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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: Chin implants are one of the most commonly performed facial reshaping surgeries. Like any form of facial reshaping surgery, however, its aesthetic success is dependent on the patient adapting to the structural change that has been done to their face. While techniques like preoperative computer imaging provide the patient with some insight into their Read More…
Background: The historic approach to aesthetic skull augmentations was with the use of bone cements. While still available today they have largely been replaced by custom skull implants in my practice due to their preoperative designs, superior augmentation effects and the ability to have them placed through small scalp incisions. The only exception to the Read More…
Background: Augmentation of the forehead can be done like any other facial bone. (technically the forehead is actually part of the skull) What is unique about forehead augmentation, particularly in the male patient, is the consideration of the brow bones which have a different shape and thickness. This consideration is also relevant for women but Read More…
Background: Like most facial structures the eyes must develop symmetrically both for functional and aesthetic reasons. Given the complexity of the anatomy that makes up the structures surrounding the eyeball, it is a marvel of embryology and developmental growth that the eye area develops as symmetric as it does most of the time. Between the Read More…
Background: The back of the head is composed of the occipital bone inferiorly and the parietal bone superiorly. While the back of the head is commonly referred to as the occiput, this anatomically only refers to the lower half of the back of he head. Because of the two different bones that make up the Read More…
Background: The intergluteal cleft is a well recognized feature of the buttocks and is more commonly known as the ‘butt crack’. It is the linear groove between the buttocks that extends from the top[ fo the sacrum down to the perineum. Anatomically it represents the medial border of the gluteus maximum muscle attachments to the Read More…
Background: V line surgery is a form of lower jaw reshaping that is largely a reductive procedure. It has gained popularity around the world as it reshapes the lower face into a more narrow one. It is far more commonly performed in women although some men with very large lower jaws undergo the procedure as Read More…
Background: Occipital plagiocephaly is the flattening that is seen on the back of one side of the head. It occurs more frequently on the right side of the back of the head than the left for reasons unknown in my experience. Since it is part of an overall cranioscoliosis the flattening effect can extend much Read More…
Chin reduction can be done in a variety of dimensions. What those dimensions are determines whether an intraoral or extra oral (submental) technique is used. Besides the bone dimensions consideration must also be given to how the enveloping soft tissues will respond to the reduction in bony support. One of the most interesting dimensions in Read More…
Background: The forehead is a non-conspicuous surface area other then the eyebrows. Between the frontal hairline and the eyebrows the forehead does not usually have any distinguishing features on its underlying bony surface. Eventually with age horizontal and vertical wrinkle lines will develop but these are soft tissue changes. Bumps on the forehead are particularly 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...