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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 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…
Background: Skull implants represent a new type of aesthetic augmentation procedure in the ability to reshape one’s head. Just like any other face or body feature, however, there are gender specific types of changes that apply to the head as well. While women’s head shapes are overall smaller as would be expected, their bone thicknesses Read More…
Background: Excesses of the chin are commonly perceived as an over projection of bone which is easily seen in profile in the static position. (non-smiling) While this is true in many cases it is not always so. In uncommon cases the excess of the chin is primarily seen only in a dynamic state. (smiling) This Read More…
Background: Rhinoplasty is fundamentally about changing the structural support of the nose to effect an external shape change. But no matter how well the bone and cartilage structural support is changed to look like the desired shape, the overlying skin and how well it adapts to it becomes the arbitrator of the final result. This Read More…
Background: The webbed neck is a unique feature of certain genetic disorders. In its fullest expression prominent skin bands exist along the side of the neck with an associated low hairline. A line of hair can be seen to go along the webs at various distances down them. In lesser expressions of neck webbing, usually 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...