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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Reduction of Prominent Female Temporal Artery Prominences with a Multi-Level Ligation Technique

Background: A not uncommon but less frequently treated aesthetic forehead deformity is that of prominent temporal arteries. Seen as ‘squiggly worms’ on the side of the head crossing from the temporal region into the upper lateral forehead they occur for reasons unknown. Their serpiginous pattern and location make them the undeniable course of the anterior Read More…

OR Snapshots – Temporal Artery Ligation in Females

A not uncommon esthetic abnormality of the temporal region are prominent arteries. Unlike temporal veins which will have a bluish hue and run in a relatively straight vertical, the superficial branch of the temporal artery has a classic serpiginous course as it proceeds superiorly from the temporal hairline and crosses into the side of the Read More…

Technical Strategies – The Potential 4th Ligation Site In the Multi-Level Treatment of the Prominent Anterior Branch of the Superficial Temporal Artery

The sometimes aesthetically prominent and often pulsatile artery that crosses from the temporal hairline into the forehead is the anterior branch of the superficial temporal artery. This can be very effectively treated by a multilevel ligation technique through very small incisions. Typically three microincisions are used located at the temporal hairline, lateral forehead and right Read More…

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