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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...
Introduction Custom forehead implants are designed to enhance or reshape the forehead and brow region—often to achieve aesthetic balance or for gender-affirming purposes. These implants are individually fabricated from silicone or PEEK (polyether ether ketone) using a 3D CT scan of the patient’s skull, ensuring a precise fit that follows the natural contours of the Read More…
Pectoral implants remain the most effective option for male chest enhancement. While fat injections can add volume, they do not replicate true muscle definition. Instead, they often create a rounded, mound-like contour that lacks the masculine shape most patients desire. Because pectoral implants are placed beneath the pectoralis major muscle, they provide a direct augmentation Read More…
When the chin is lengthened through a surgical technique called vertical lengthening genioplasty, a small gap is created in the bone. A fixation plate and screws hold the new chin position securely in place and set the amount of lengthening. However, the plate itself does not determine whether the gap fills in with bone over Read More…
Aesthetic Augmentation of the Midface: Maxillary Implant Options Historically, midface enhancement has been achieved using commercially available, off-the-shelf cheek implants. These come in two primary styles: malar and submalar. Malar implants primarily augment the cheekbone itself. Submalar implants target the underside or concave area of the cheekbone, extending into the upper soft tissues of the Read More…
Reduction of wide cheeks can only be effectively achieved by moving the bone inward through osteotomies. Simply shaving the cheekbone is of limited value because it cannot adequately address the widest part of the cheekbone. Furthermore, the extensive soft tissue dissection required for shaving can lead to postoperative soft tissue sagging. The Concept of Bone Read More…
The occipital knob is a well known aesthetic skull deformity which falls into the category of more minor aesthetic skull reshaping surgery. It is easily recognizable as a midline protrusion on the back of the head at the lower end of the visible occipital bone. While it presents with varying degrees of severity it always Read More…
While facelift surgery has many variations in technique in its objective in most patients it is a neck-jowl lifting procedure. There are numerous deeper tissue manipulations (SMAS and deep plane) but a major component of the procedure is the location, or more importantly, the extent of the incisions used to perform the procedure. In the Read More…
Aesthetic skull augmentations today are most effectively done by a custom skull implant design. Gone are the days of the use of PMMA bone cements, which may be fine as an inlay method for skull bone defects which is their history. But PMMA bone cements is not a highly effective method as an onlay contouring Read More…
Cheek implants have a long clinical history most of which have been designed for females to create an apple cheek effect. This cheek augmentation outcome is created by having a cheek implant of which part of it is positioned below the cheekbone (zygomatic major) into the submalar space. This results in a rounded prominence which Read More…
Ultrasoft solid temporal implants are a permanent method of temporal augmentation. Placed on top of the muscle but under the deep temporal fascia the implant essentially augments the thickness of the muscle. To create different temporal augmentation effects a variety of temporal implant styles (standard vs extended) and thicknesses (4 and 6mm) exist. But even 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...