Age-related ptosis of the buttock: an anthropometric gender-specific analysis.

Unlabelled: Buttock reshaping has received a lot of attention, although to date there are no anthropometric gender-specific datasets to show the aging of the gluteal region from infancy to old age to guide surgical planning of gender-specific buttock reshaping. To make surgical planning easier, we analyzed the characteristics of the aging buttock in 280 volunteers ranging in age from 15 to 85 years and classified the age characteristics of the gluteal region into gender-specific categories to establish a classification system that could guide surgical techniques needed to reshape and rejuvenate the buttock. Based on our measurements it was evident that males showed fewer signs of atrophy and less ptosis of their buttock with less reduction of the gluteal volume as they aged than did females.

Frontal bone remodeling for gender reassignment of the male forehead: a gender-reassignment surgery.

Gender-reassignment therapy, especially for reshaping of the forehead, can be an effective treatment to improve self-esteem. Contouring of the cranial vault, especially of the forehead, still is a rarely performed surgical procedure for gender reassignment. In addition to surgical bone remodeling, several materials have been used for remodeling and refinement of the frontal bone.

Vertical subperiosteal mid-face-lift for treatment of malar festoons.

Background: Malar mounds may be accentuated by chronic lid edema, with the development from malar edema to malar mounds and finally to malar festoons. Because standard techniques do not seem effective and not specifically proposed for the treatment of malar festoons, subperiosteal vertical upper-midface lift associated with lower blepharoplasty overcomes these shortcomings.

Methods: Twelve patients (3 males and 9 females, age = 47 ± 6 years) underwent video-assisted endoscopic subperiosteal vertical upper-midface lift (SUM-lift) in conjunction with a lower blepharoplasty between 2006 and 2007 for treatment of malar festoons.

Sliding osteotomy genioplasty for facial aesthetic balance: 10 years of experience.

The chin, one of the most obvious facial structures, plays an important role in the perception of the face as an instrument of communication. To alter the chin contour in a reliable manner, horizontal sliding osteotomy of the mandibular symphysis with advancement of the mobilized segment is the technique of choice for correction of the anterior posterior deficiency. This study describes surgical techniques used in aesthetic and functional surgery of the chin as well as the outcomes.

Dove tail osteotomy in distraction osteogenesis of costochondral bone grafts in the mandible: a new concept.

To correct the malocclusion and facial asymmetry in patients with Pruzansky type III hemifacial microsomia after autogenous costochondral grafting during early childhood (two male and three female patients with an average age of 17.8 years), the technique of distraction osteogenesis with a three-dimensional device was used. Because of the missing periosteum of the transplanted rib and its relatively small height compared with the horizontal mandible, a dovetail geometrical pattern osteotomy was introduced to increase the osteotomy surface area, which by itself could enhance the amount of fibrin filaments between 30% and 40% in the hematoma occurring during the initial distraction process.