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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...
The 2nd most common aesthetic ear surgery is a setback otoplasty. (earlobe manipulations is #1) In this procedure the shape of cartilages are changed by a variety of techniques to lessen the distance of the ear from the side of the head. (decreased auriculocephalic angle) But no matter which technique(s) are used for the setback Read More…
Gynecomastia is a well known male breast tissue enlargement problem that appears in many different sizes. But the hallmark of gynecomastia is the very fibrous nature of the tissue with a distinct whitish appearance. While not a tissue mass that has a true capsule it is readily distinguished during surgery from the surrounding normal fatty Read More…
Lower eyelid retraction is when the vertical position of the lower eyelid is centrally shortened, creating excessive scleral show often associated with eye irritation as well. In its most severe form the lower lids and cheek tissue can look pulled down and the eye symptoms can be very significant. The most typical cause of lower Read More…
Mouth widening is a requested procedure when a patient feels it its disproportionately small/narrow to their face. The typical aesthetic measurement is where the mouth corners sit based on a vertical line dropped down from the pupil of the eye. When the mouth corner sits inside that line it is generally deemed that its width Read More…
The shape of the jawline can be changed by a variety of bone reshaping procedures. Some of these procedures are for augmentation purposes (sliding genioplasty, chin wing osteotomy) while others are for jaw reduction. (v line surgery) These technique are usually for an overall jaw size change, not necessarily changing its shape while keeping it Read More…
A flat back of the head is typically treated by skull augmentation, most commonly done by a custom implant design. In doing many of these back of head augmentations one quickly becomes aware that the location of the bone on the back of the head is much higher than almost anyone realizes. It does not Read More…
Custom skull implants provide an unparalleled ability to reshape the head when an augmentative effect is needed. Whether the implant augmentation is completely on bone or involves resting on the soft tissues on the side of the head, the ability of the implant to produce a smooth contour that blends into the surrounding skull surface’s Read More…
Temporal reduction is an effective strategy for reducing the width of the side of the head. The temporal region makes up the entire width of the head and is uniquely different from the rest of the skull. It is the only area of the skull in which a large muscle layer exists which contributes significantly Read More…
Augmentation of the central midface involves augmenting along the pyriform aperture bone that surrounds the nasal cavity. These include the options of premaxillary, paranasal or combined premaxillary-paranasal augmentations. Numerous materials and grafts have been used for these nasal base augmentations, all of which can be successful with good surgical technique and material/graft handling. One effective Read More…
Custom skull implant designs are the most effective approach to just about any aesthetic head augmentation problem. By using a preformed implant with a design based on the patient’s 3D skull CT scan the desired head shape change is more likely to be achieved than using older bone cement techniques where intraoperative hand shaping of 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...