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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...
Shouldering narrowing surgery is based on a straightforward premise of shortening the length of the clavicle on each side. Besides the length of the clavicle bone removed the success of the procedure is bases on satisfactory bone healing. Like bone fractures elective bone osteotomies can successfully heal if the two bone ends are held rigidly Read More…
Shoulder narrowing is now an established feminine body contouring surgery. It is conceptually straightforward in that a specific length of the clavicle bone is removed which brings the outer width of the shoulders in as well. While the concept is simple, its execution is not. Since this is an aesthetic surgery a small incision is Read More…
Custom skull implants are the most contemporary and effective method for correction of various flat spots on the head. One of the most common locations to do so is the back of the head which is the common affected skull region due to in utero and after birth head positioning. While there are limits as Read More…
The chin can be reshaped in a variety of well known bony maneuvers. The most common is projection increase via the classic sliding genioplasty using a horizontally angulated bony cut. The other now recognized bony chin reshaping is that of the mini V line surgery. This is a reductive procedure to reduce the width of Read More…
Facial asymmetries that more completely involve the whole face or just the upper half of the face create eyebrow asymmetries. Almost always the affected eyebrow is lower and may be associated with a lower tail of the brow bone and the upper eyelid as well. As a result, uplifting of the lower eyebrow is often Read More…
Development facial asymmetries are common and often involve more than just one facial structure.One of the structures often involved in more complete facial asymmetries is the corner of the mouth. The mouth corner is frequently in some facial asymmetries, usually in the 3 to 7mms range. This creates an obvious cant to the smile line. Read More…
The lateral canthoplasty is a well known procedure that has value in both reconstructive (e.g., ectropion) and aesthetic eyelid surgery. (e.g., cat eye surgery) While once originally described as reattaching the lateral canthal tendon to the periosteum inside the lateral orbital rim, it has evolved today to use a direct attachment to the bone using Read More…
Vertical lengthening of the chin is an interesting procedure that entails different considerations than traditional horizontal chin augmentation. It differs because the techniques to elongate the chin are not well known or used as the diagnosis of vertical chin deficiency is frequently overlooked. From a traditional standpoint vertical chin lengthening was perceived as only being Read More…
Temporal implants offer an assured volume increase in correction of aesthetic temporal hollowing. They are available in two styles, standard and extended. The extended temporal implant style was developed to offer a more complete temporal augmentation effect from the zygomatic arch up to the bony temporal line. Two thickness are available from thin (3mm) to Read More…
Thinning the face by fat removal has limited surgical options. The buccal lipectomy procedure is the most well known as it removes a discrete collection of mid facial fat that usually approximates 3 to 4ccs in volume from each side. But the buccal lipectomy is not the only facial fat sculpting procedure. The perioral. region 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...