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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 well known sliding genioplasty procedure can provide multi-dimensional changes to the projection of the chin. With a downfractured and mobile inferior chin segment, it can freely be positioned ‘out into space’ to accomplish the desired chin augmentation effect provided that rigid fixation is used to hold it there. But with that downfractured chin Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation by a siding genioplasty typically focuses on the amount of horizontal augmentation the patient desires. But one advantage of the sliding genioplasty over a chin implant is the ability to also adjust the vertical chin length. It can be used to vertically shorten or lengthen the chin. In doing so, particularly in Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation for many patients can largely be a one dimensional operation. For those who do not need any vertical change (lengthening or shortening) and width is not a significant concern, then the amount of horizontal augmentation desired in profile becomes the goal and measure of success of the surgery. Regardless of how the Read More…
Background: Chin implants in females are commonly performed but must take into consideration how their aesthetic objectives differ from men. Chin augmentation is often made too dimensionally simplistic by just looking at the patient’s profile and making all decisions based on how much projection is being created. The change that occurs in the frontal view Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty for aesthetic chin augmentation has numerous advantages. It is an autologous procedure meaning that its risk of infection is rare. Once healed no long-term postoperative complications can usually occur from the bone. Also since it is done intraorally it has no visible scar. Like all operations, however, it has its own Read More…
Background: Aesthetic enhancement of the lower jaw, also known as jawline augmentation, can be done by several different methods. For the sake of clarification, jaw augmentation means more than just chin augmentation. It means enlargement of the entire inferolateral border of the mandible from one jaw angle across the chin to the other jaw angle. Read More…
Background: While the techniques for chin augmentation between men and women are similar, the flavor of the facial reshaping change is different. While most men favor a strong projected lower third of the face, most women opt for a somewhat softer chin projection. The classic bringing the chin projection out to a vertical line dropped Read More…
The sliding genioplasty is a commonly performed method of chin augmentation. Its value is two-fold, it is an autologous technique that uses the patient’s own bone and it is has multidimensional effects. It is not a perfect chin augmentation technique (neither is a chin implant) that has its own limitations. It is not a great Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty for chin augmentation is a procedure that requires a greater commitment from the patient than a chin implant. This is from the perspective of reversibility or modification, it is harder to secondarily change its position than that of an implant. But in actuality it is no harder than the original procedure Read More…
Chin augmentation, whether by an implant or a sliding genioplasty, is one of the most commonly performed facial reshaping procedures. While it has many benefits it has one potential aesthetic liability…deepening of the labiomental fold. It is not a question of whether this will occur after chin augmentation but whether it will be significant or 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...