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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...
On Halloween today I was performing a custom skull implant for a female for crown skull augmentation and the pattern of the scalp incision used looked familiar and appropriate for this day. The scalp incision seemed similar to that of a Jack O’Lantern’s smile. Its irregular and jagged appearance was reminiscent of a shape Read More…
Background: The back of the head can have a variety of contour deformities. One such deformity is that of excessive protrusion. This is where the back of the head exceeds what would be considered a normal convex curve. While there is no exact numerical measurement to determine what is or is not excessive, it is Read More…
Background: The back of the head, known as the occiput, has many attachments and features as it encircles the foramen magnum inferiorly and ascends superiorly to become more visible. At its more superior basilar part there has numerous horizontal bony lines which represent attachments of ligaments and muscles. In the middle of these bony lines Read More…
Aging presumably affects every structure of the body to some degree which generally involves some loss of structure. This has become elucidated in the face over the pas decade where bone loss occurs throughout the facial skeleton and contributes to the overlying soft tissue laxity that develops. In the September 2018 issue of the Aesthetic Read More…
Background: The back of the head is exposed to numerous deforming forces both in utero as well as after birth. Given that laying on the back of the head is necessary to some degree in many non-vertical positions, the early influences of positioning in utero and early in the first year of life on soft Read More…
Background: Custom skull implants provide a new method for changing the shape of the head through their ability to add volume in a controlled preoperatively designed fashion. By definition this makes the scalp tighter. That is certainly true initially although some scalp relaxation undoubtably occurs later. This is well known to me as some skull Read More…
Background: Flatness on one side of the back of the head is known as occipital plagiocephaly and can occur for a variety or reasons. In utero positioning and infant sleep positions are two of the most common etiologies. Regardless of its cause its presence is of aesthetic significance only when seen in an adult. While Read More…
Background: At its most simplistic level, aesthetic skull augmentation uses an implant to push off the outer bony cortex to create an overlying soft tissue expansion the scalp. Like every form of aesthetic face and body augmentation the ability of the soft tissues to stretch and be displaced outward is ultimately what creates the change Read More…
Background: Total skull augmentation, or enlargement of the entire head, is an uncommon procedure amongst all types of skull reshaping procedures. Almost always expanding the outer surface of the skull in a near 180 degree manner requires a first stage scalp expansion procedure to ensure a competent scalp incision closure. A prior skull augmentation procedure Read More…
Skull reshaping entails a variety of different procedures to effect minor to major head reshaping. Such procedures can fundamentally be divided into either augmentative or reductive surgery. Skull reduction procedures mainly involve bone but can also include soft tissue as well in some cases. One such skull area is that of the parietal eminence. This 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...