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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...
A custom jawline implant is the most effective method for enhancing the skeletal structure of the lower third of the face. By having a connected implant that wraps around the entire jawline with dimensions that are predetermined by a computer design process, the most effective aesthetic jaw augmentation is achieved. But while a custom jawline Read More…
Thigh implants offer aesthetic augmentation of the upper leg through subfascial implant placement of the biceps femoris muscle. This is the single largest muscle of the anterior thigh and thus creates the best opportunity for increased thigh size and definition by alloplastic insertion. Like all implants it requires a method of pocket dissection that is Read More…
The labiomental fold is the natural indentation between the lower lip and the chin. It usually is about 1/3 the distance between the lip and chin, being closer to the lip than that of the chin. It represents the attachments of the mentalis muscle to the underlying bone (its origin) and is also reflective of Read More…
A custom jawline implant is the most powerful changer of the shape of the lower face. Because it creates a volumetric expansion of the entire bony surface of the lower jaw that is responsible for its external appearance, it can create jawline changes that are not capable from any other operation. Even a sagittal split Read More…
Rhinoplasty is capable of changing many features of the nose based on bone and cartilage manipulations. And while the shape of the nostrils is influenced by cartilage changes at the nasal tip, not all aspects of the appearance of the nostrils can be so changed. While the width of the nostrils is not necessarily influenced Read More…
Custom 3D implants are, by far, the most effective method for any form of aesthetic skull augmentation. By creating a preformed implant that has a presurgically chosen shape and thicknesses based on the patient’s actual bony skull anatomy and aesthetic desires, this removes the inaccuracies that naturally come from intraoperatively fashioned augmentations that are made Read More…
A custom jawline implant is the most effective and comprehensive approach to augmenting the lower third of the face. Its wraparound design creates a new lower jawline shape from angle to angle. It combines three components of the jawline, the chin, jaw angles and the connection between them, into one single implant. But what is Read More…
The shape of the eye is affected by numerous anatomic factors. One of these factors is the position of the inner and outer corners of the eye. Various eye shapes exist and the position of the outer corner of the eye relative to the horizontal position of the pupil and the inner corner of the Read More…
Cheek implants come in a variety of standard styles and sizes. While such midface implant options have been around for decades, they are not right for every patient’s aesthetic needs for both genders. In addition contemporary trends are seeing a shift in the type of midface augmentation results that some patient’s seek. Broader cheek coverages Read More…
Custom jawline implants offer the most effective method to reshape/augment the lower face. Covering the entire lower jaw from jaw angle to jaw angle they provide the largest single implant that can be done below the forehead. Its connectivity is one of its benefits in jawline augmentation. But the size and length of a custom 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...