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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...
The most common surgical treatment today for sagging brows is the endoscopic browlift. As opposed to browlifts that involve long incisions and remove forehead or scalp tissue to create the lifting effect, the endoscopic technique uses minimal incisions and removes no tissue. It achieves a browlifting effect through a deep subperiosteal brow tissue release Read More…
Chin dimples are a not uncommon but anatomically perplexing facial feature. Sitting as a round central depression on the soft tissue chin pad, it serves no functional purpose other than a distinctive facial adornment. Like all facial dimples the cause has been shown to be caused by an underlying muscle deformity, specifically that of the Read More…
The use of calf implants to achieve improved fullness of the lower legs is the most reliable body contouring procedure of the lower legs. Calf augmentation is done for men that want to improve the overall size of their calf muscles. Women are often trying to put their calfs in better aesthetic balance to their Read More…
Aesthetic forehead augmentation to correct a sloped, irregular or deficient frontal bone can be done by a variety of materials placed on top of the bone. Having used every one of them, they each have their merits and each material type can be successfully used in experienced hands. But the forehead augmentation method that Read More…
Brow bone reduction can be done by two basic techniques. A burring reduction of the outer table of the frontal sinus wall is one option. The amount of reduction achieved will be limited by the thickness of the outer table bone which can be anywhere from 2 to 5mms. The other method of brow bone Read More…
Chin implants are the most common permanent method of facial augmentation. Chin implants of various materials have been used for almost fifty years. Whatever the material composition of the implant is and its shape and size, chin implants can be introduced from either a superior approach (intraoral mucosal incision) or from below. (submental skin incision) Read More…
Reduction of an undesired temporal convexity is becoming increasingly requested as it becomes aware that a procedure exists to do it. For a head that is too wide or convex above the ears, a technique has been developed to help narrow it. While such a temporal convexity is often perceived as being due to bone, Read More…
While individual chin and jaw angle implants make up the majority of lower facial augmentations, the use of custom jawline implants is steadily growing in use. Offering a total jawline approach, these wrap around implants cover the entire lower jaw from angle to angle crossing the chin anteriorly. No other implant approach can rival Read More…
Liposuction of the abdomen is the single most common body site in which fat is surgically extracted. Most people are happy with some reduction of their abdominal fullness with the hope of being as flat as they can possibly be. An overall better abdominal shape is the goal and most patients would define abdominal shaping Read More…
Brow bone reduction surgery is often done either for men with extreme prominences or as part of facial feminization surgery. The brow bones can be reduced by two basic methods, bone burring or an osteotomized bone flap. The thickness of the anterior frontal sinus wall and how much brow bone reduction is needed will determine 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...