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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...
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…
The development of postoperative infection is the main medical risk in most implant type surgeries. While the superior vascular supply to the face allows a lower risk of infection of implant placements in the face than in body implants, these procedures are still not infection free. This is particularly relevant when facial implants are placed Read More…
Treatment for varying degrees of flatness of the back of the head is the most common form of aesthetic skull augmentation. Done today using a custom design approach for the correction the optimal amount of back of head asymmetry and overall augmentation can be obtained. The relevant question with custom skull implants, now that the Read More…
Iatrogenic ptosis of the soft tissue chin pad can occur for several reasons. The most commons causes are when a chin implant is removed and not replaced or when intraoral chin reduction is done by burring or a setback genioplasty. Correction of the resultant drooping chin pad is done by several different methods of which Read More…
The concept of shoulder narrowing by removing a segment of the clavicle bone is straightforward. Since the clavicle is a horizontally oriented bone that keeps the shoulder from collapsing into the sternum, shortening its length will move the outer contour of the shoulders inward. And as a result there is a good correlation between the Read More…
There are many anatomic components that influence the shape of the eye. One of the most significant and commonly modified is that of the outer corner of the eye. The well known procedures of canthopexy and canthoplasty are widely used although there is frequent patient confusion as to the difference between them. At their most 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...