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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 gummy smile is a well known aesthetic oral deformity where excessive gum show appears when smiling. The accepted amount of gum show when smiling is 1 to 2mms at most. Such gummy smile appearances can occur for two reasons, excessive maxillary vertical length and/or a hyperdynamic smile motion. (excessive upper lip pull) Vertical Read More…
Background: The face develops from paired brachial arches as an embryo which meet in the middle and fuse to form a complete paired face. This is a remarkably complex interaction and it is miraculous that to works as well as it does the vast majority of time in making a fairly symmetric face. But despite Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation is primarily about an increase in the horizontal dimension. This is why the vast majority of before and after results seen are only shown in the profile view. It is also why most preoperative imaging is also done in the side view as well. While one can have a debate about how Read More…
Background: The testicles in a male play both a functional and an aesthetic role. Their aesthetic role is diminished when a testicle is lost or missing and is the main reason testicular implants were developed. The placement of testicle implants into a lost space poses no ‘occupancy’ problems since they are filling a previously occupied Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty is the autologous option for chin augmentation that has both its advocates and advantages in the properly selected patient. In the ‘average’ chin augmentation patient, where horizontal augmentation is the need, it completes with chin implants and the decision between the two must be carefully considered by the patient. When the Read More…
Background: The position of he corners of the mouth are a balance between numerous muscle attachments. These muscles include the levator angle oris, the zygomaticus, the orbicularis oris and the depressor angle oris. Activation of these muscle produces different effects on the mouth corners either pulling it up, down, or out to the sides. While Read More…
Background: Lack of adequate development of the midface is a not uncommon facial developmental deformity and is most commonly seen in certain ethnicities. In its most significant form combined orthodontic-orthognathic surgery approaches are needed to treat both the functional and aesthetic sequelae from a midface that lacks adequate forward projection. Far more commonly are natural Read More…
Background: The back of the head is frequently called the occiput or occipital region of the skull. While there is anatomic truth in that statement, it is a bit overstated. The occipital bone actually only makes up the lower central area of the back of the head with its superior borders being the inverted v-pattern Read More…
Background: The dominant feature of the back of the head that is rarely seen is that of the inion. This small protrusion of bone emanates from the underside of the mid-occipital bone and exists as a source of musculoligamentous attachments. It exists in both men and women and is of variable sizes. When it becomes Read More…
Background: The ear is composed of a complex cartilage shape that accounts for much of its external appearance. The simplest shape of the cartilage, the auriculocephalic angle, happens to be the one that is the most requested ear shape change and the most commonly performed aesthetic surgery. (setback otoplasty) The auriculocephalic angle is defined by 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...