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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: Shoulder reshaping by changing the length of the clavicle is a new procedure for the treatment of various forms of shoulder dysphoria. It has been used far more commonly for shoulder narrowing than shoulder lengthening. Enough clinical cases for shoulder narrowing have been done that it has been shown that the procedure is safe Read More…
Background: The male forehead consist of two prominent features, the inferior brow bones and the forehead above them. When it comes to their appearance in profile the brow bones protrude further forward than the most projecting part of the forehead. The forehead sits behind the brow bones and has a slightly backward slope to it Read More…
Background: Cheek implants can have variable locations of placement over the cheek or zygomatic bone. But in many cases the placement of cheek implants will have their anterior or inferior located onto portions of the maxilla. Many times this is onto the thicker bone of the posterior maxillary buttresses and less frequently onto the thinner Read More…
Background: One of the determinants of an aesthetic face is good facial proportions. The most basic and well known of proportionate relationships is the facial thirds. In this assessment the face is divided into horizontal thirds. The upper 1//3s is from the hairline to the glabella, the middle 1/3is from the glabella to the subnasal Read More…
Background: One of the recognizable facial features is a web of skin that crosses the inner eye. (epicanthal fold) Such a fold of skin runs between the nose and the inner eyebrow.While small it creates a distinct eye appearance. Its presence is most commonly associated with the Asian face but this is not the only Read More…
Background: One of the most common congenital facial deformities is that of cleft lip and palate. While occurring in a diverse spectrum of presentations, at the most simplistic level cleft facial deformities can be divided into unilateral and bilateral clefts. What separates the bilateral cleft from unilateral ones is that the central lip segment (prolabium) Read More…
Background: Permanent aesthetic jaw augmentation can be done using either standard or custom designed implants. The use of standard chin and jaw angle implants has been around for over three decades and they have the advantages of lower cost and off-the-shelf availability for more immediate surgery. Their disadvantages are their aesthetic limitations with preset implant Read More…
Background: The wide side of the head aesthetic deformity refers to an increased convexity that is disproportionate to the height of the skull and face. These head shape concerns are almost exclusively male concerns because of their more common short hairstyles or shaved heads. With increased exposure the five surfaces of the head become more Read More…
Background: The shape of the face is controlled by many factors including its width and anterior/horizontal projection. When viewed in the middle facial third the facial shape is a function of cheek and maxillary forward growth vs the width of the cheek and zygomatic arches. In certain ethnicities the balance of the forward projection of Read More…
Background: Breast reduction is one the most common breast reshaping procedures for the patient with large symptomatic breasts. Its goals are to reduce and lift the large breast into a smaller better shape with the nipples more centered on the reshaped breast mound. This requires extensive skin incisions, skin flap undermining and breast tissue removal 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...