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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: Breasts that present for implant augmentation can have many different mound shapes and nipple-areolar positions. Many will respond quite favorably to the enlargement created by an implant and undesired mound shapes and nipple positions will be improved. But when breast ptosis exists implants alone will usually make their appearance worse even though they are Read More…
Background: The placement of breast implants can have several long term reasons for their removal and/or replacement. Implant failure due to disruption of the intact shell is the most common reason for replacement and will undoubtably happen to most women…eventually. Changes of the breast tissue on top of the augmented mound is another reason if Read More…
Background: The chin and neck are related more than just by anatomic proximity. The prominence or angularity of one affects the appearance of the other one. Aesthetically it is difficult to separate one from the other. A short chin makes the neck appears less defined. Conversely a neck that is more obtuse makes the chin/jawline Read More…
Background: Plagiocephaly is a common and most recognized developmental skull shape deformity. It is typically seen as a flattening on one side of the back of the head that wraps around the side onto the posterior temporal region. This is why the ear on the affected side is always displaced a bit more forward. In Read More…
Background: While the normal size range of the male testicle is known, there is no aesthetic relationship measurement between the size of the penis and that of the scrotum that hangs beneath it. Certainly the two create an overall aesthetic unit (penile-scrotal complex) but the exact proportionate relationship between the two has never been studied. Read More…
Background: The common nature of aesthetic chin augmentation, which often employs pure horizontal augmentation, makes it seem like a straightforward procedure. While this may be true in many chin augmentation patients, it speaks to what is the most overlooked/underdiagnosed aspect of chin augmentation …lack of vertical height. A vertically short lower chin can be hard Read More…
Background: The shape of the lower jawline is composed of many different components that is responsible for its overall shape. The corners of the lower jaw, chin and jaw angles, are the major contributors which together creates a triangulation effect that helps define its shape. Their visibility, or lack thereof, are what drives patients to Read More…
Background: The pursuit of a well defined jawline always involve some form of augmentation. Whether this is along the corners of the jaw (chin and jaw angles) or along the entire jawline, building it out is the key to seeing an improved lower facial structural appearance. But where to place these augmentations dimensionally is the Read More…
Background: The labiomental fold or sulcus only becomes aesthetically relevant when it is seen as too deep. Or what may happen to it when a chin augmentation procedure is considered. How to manage an undesirably deep labiomental fold is most commonly treated by injectable fillers or fat…which works well in most cases in the unoperated Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty is a versatile chin reshaping procedure that has as its main advantage being an autologous procedure. Cutting and moving one’s chin bone has a very low rate of infection (I have only seen one) and assured healing every time. (in my experience) Despite its more invasive nature it is a safe 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...