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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...
Deviations of the nose are common and can involve any of its osteocartilaginous structures. One such deviated component is that of the columella, the strip of skin at the bottom of the nose that separates the two nostrils. It overlies the end of the cartilaginous septum which separates the two sides of the internal nasal Read More…
Rib removal surgery is the internal framework modification approach for waistline reduction/narrowing. While much focus is on the removal or changes in shape of the lower ribcage, particularly the unattached #11 and 12 ribs, there are other tissue reductions that are done as well. At least this is true in the rib removal approach but Read More…
While the incidence of infection in facial implants is fairly low, 1% to 2%, it is not zero. The definitive treatment for any facial implant infection is removal. This works 100% of the time for a successful resolution of the infection. But more times than not the patient will want an implant eventually replaced whether Read More…
Glabellar wrinkling is a well known aesthetic forehead deformity caused by the action of the procerus and corrugator muscles. Better known as the ‘11s’ it usually appears as a pair of vertical wrinkle lines between the eyebrows which can also appear as a single or even triple line. Usually it is treated quite effectively by Read More…
The temporal region of the head is an historically overlooked and under appreciated area of aesthetic augmentation. Standard temporal implants have become available in the past ten years for the permanent treatment of temporal hollowing. But this area of the temples is limited to the anterior or non-hair bearing region by the sides of the Read More…
Intramuscular buttock implants is viewed in the U.S. as the most successful long term implant buttock augmentation method. Despite the reduction in complications with this pocket location, as opposed to that of the subfascial, it is still not popular or commonly done amongst plastic surgeons. The reason is that the anatomic dissection is not easy Read More…
Custom implants are the most effective strategy for achieving any significant skull augmentation effects. One of their most common uses is for improving the shape of the flat or asymmetric back of the head due to plagiocephaly or brachycephaly. Such custom skull implants are done in both males and females in equal proportions. While the Read More…
Of all the custom facial implants that are commonly used the infraorbital-malar (IOM) implant design is one of the most popular. It augments a skeletal unit of the face that is uniquely different from its separate parts of the cheek and infraorbital rim. As an implant that combines these two adjacent anatomic regions together it Read More…
There are a variety of dimensional changes that can be done to the bone of the chin to changer it’s shape. Historically moving the chin bone forward for horizontal augmentation and/or dropping it down for vertical elongation were the primary movements done. But the popularity of V-line surgery has introduced a new type of chin Read More…
The custom jawline implant is the definitive 3D method of reshaping the lower face. With a predetermined design made to fit the patient’s anatomy on an individual basis its effects are far more aesthetically powerful than any use of standard jaw implants. But the preoperative design is a best guess estimate of what the patient 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...