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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 skull is prone to a wide variety of aesthetic shape deformities that are readily visible in the contemporary short hair or shaved head male. While many of these shape issues are random some do fall into general categories that have a very specific developmental cause. As a result I often see them with Read More…
Background: Plagiocephaly is a well known congenital skull deformity that is best described as a cranioscoliosis effect. This simply means that the skull is rotated on his vertical axis resulting in a twisted appearance. This creates a classic skull shape seen as flat on one side of the back of the head (more severe) followed Read More…
Background: The skull is prone to developing undesired ‘lumps and bumps’ which are aesthetically bothersome because they disrupt an otherwise smooth head surface. Such bony protrusions are abnormally raised spot areas of bone that can be reduced by a direct burring approach. While not pathologic these type of skull protrusions represent overgrowths of normal outer Read More…
Treatment for varying degrees of flatness of the back of the head is the most common form of aesthetic skull augmentation. Done today using a custom design approach for the correction the optimal amount of back of head asymmetry and overall augmentation can be obtained. The relevant question with custom skull implants, now that the Read More…
Background: The shape of the bony skull is affected by many factors both in utero and after birth. The most common aesthetic skull deformity without question is that from the effects of plagiocephaly. Once one side of the back of the head remains flatter than the other after two years of age, it will remain Read More…
The peaked head shape is a specific type of aesthetic head deformity in which the midline of the skull is appreciably higher than that of the sides. This creates an inverted V-shape to the head in front view. Thus can be caused by an isolated high sagittal ridge, a normal sagittal ridge with parasagittal-temporal line Read More…
The desire for head widening can have several different meanings/objectives. It may refer to a widening of the side of the head that excludes that of the forehead, accurately described as temporal head widening. The other form of head widening is where it includes the side of the forehead and often the back end of Read More…
Background: One of the features of the male forehead is that it has a more backward slope than that of a female. How much of a backward slope that is acceptable is a matter of personal preference. But the location of the frontal hairline can influence the appearance of the forehead slope in profile. The Read More…
Background: The skull is prone to deformational forces during its development which can adversely affect its shape. While these effects can occur anywhere on the five surfaces of the skull they are most commonly seen on the back of the head. This is probably due to the neonate’s head’s position in utero and most certainly Read More…
In skull reshaping surgery one of the important fundamental procedures is skull reduction. Removing portions of prominent or excessive heights of the skull in various areas is commonly done. The key to skull reduction is never whether it can be done but rather can enough bone be removed to achieve a satisfactory result. This will 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...