Category: chin augmentation | chin implant | rhinoplasty

Combining Rhinoplasty and Chin Augmentation for A Substantial Facial Profile Change

While one could argue that no individual really sees themselves in a true profile view, that is how the rest of the world does however. (actually a quarter profile view to be accurate) In a profile view, the most important facial prominences are the nose and the chin and to some degree the neck Read More…

Multiple Procedure Facial Plastic Surgery

While patients usually come in for a specific facial concern, it is hard to see the face as a single part. Aesthetic facial surgery is all about creating facial balance and proportion. Sometimes, the correction of a single facial feature does put it into good balance…but other times it requires adjustment of multiple features Read More…

Aesthetic Orthopedic Surgery of the Chin

Moving the chin bone is the simplest of all the cosmetic facial bone procedures. Because the chin is easy to get to through the mouth and there is little in the way to get there, cutting and moving the chin bone (the tip of the front of the lower jaw) is relatively easy do Read More…

Surgical vs. Non-Surgical Jaw Angle Reduction

Jaw reduction strives to narrow the lower-third of the face, particularly that of the lower jaw and its muscle attachments. There are several techniques for jaw reduction, some surgical and others non-surgical. Jaw reduction is most common in Asians where there is a societal preference for a slender jaw profile. This is in contrast to Read More…

Osteotomies for Cheek Widening

People with a narrow-appearing face have often a deficiency in the width of where the upper jaw and cheek meet, known as the cheek or malar complex. The most common and simple method to improve the amount of cheek that one has is to place a cheek implant. There are some patients who do Read More…