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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: The development of the external ear is one of the most complex embryological features in the head and neck region. Its origin is from six mesenchymal proliferations of the 1st and 2nd pharyngeal arches, also known as the auricular hillocks, which initially appear at six weeks in utero and is fully formed by the Read More…
Background: Ample projection of the midface is determined by numerous bony and soft tissue landmarks. The most classic sign of a midface deficiency is an underbite. The more posterior positioning of the maxillary arch compared to the mandibular teeth can occur in isolation but often is also part of a more global midface deficiency. In Read More…
Background: The vertical length of the face is classically divided into thirds. The lower third of the face is defined by a linear measurement between the base of the nose and the bottom of the chin. While such measurements can easily be taken to determine if one has a short lower face, there are numerous Read More…
Background: There are many types of aesthetic facial asymmetries. The classic developmental ones are where one side of the face is smaller than the other side in the vertical dimension. (one side of the face can also be abnormally larger than the other side but this is fairly rare) In these commonly seen aesthetic asymmetries Read More…
Background: The buccal lipectomy is a well known facial defatting procedure that is commonly done. It is a dramatic procedure in that a discrete collection of fat is extracted from an incision inside the mouth. While it is a straightforward procedure to perform there are a lot of misconceptions about the procedure including what its Read More…
Background: While fat injections is the most popular form of buttock augmentation (BBL surgery) it is not the only one. When inadequate fat reserves exist for harvest or prior fat injections have had inadequate survival buttock implants are the alternative treatment. While once little used with a high rate of complications buttock implants have evolved Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty is a well known autologous chin augmentation procedure. Determining how much to move the mobilized chin bone forward requires some preoperative planning using computer imaging and linear facial measurements. But despite these preoperative planning efforts it is not an exact science. No one can precisely predict how the patient will interpret Read More…
Background: The scalp is essentially soft tissues stretch over a ‘beachball’. (skull) Because of its stretched out shape it is typically fairly tight. While everyone has some scalp laxity it is not particularly flexible or can be pushed around much. There are certain scalp circumstances, however, where greater scalp looseness occurs. One such circumstance is Read More…
Background: Plagiocephaly, or cranioscoliosis, affects the entire shape of the skull in a very predictable way. Depending upon the rotation of the developing head on a vertical axis (clockwise vs counter clockwise) the flat side of the back of the head creates protrusion on the same side on the front of the head. (forehead) Most Read More…
Background: The skull is prone to a wide variety of aesthetic shape deformities that are readily visible in the contemporary short hair or shaved head male. While many of these shape issues are random some do fall into general categories that have a very specific developmental cause. As a result I often see them with 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...