Category: plastic surgery case study | shoulder reduction

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…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Primary Repair of the Amputated Left Earlobe

Background: Reconstruction of the ear from traumatic injuries, cancer resections and congenital deformities has a long history of numerous techniques available to do so. But the hardest part of the ear to successfully create or rebuild is its smallest part, the lobule. This suspended piece of skin and fat lacks any cartilage support and its Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Major Macrotia Reductions Using a Combined Middle Ear and Earlobe Reductions

Background: Macrotia is an aesthetic ear condition where it appears too big. This usually refers to the height or length of the ear from top to bottom. (Top of the helical rim down to the bottom end of the earlobe) There are well known anthropometric measurements for men and women as to what the ear Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Reshaping the Male Bulbous Nasal Tip

Background: The male rhinoplasty patient usually requests several basic nose shape improvements. The most common ones are to have a straight dorsal line (hump removal), improve a low hanging nasal tip and/or achieving a slimmer nose particularly in the tip area. While there are variations in requesting these basic changes the broad, fat or wide Read More…

Technical Strategies – Single Incision Endoscopic Removal of Benign Forehead Masses

Solid masses of the forehead appear as round immobile protrusions. They are visually unavoidable given the broad surface area of the forehead. They start out as small discrete round bumps and then gradually over time get bigger. How big they get is uncertain but anywhere from a the size of an eraser to a quarter Read More…