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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 most common dimensional need for many chin augmentations is in the horizontal direction. But the most overlooked dimensional need in chin augmentation is vertical. For some patients the horizontal increase is enough to produce the slight vertical increase that is needed with the forward roll of the soft tissue chin pad. But for Read More…
Background: Chin implants come in a wide variety of styles, sizes and materials. Much is made of the implant material by some surgeons and patients based on the perception that the materials create significantly different biologic behaviors. And while there are some tissue adhesion differences between the materials, the biologic response of any material is Read More…
Background: Major skull augmentations are most commonly requested in females. The maximum point of projection is almost always over the crown of the skull with the intent of creating a large internal ‘bumpit’. To create such a skull augmentation requires two essential ingredients…an implant method to create it and the scalp laxity to cover it. Read More…
Background: The traditional approach to total jawline augmentation is with the use of standard chin and jaw angle implants. Most commonly a chin implant is done first and then the patient ‘graduates’ to jaw angle implants later with the realization that what lies behind the chin implant now looks deficient as well. In less common Read More…
Background: The shape of the chin in all views is a combination of the the bone and the enveloping soft tissue chin pad. Typically there is a confluent appearance of the chin as the soft tissue chin pad is tightly adherent to the bone through ligamentous and muscular attachments. But the there are certain clinical Read More…
Background: There is a classic debate that occurs in chin augmentation as to whether it should be done by an implant or moving the chin bone. There are a lot of factors that go into that decision for each patient from an emotional preference to cost and recovery. But all of those issues aside one Read More…
Background: While standard chin and jaw angle implants have their role to play in lower facial augmentation, there is no comparison to what a total jawline implant can do. As the name implies, it differs because it creates a line of augmentation along the entire border surface area of the lower jaw. In effect think Read More…
Background: Augmentation of the legs is traditionally done by calf implants. They are the only FDA-approved standard leg implants that have existed…and will likely ever be. But that does not mean that other leg muscles can not be augmented but they have to be done on an individual custom designed basis. The lessons learned from Read More…
Background: The shape of the head is largely controlled by the contour and thickness of the various skull bones. The lone exception is the side of the head from the lateral orbital rim all the way to the back of the head on which the temporalis muscle runs. It is the thickness of this muscle Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation using an implant is the most common form of facial augmentation. It has been around for over a half century and is generally thought of a straightforward procedure with a high success rate. And this is true when it is applied for modest chin deficiencies that are associated with no significant lower 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...