Category: plastic surgery case study | sliding genioplasty

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Female Subtotal Sliding Genioplasty Reversal

Background: The sliding genioplasty for chin augmentation is a procedure that requires a greater commitment from the patient than a chin implant. This is from the perspective of reversibility or modification, it is harder to secondarily change its position than that of an implant. But in actuality it is no harder than the original procedure Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Large Two-Piece Custom Skull Implant For Major Head Reshaping

Background: Large augmentative skull implants are indicated when there is a congenitally head shape deformity that lacks height as well as width. When these dimensional increases are significant such cases almost always requires a first stage scalp expansion or having had a prior skull implant in place. Despite the relatively large size of the implant Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Replacement of Standard Chin and Jaw Angle Implants and Bony Overgrowths with a Custom Jawline implant

Background: The historic and still commonly performed method of lower jaw augmentation is with the use of standard chin and jaw angle implants. Three in dependently placed implants on the bony corners of the lower face can effectively create a more visible or defined jawline. Barring any complications many implanted patients go on to live Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – The Sliding Genioplasty and Submental Liposuction Approach to the Very Short Female Chin Augmentation

Background: While chin augmentation is a commonly performed facial reshaping procedure, there are some basic concepts about it that can be overlooked. First, there are gender differences between what the ideal chin position may be. Too often this is overlooked in women who are far more likely to end up over corrected than under corrected. Read More…

The Fundamental Techniques in Cat Eye Reshaping Surgery

There are numerous types of eye reshaping of which the most commonly known and performed are rejuvenative in nature. Traditional blepharoplasties and browlift procedures are typically done in older patients and treat age-related periorbital changes of which the goal is to refresh one’s appearance and not really change it. Less commonly known and usually performed Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Combined Dorsal Implant and Cartilage Tip Rhinoplasty for Dorsocolumellar Augmentation in the African-American Nose

Background: One of the classic debates in augmentative rhinoplasty is whether it should be done by either an alloplastic or autogenous technique. This debate has gone on for many decades and the reality is that it is not really a debate at all. Rather it should be a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Temporal Reduction for Head Width Reshaping

Background: Reduction of the wide or convex head shape is most effectively done through muscle removal. The temporal muscle is quite large with its origins along the long temporal line of the skull from which it extends down into a funnel shape through which is passes under the zygomatic arch. Once under the arch this Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – The Saturn Custom Skull Implant for Female Back of the Head Augmentation

Background: Custom skull implants for the flat back of the head are one of the most frequently requested types of augmentative skull reshaping. They are very effective at achieving an improved back of the head shape whether it is for correction of asymmetry or for an enhanced contour. As long as the implant design does Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Two Piece Large Custom Skull Implant for a Fuller Wider Head Look

Background: Custom skull implants can be made in an endless number of designs and can treat a wide variety of head shape issues. Most custom skull implant designs come down to either partial or complete types. This relates to how much of the skull’s surface area is covered by the implant. Partial implant designs are Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Replacing Ancient Cheek Implants with New Custom Cheek Implants in the Older Female

Background: Cheek implants have been used for aesthetic facial augmentation for over fifty years. While the shape and numerous implant styles has changed over the years, the basic concepts of their placement remain the same. Through an intraoral approach a subperiosteal pocket is developed over the cheekbone where the implant is designed to sit. The Read More…