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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...
While there is frequent debate about the need for screw fixation for facial implants, there really is no debate on their use when it comes to jaw angle implants. The jaw angle region is a difficult area to create an adequate subperiosteal pocket and the strong effects of masseter muscle contraction make for a high Read More…
A fundamental component of any lower facelift surgery are the incisions placed in and around the ear. These incisions do not completely encircle the ear but usually approximate about 75% of its perimeter. Through these incisions the skin flaps are raised and the SMAS flaps elevated for bidirectional facial tissue lifting. But regardless of the Read More…
Significant brow bone reduction requires more than a burring technique. The thickness of the bone over the frontal sinus is too thin to permit more than a few millimeters of brow bone reduction. A bone flap setback technique is the definitive brow bone reduction method. By removing the entire bone cover over the frontal sinus Read More…
Custom testicle implants are, by definition, implants that are both larger in size and composed of ultrasoft solid silicone. Such implants are usually in the size range of 6.0 to 7.5cm in size which are beyond standard sizes only available up to 5.0cms. In placing these larger testicle implants there are multiple technical details to Read More…
The endoscopic browlift is a well known upper facial rejuvenation procedure that has over twenty years of clinical experience. Rather than excising scalp or forehead skin the procedure achieves its effects through an epicranial shift. This means that the scalp is loosened from the brow bones all the way to he back of the head…which Read More…
Temporal implants provide a permanent volume enhancement of the natural and/or congenital hollowing that can occur by the side of the eye. Such implants are typically placed through a vertical incision at or behind the temporal hairline. As the procedure was originally described the incision was back in the temporal hairline. But my extensive experience Read More…
One of the adverse aesthetic side effects of any form of jaw angle surgery is that of masseteric muscle dehiscence. Because it is most commonly associated with implant placements (jaw angle and/or custom jawline implants) it is also known as ‘implant reveal’. It becomes most manifest in this aesthetic clinical situation because of the expanded Read More…
Chin implants can be introduced onto the chin bone through either an inferior submental skin or a superior intraoral incisional approach. There are surgeons who advocate for one or the other as well as there are advantages and disadvantages with the two implant introduction techniques. Both incisional access points are just different ways to accomplish Read More…
Of all the facial implants, jaw angle implants are the most challenging to accurately place. Whether it is a standard jaw angle implant or the jaw angle portion of a custom jawline implant getting the corner position of the implant (posterior-inferior angle) in the correct position is not easy or assured. This is so because Read More…
The sliding genioplasty is a well known chin augmentation procedure that achieves its effect without an implant. By moving the bony front end of the lower jaw the soft tissue chin pad is pushed forward increasing the projection of the lower face. While the sliding genioplasty has virtually none of the potential complications of an 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...