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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...
Facial lipoatrophy is a well known condition where fat is lost in the face. This occurs at both the subcutaneous level as well as to the deeper buccal fat pad in particular. There are multiple causes and degrees of presentations of it. In its most severe form (often called a level 5 facial lipoatrophy) the Read More…
The desire for reduction of the width or convexity of the side of the head is mainly seen in men with short hair or a shaved head. While it is commonly perceived that this is a bone problem and only correctable through its reduction, this is anatomically erroneous. The more definitive and scar free method Read More…
Chin reduction can be done by a variety of surgical techniques which fundamentally separate into two basic approaches. The superior intraoral approach offers either an outer cortical burring technique (2D) or an inverted t-shaped osteotomy (3D) for chin size reduction. The inferior submental approach provides access to do bone shaving/removal in all three dimensions of Read More…
Jaw angle implants are most commonly placed through an intraoral approach without visible external scars. With bilateral posterior vestibular incisions that are up out on the cheek opposite the 2nd molar tooth, subperiosteal dissection is done to elevate the masseter muscle off of the bone. Depending upon the type of jaw angle implant being used, Read More…
While custom jawline or jaw wraparound implants produce the most dramatic changes of the lower face, they face challenges in both their design and placement. How they should be best designed to achieve a patient’s desired jaw shape is both an art and a science. There are specific guidelines that I use based both on Read More…
While a custom jawline implant can provide an unparalleled amount of lower facial change, it must be able to be inserted in an effective manner with good positioning and the creation of minimal scar in so doing. There are two methods to meet all of these criteria which will only work when the jawline implant Read More…
While permanent cheek augmentation can be effectively done using standard implants, such implant styles do not provide the type of cheek shape change that some patients seek. Cheek augmentation is a unique aesthetic challenge because of its unique dimensional structure which is not a classic projectional bony prominence with its interface with the anterior eye, Read More…
Cheek implants are a time-honored facial augmentation procedure that has been done almost as long as chin implants. With good patient and implant selection effective midface augmentation can be achieved. But the end result of cheek implant augmentation is only as good as the implant dimensions (shape and size) and its surgical placement. But even Read More…
Shoulder width reduction by reducing the length of the clavicle is a very effective upper body reshaping procedure. In a near 1:1 relationship with the amount of clavicle removed, the bideltoid width of the shoulders is reduced. The result is immediate and is unaffected by any swelling that occurs at the actual site of the Read More…
Fat grafting of the face is a very common plastic surgery procedure done to add or restore volume for a variety of aesthetic and reconstructive needs. There are a variety of techniques contained within fat grafting that are believed to affect the outcome. (how well the injected fat survives) How the fat is harvested, donor 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...