Category: facial feminization surgery | forehead augmentation | forehead reduction

Facial Feminization Surgery – Upper Third Reshaping – II. Forehead Reduction

Frontal Hairline Advancement A long or high forehead based on the location of the frontal hairline creates a disproportionately large upper third of the face. While acceptable in males because of common hairline recession/loss, it is much less aesthetic in females. Shortening of the upper facial third by frontal hairline advancement (scalp advancement) is one Read More…

OR Snapshots – Injectable Bone Cement Surgery For A Forehead Dent

The most prominent shape on the forehead is that of the brow bones. (in men) Otherwise the surface of the forehead is relatively smooth. Because of the large surface area of the forehead, occupying one third of the face, any changes in its surface topography can be very visible. Whether it is a raised area Read More…

Design Guidelines for Female Custom Forehead Implants

The forehead shape is very gender specific as are many facial features. These differences are well known. Men have a more complex topography to their forehead because of the prominent brow ridge that runs horizontally across it. The female forehead is smoother and flatter and lacks any prominent brow bone. The inclination of the male Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Total Forehead Reshaping with A Custom Forehead Implant and Tail of the Brow Bone Reduction

Background: The forehead appears on superficial assessment as a relatively flat surface structure with little to contribution to one’s facial appearance. But in reality it is has a substantial contribution to the shape of the face making up to one-third of its surface area. The three aesthetically important forehead structures are the shape and length Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Forehead Implant for Smoothing the Male Forehead

Background: The shape of the forehead is affected by many surface contour features. Its height and width are most evident in the frontal view. Its shape and any contour irregularities are most seen in the side and oblique views. When deficiencies exist in any of these forehead features an augmentative approach is needed. While several Read More…

Injectable Fat Grafting for Asian Female Forehead Augmentation

The shape of the forehead is very gender specific. Besides the presence of prominent brow bones in males) and a flatter brow area in females, the shape of the forehead above it is also different. A male forehead is associated with a more recessed upper forehead back into then hairline while the feminine forehead has Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Forehead Implant for Correction of the Backward Sloping Male Forehead

Background: Aesthetic shape deformities of the upper third of the male face can involve the forehead, brow bone or some combination of both. When it is a forehead issue it can be one of excessive bony prominence (like forehead horns or bossing) or lack of bony projection. (backward sloping forehead or a forehead that is Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Forehead Implant Replacement with Enhanced Brow Bone Shape

Background: The forehead is a broad comparatively flat surface area for the most part with the exception of the lower brow bone area. In women the brow bone area has little if any protrusion and thus has no aesthetic significance. In men, however, the medial protrusions caused by the pneumatized development of the underlying frontal Read More…

Technical Strategies – PMMA Forehead Augmentation Through An Infrabrow Incisional Approach

Forehead augmentation is done by two basic aesthetic techniques, bone cements and custom made implants. While there are a number of other biomaterials by which it has been done (hand carved standard implants) these have more limited aesthetic effects. While the ideal contemporary method is a custom made implant from the patient’s 3D CT scan, Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Female Custom Forehead Augmentation with Implant Inversion

Background: Given that the size of the forehead occupies one third of the face it is no surprise that forehead reshaping surgery is important to some patients. One of the forehead reshaping procedures is that of augmentation, changing its shape to a more desirable and gender specific appearance. In females this typically refers to a Read More…