Background: Cheek implants have been around for nearly fifty years and their basic styles have largely remained the same. Malar, submalar and combinations thereof (aka shell implants) have been the mainstay of implant-based cheek augmentation which can be effective for many patients. In an otherwise normal volume face these implants work best in women and Read More... The post Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Custom Large Submalar Cheek Implant Replacements appeared first on Explore Plastic Surgery ..read more

Background: The most common form of cheek or midface augmentation is with the use of injectable materials. While fat is the most frequently used method of surgical injections as it is often performed along with other procedures, synthetic fillers even exceeds the use of fat because it is non-surgical. A wide variety of synthetic filler Read More... The post Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Infraorbital-Malar-Maxillary Implants for a Permanent Facial Augmentation Effect Based on Prior Radiesse Injectable Filler appeared first on Explore Plastic Surgery ..read more

Background: The forehead is the most visible part of the face and skull because of its large non-hair bearing surface area. While its coverage area is broad it does not have a flat shape nor does it have a completely vertical slope. In men the forehead usually has a slight backward angulation particularly at the Read More... The post Plastic Surgery Case Study – Secondary Custom Forehead Implant for Completion of Increasing Anteroposterior Skull Length appeared first on Explore Plastic Surgery ..read more

Background: Bony prominences of the skull can occur anywhere on its five surfaces in wide variety of shapes and sizes. But there are some consistent types of bony protrusions seen on each skull surface. These include sagittal crests on the top of the head, occipital buns and knobs on the back of the head, bossing Read More... The post Plastic Surgery Case Study – Multi-Surface Skull Reductions of Sagittal Crest and Occipital Ridges appeared first on Explore Plastic Surgery ..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... The post Technical Strategies – Longitiudinal LD Muscle Resection in Rib Removal Surgery for Waist Narrowing appeared first on Explore Plastic Surgery ..read more

While implants have been used to aesthetically augment the lower two-thirds of the face, less implant augmentations have been done in the upper third of the face in the forehead. The main reason, of course, is that there are historically no standard forehead implants available and part of the reason for this is that the Read More... The post Use of Custom PEEK Implants for Aesthetic Forehead Augmentations appeared first on Explore Plastic Surgery ..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... The post Technical Strategies – Preventing Recurrent Infection in Facial Implant Re-Insertions appeared first on Explore Plastic Surgery ..read more

Repositioning of the jaws is a well known method of treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with substantial forward movements. This works because the base of the tongue is pulled forward as dentoalveolar portion of the jaw moves forward and the soft palate similarly does so with the maxillary advancement. A smaller osteotomy on the lower Read More... The post Do Sliding Genioplasties Provide Any Oropharyngeal Airway Benefit? appeared first on Explore Plastic Surgery ..read more

Background: The most successful forms of significant aesthetic skull augmentation involves the placement of a custom designed implant directly on the skull bone under all layers of the scalp. The most commonly used custom skull implant is made of solid silicone for both ease of placement through a much smaller scalp incision and lower manufacturing Read More... The post Plastic Surgery Case Study – Ten Year Outcome Of A Custom HTR Skull Implant for Back of Head Augmentation appeared first on Explore Plastic Surgery ..read more

Most aesthetic body contouring surgeries manipulate soft tissues for augmentative or reductive changes. Very few aesthetic procedures, unlike the face, change the bony structures to exert its effects. Such body procedures include limb lengthening, shoulder narrowing and lengthening and lower ribcage reductions for waistline/torso narrowing. But a new structural body procedure has emerged for aesthetic Read More... The post Pelvic Plasty – Iliac Crest Plate Widths appeared first on Explore Plastic Surgery ..read more