side by side and some form of wrap around implant. Each has their advantages and disadvantages and neither approach is perfect. Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Buttock Enlargement with Intramuscular Buttock Implants

Background: Buttock augmentation is most commonly performed by fat injections, reserving implants for non-candidates or inadequate BBL results. While these buttock enhancement approaches apply to both women and men there are some gender differences. While men can do like women synthetic fillers and fat injections they often are less tolerant of procedures that require multiple Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Aesthetic Reduction of the Metopic Midline Forehead Ridge

Background: The metopic suture runs down the midline on the frontal bone of the forehead. At its back end is the bregma where it intersects with the transverse coronal sutures. At its front end it intersects with the nasal bones. Its function in the neonate is to facilitate passage through the birth canal by allowing Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Maximal Torso Narrowing with the Vertical Backlift after BBL and Rib Removal Surgeries

Background: Traditional procedures for making a better waistline or more shapely torso include liposuction and certain excisional procedures like a tummy tuck. These are removal and discard surgeries. A more recent and extremely popular torso reshaping option is BBL surgery or the Brazilian Butt Lift. This is a tissue recycling procedure in which fat is Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Solving the Four Pack Testicle Enhancement Result with New Larger Custom Testicle Implants

Background: Testicular enhancement is a different implant technique than testicular replacement. In the latter the implant acts to replace a testicle that has been lost. Conversely in testicular enhancement the native testicles remain present nd the goal is to make them appear bigger. To do so two methods exist, a wrap around implant and a Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Long Term Results of Rib Removal Waistline Narrowing Surgery with Segmental Rib #10 Resection

Background: Rib removal is a head of but often not understood procedure. The bottom end of the ribcage are the free floating ribs #11 and #12. Because of this lack of distal attachments that angle down much more significantly than the attached ribs above it. These lack of subcostal/sternal attachments indicates that they do not Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Vertical Chin Lengthening with a Grafted Opening Wedge Genioplasty

Background: The most common chin augmentation requested change s horizontal, increasing its forward projection. This is understandable given that many patients seek improvement of their chin recession. But not all chin recessions are completely horizontal in nature. Vertical chin deficiencies also exist and can occur as a stand alone dimensional deficiency or, more commonly, Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Temporal and Lateral Facial Implants for Facial Lipoatrophy

Background: Soft tissue atrophy of the face most commonly occurs due to aging or weight loss. There are also some well known medical conditions that also can cause it. This atrophy is primarily fat-related and most significantly affects the temporal and cheek areas where the largest subcutaneous and compartmentalized fat exists. Whatever the cause the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Female Custom Brow Bone Implant Replacement

Background: Brow bone augmentation is most commonly requested by men for understandable reasons. A stronger more projecting brow bone in the upper third of the face creates an enhanced masculine appearance. Conversely in females a softer brow bone appearance is desired with lack of any visible brow bone prominences particularly in the inner half of Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Female Custom XL Cheek Implant Replacements

Background: Cheek implants, while having been used clinically for a long time, pose challenges in both determining their aesthetic effects as well as their surgical placement. While seemingly simple in both regards cheek augmentation lessons are often learned from the initial placement of standard implants. In such situations the standard cheek implant serves as a Read More…