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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: A common method of aesthetic jaw augmentation in my practice, although not well known at all to many, is combining an osteotomy with implants. In this specific method a bony genioplasty is done for the anterior third of the jaw and custom implants are used for the remaining two-thirds of the jaw behind it. Read More…
Background: A midface deficiency affects the middle third of the face from the infraorbital rims down to the maxillary alveolus. In its classic presentation the patient has a class III malocclusion or underbite but that may not be evident if prior orthodontic correction and orthognathic surgery has been done. Despite a corrected occlusion the midface Read More…
Background: The shape of the head is controlled largely by the thickness and contours of the skull bones. While the skull is often perceived as being a uniform set of bones encasing the brain, it varies considerably across its five surfaces. (forehead, top of head, back of head and paired temporal regions) The back of Read More…
Background: Shoulder narrowing surgery is done in either transgender male to females or cis-females for shoulder dysphoria. Having done many such procedures at this point I have had the epiphany that the term ‘shoulder narrowing’ does not accurately describe what occurs. Because the clavicle is a lazy s-shaped bone with a horizontal orientation, a removal Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation is one of the most common aesthetic facial reshaping surgeries. The chin implant is used for many of these chin augmentation surgeries and is a powerful and effective treatment for most horizontal chin projection deficiencies. It is often called the most powerful facial reshaping procedure that can be performed in the shortest Read More…
Background: Brow bone reduction is most commonly known today because of transgender facial feminization surgery. While that patient population makes up the majority of brow bone reduction surgery today, it is a procedure that has also been used in cis-males as well. For the male with over developed brow bones due to excessive frontal sinus Read More…
Background: The shape of the back of the head is often overlooked when there is hair to cover it. But for men who have limited hair coverage or, even more relevantly a shaved head, the shape of the back of the head takes on almost as much aesthetic significance as the front of the head. Read More…
Background: The well known deltoid muscle creates the rounded contour of the shoulders. It has at least three main muscle bellies that cover the shoulder joint which originate along the clavicle and scapula and insert into the humerus of the upper arm. It receives its motor innervation from the axillary nerve which originates from cevical Read More…
Background: Asymmetries in the shape of the head are not uncommon and come in a wide variety of types. One not uncommon type is that which affects the side of the head and is most noticeable to the patient in the front view. One side of the head sticks out further than the other. Usually Read More…
Background: Vertical chin lengthening can be done by either an implant or a lengthening of the bone. While implants have limitations as to how much lengthening can be effectively done, osteotomies do not. While some surgeons feel that the amount of vertical chin lengthening needs to be limited this appears to be based on a 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...