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Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Five Essential Steps in Sliding Genioplasty Surgery
The sliding genioplasty is a well known surgical procedure to...
Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Custom Skull Implant for Flat Back of The Head
Background: The shape of the skull has varying degrees of...
Background: An uncommon and under recognized aesthetic temporal deformity is that of prominent arteries. Occurring primarily in men, the anterior branch of the superficial temporal artery becomes dilated in size as it crosses superomedially into the forehead and scalp. Any vasodilator event such as heat, exercise and alcohol, makes the arteries even more prominent. Read More…
Background: One often unrecognized aesthetic deformity of the temporal region and forehead is that of an enlarged superficial temporal artery. (STA) This most commonly affects the anterior branch of the STA where it takes off from its Y-split from the posterior branch of the STA. However in men with very close cropped hair or Read More…
While the superficial temporal artery, a distal branch of the external carotid artery, is essential for providing blood flow to the temples and scalp. Based on its path northward into the scalp, it appears to be the terminal end of the external carotid artery. It splits in a well known Y-configuration above the ear Read More…
Background: Bulging arteries on the face occur exclusively in the temporal and forehead areas. This is because the path of the artery is the most superficial of all the major arteries on the face. Such facial arterial prominences also occur almost exclusively in men due to the increased size of the arteries and other Read More…
The superficial temporal artery (STA) is a branch of the facial artery that crosses in front of the ear and heads northward into the scalp. At a fairly predictable point above the ear it turns into a Y configuration with an anterior branches coursing across the forehead at it turns up into the scalp. Read More…
The development of visible temporal arteries in the forehead is not rare. Occurring almost exclusively in men, the frontal or anterior branch of the superficial temporal artery becomes dilated and its course up into the forehead becomes prominent. Often occurring after exercise, heat exposure or alcohol intake, the muscular walls if the artery dilate Read More…
Temporal artery ligation is traditionally a medical procedure done as a diagnostic procedure for temporal arteritis. In this procedure it is done at the edge of the temporal hairline through a cm. or large incision in which a section of the artery is removed and sent to pathology for histologic examination. Technically this procedure Read More…
Temporal artery ligation has been a surgical procedure done for decades. It has been historically used as a medical procedure to diagnose temporal arteritis as a biopsy technique. In this operation a section of the anterior branch of the superficial temporal artery is removed behind the front edge of the temporal hairline. More recently, Read More…
Prominent bulges in the temporal region are almost always caused by the temporal arteries. The superficial temporal artery comes off the facial artery in the neck and courses upward in front of the ear. Once it reaches a typical landmark point of 1 cm in front of the ear and 2 cms about that Read More…
Unaesthetic bulging vessels in the temporal region at the side of the forehead are caused by the anterior branch of the superficial temporal artery. Why it gets enlarged is not precisely known although it appears to occur almost exclusively in men. Its enlargement is clearly related to increased blood flow as the vessel becomes Read More…
Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Five Essential Steps in Sliding Genioplasty Surgery
The sliding genioplasty is a well known surgical procedure to...
Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Custom Skull Implant for Flat Back of The Head
Background: The shape of the skull has varying degrees of...