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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: 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…
Background: The thin face is one in which the perception of the width to length ratio is disproportionate. This could be that the vertical length of the face is excessive by forehead or chin lengths even though the width of the face is normal. It could also be that the vertical facial length is normal Read More…
Background: While the cheeks are generally perceived as a mound-like shape of varying sizes below and to the side of the eye, it is anatomically more complex. It is a horizontally oriented bone where its main mass, the zygomatic body, serves as the interface between the orbital and sinus cavities and where three of the Read More…
Background: The skull has five basic bony surfaces. The forehead, top and back of the head are exclusively bone surfaces while the paired side of the head is covered by a thick muscular layer. (temporalis muscle) This anatomic difference has great relevance when it comes to performing various skull augmentation procedures. While placing a skull Read More…
Background: The historic and still acceptable method for total jawline augmentation is with the use of standard chin and jaw angle implants. The most common problem with the use of such standard implants is malposiiton of them affecting the symmetry of the result. But even when such chin and jaw angle implants are well placed Read More…
Background: Midface deficiencies are an interesting area of the face to augment as it is one of the few facial areas that has a significant concave shape to it. It also poses some anatomic issues with the prominent location of the infraorbital nerve. Traditionally midface augmentation was perceived as only being able to be effectively Read More…
Background: The desired shape of the chin can be very gender specific. Men often prefer a wider and even a more square chin shape. Conversely women usually prefer a more narrow chin shape and most contemporarily a tapered v-shape. While achieving a wider chin shape in men usually requires addition using an implant, attaining a Read More…
Background: The occipital knob is the protrusion of bone that occurs in the midline at the bottom of the back of the skull. Everyone has an occipital knob but it usually becomes much bigger and noticeable in some men. This may be due to the short hair that men have that makes it more noticeable Read More…
Background: Undereye hollows are a very common aesthetic concern. It occurs for a variety of anatomic reasons from fat atrophy/loss to skeletal deficiencies. The most common treatment is injectable fillers which can have good success but is not complication free. Irregularities and over/undercorrection are not uncommon post injection outcomes. But the one outcome issue that Read More…
Background: Lower jaw augmentation surgery is requested for a variety of aesthetic reasons. Most commonly patients are interested in improvement in their jaw shape, feeling that is weak or ill defined. While this is often perceived as being in the horizontal direction for the chin and at the width of the jaw angles, more patients 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...