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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Hydroxyapatite Cement Forehead Augmentation

Background: The shape of the forehead is very gender specific. Men have foreheads with distinct brow bone prominences, a visible brow bone break and a forehead that slopes somewhat less than vertical above it. Conversely females have no distinct brow bone, have a rounded or more convex forehead shape that ideally has a near vertical Read More…

OR Snapshots – Forehead Augmentation with Hydroxyapatite Cement

The forehead occupies a third of the visible face. Because it does not have any topographic features that draw one’s attention to it like other parts of the face, its broad non-remarkable surface is not an immediate eye-catcher. But despite being relatively bland, the sheer size of the forehead does play a role in aesthetics Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Limited Incision in Male Forehead Augmentation

Background: Forehead augmentation in men is often done to correct a pseudobrow protrusion deformity. This is where the position of the brows is actually normal but the superior position of the forehead is deficient. This makes the brow bones comparatively look too strong. This diagnosis can be confirmed by doing computer imaging where the forehead Read More…

Concepts in Female Forehead Augmentation

There are numerous gender differences in the shape of the female and the male face and the forehead is no exception. In fact the forehead can be one of the most significant gender markers. This is seen in the prominence of the brow bone in men and the suprabrow bone break that women don’t Read More…

Technical Strategies – Endoscopic Custom Forehead Implant Placement

Aesthetic forehead augmentation to correct a sloped, irregular or deficient frontal bone can be done by a variety of materials placed on top of the bone. Having used every one of them, they each have their merits and each material type can be successfully used in experienced hands. But the forehead augmentation method that Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Female Forehead Augmentation

Background: Like the rest of the face, the appearance of the forehead is very gender specific. A female forehead usually has three specific components to it. First there is no perceptible brow bone ridge or brow bone break into the forehead. It is smooth as it ascends from the supraorbital rims into the upper Read More…

Technical Strategies – Glabellar Augmentation in Forehead Narrowing

Reshaping a wide and prominent forehead is done by bone reduction, removing as much outer cortical bone of the skull as is needed to create more of tapered forehead shape. Most of the bone removal is done on the sides crossing the anterior temporal line as needed. This usually requires release of the superior attachments Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Forehead Implant for Glabellar Depression

Background: The shape of the forehead is well known to be gender-specific. Women usually prefer smooth convex foreheads with no obvious brow bone prominences. Conversely, men usually desire evidence of a brow bone with a break into the mid-forehead with a more retroclined shape into the upper forehead. While I have seen males and females Read More…

Technical Strategies – Pretrichial Approach to Forehead Craniotomy Defect Reconstruction

Craniotomies that involve the frontal and/or frontotemporal bones are commonly done for a variety of intracranial problems such as bleeding from trauma or for access to tumors. While the bone flap is put back into position using low profile plates and screws and the detached temporalis muscle resuspended, residual skull deformities are common. Frontal skull Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Forehead Augmentation

Background: The forehead represents one third of the face and had a valuable role to play in facial aesthetics. Besides the length and width of the forehead, its other major aesthetic feature is its slope. (as most easily appreciated in the side view) This forehead feature is well known to be gender specific. Women have Read More…