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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 standard cheek implants can address most aesthetic cheek deficiencies, certain cheek augmentation needs require a custom implant approach. When the amount of augmentation size, surface area coverage or unusual anatomy/asymmetries exist, a 3D CT scan is needed to customize the implant designs to fulfill the patient’s aesthetic needs. While custom implants can provide a Read More…
The buccal lipectomy is a well known facial reshaping procedure to help slim the cheek area. This area of facial fat removal is unique because it does not require liposuction to do so. In fact it is the only facial and body area where the defatting is done by direct excision rather than vacuum aspiration Read More…
A facelift is the most recognizable facial rejuvenation procedure. While there are numerous versions of the operation a fundamental component of it is the placement of incisions in and around the ear. While these ear incisions provide access for tissue tightening and removal, their closure is also very important for determining the aesthetic outcome. Most Read More…
The sliding genioplasty for chin augmentation is a multidimensional procedure. While it is commonly perceived as a horizontal chin movement, and this is what it was originally designed to do, it can create greater dimensional changes than just horizontal. It can just as easily create vertical chin lengthening (or less so vertical chin shortening) and Read More…
Reduction of prominent jaw angles can be done by two different surgical techiques based on the dimensional changes needed. The most common technique in most Asian patients is a full thickness removal or bicortical removal of the jaw angle extending forward to the chin. The key to this full thickness bone cut is for it Read More…
The sliding genioplasty procedure is an effective method of horizontal and/or vertical chin augmentation changes. In doing so the natural shape of the chin bone is changed from a smooth convex side profile to a much different sharply angled step configuration. While this shape change does to affect its ability to heal, even though there Read More…
The use of a sliding genioplasty for chin reshaping dates back half a century and is the most recognized facial osteotomy procedure. Unlike jaw surgery which affects the tooth-bearing part of the jaw and introduces some restrictions with mouth opening, downfracturing the mandibular symphysis (chin) does not. The chin bone is the only true aesthetic Read More…
Unlike shoulder augmentation there is only one method to achieve shoulder width reduction. Shortening the length of the horizontally oriented clavicle bone allows the transverse width of the shoulders to move inward. This is done by performing a small segmental osteotomy at the inner third of the clavicle. Putting the two ends of the bone Read More…
Unlike the body the face has limited opportunities for fat removal. It is not that there is not fat in the face, as many fuller faces can attest, but that the ability to remove it is restricted by the numerous motor nerves that course through the face. Also unlike the body the largest reservoir of Read More…
Chin implants are the most common form of augmentation of the lower third of the face. Their use has been done for many decades and the implant design and materials to do so has evolved accordingly. Initially in the form of a soft small central implant placed into the soft tissue chin pad, chin implants 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...