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Hydroxyapatite Forehead Augmentation Revision Case Study

Introduction Hydroxyapatite (HA) forehead augmentation is a skeletal contouring procedure that uses a bone-like material to increase projection, smooth surface irregularities, or reshape the forehead. It is most commonly performed for aesthetic contour enhancement, post-traumatic deformities, congenital asymmetries, and frontal sinus obliteration. What Is Hydroxyapatite? Hydroxyapatite is a calcium phosphate compound that closely mimics the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Forehead Contouring Combining Bony Prominence Reductions and Indentation Augmentations

Background: The forehead occupies a full one third of the face and is typically perceived as a flat nondescript bony surface. But its surface topography is more complex with potential brow bone prominences, a central glabellar valley, supra brow bone breaks, frontal eminence prominences and lateral temporal lines. All of which can lead to an Read More…

3D Evaluation Of The Frontal Sinus and Brow Bone Anatomy and Implications for Reductive Forehead Reshaping Surgery

Brow bone reduction surgery, today most commonly performed for forehead feminization, changes the prominence of the anterior wall of the frontal sinus. (brow bones) The prominence of the brow bones is caused by the development of the underlying frontal sinus which in men is greater than that of females. While typically thought of as a Read More…

Technical Strategies – Treatment of the Deep Glabellar Furrow with Release and Interpositional Grafting

Glabellar wrinkling is a well known aesthetic forehead deformity caused by the action of the procerus and corrugator muscles. Better known as the ‘11s’ it usually appears as a pair of vertical wrinkle lines between the eyebrows which can also appear as a single or even triple line. Usually it is treated quite effectively by Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Forehead Asymmetry Correction with a Custom Mirrored Implant Design

Background: Like all facial features the forehead is prone to asymmetries. Given its large surface area such forehead asymmetries can readily be seen. Forehead asymmetries that are developmental in origin are most commonly caused by abnormalities in skull development (plagiocephaly) due to a rotational twist of the craniofacial axis. As a result there is a Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Total Female Forehead Reshaping with Frontal Hairline Advancement and Bony Reductions

Background: Reshaping the upper third of the face, as opposed to more commonly known rejuvenation techniques has a different objective and patient population. Forehead rejuvenation strives to make the upper face look less aged primarily by reduction of skin wrinkles and changing the position and arc of the eyebrows. Conversely the primary goal of forehead Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Fat Injections for Softening the Male Supra Brow Bone Break

Background: One of the anatomic features of the forehead, most prominently seen in men, is the supra brow bone break. This is the transition between the prominence of the brow bones and the beginning of the more vertical forehead slope. The more prominent the brow bones the deeper the brow bone break is which is Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Female Forehead Feminization with Bony Reductions and Frontal Hairline Advancement

Background: Forehead feminization today is typically associated with a transgender male to female patient. The most common procedure used for this forehead softening effect is a brow bone reduction. Because the congenital male brow bone is more developed than a females the technique used to adequately reduce its projection is a bone flap setback technique Read More…

Technical Strategies – Forehead Bump Reduction Using Skull Rasps

There are a variety of small contour irregularities (lumps and bumps) that can occur on the forehead from either congenital or traumatic origins. Such bony prominences, even if they are small in. size can be very visible on the broad expanse of the forehead. The reflection of the light from various angles on the forehead Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Temporal Hairline Incision for Bony Forehead Prominence Reduction

Background: The forehead is the largest surface area on the face with seemingly limited distinguishing characteristics. Hair makes up its most identifiable features which are relegated to the borders with the frontal and temporal hairlines superiorly and laterally and the eyebrows inferiorly. The most recognized bony feature are the more prominent brow bones in men. Read More…