Category: plastic surgery case study | skull reshaping

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Adynamic Scalp Expansion with Second Stage Custom Skull Implant for Male Crown Augmentation

Background: While skull augmentations are done all over the head, the most common area that both men and women share is the back of the head. The back of he head can mean a direct horizontal projection increase or one that is oriented more at 45 degrees at the upper occipital region. A horizontal augmentation Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Older Male Custom Infraorbital-Malar and Jawline Implants

Background: Beyond the effectiveness of surgical implants, their long-term existence in the human body leaves a record of the technology of the devices at the time of their placement. Facial implants are no different in this regard and what was used decades ago isdifferent today. The use of 3D CT imaging allows for the identification Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Forehead Osteoma Removal With A Frontal Hairline Incisional Approach

Background: The craniofacial skeleton is prone to have raised bony areas as well as depressions. (discrete convexities and concavities) The vast majority of these are normal skeletal contours or variations thereof. But occasionally a raised hard bump develops that occurs in an area that is normally smooth. One such traditionally smooth craniofacial area is that Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – The Transaxillary Approach for Silicone Gel Breast Augmentation

Background: Breast implants are most commonly placed in the submuscular pocket, more technically known as the dual plane or partial submuscular pocket. There are several different incisions in which to access and create this pocket including the inframammary, areolar and transaxillary incisions. Each incisions has its advantages and disadvantages as well as surgeon advocates. With Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Temporal Implants For A Complete Head Widening Effect

Background: The side of the head/forehead, known as the temporal area, has multiple areas that can be augmented. There are three specific temporal zones which include the low anterior area (Zone 1), the high anterior area (Zone 2) and the posterior area. (Zone 3) The most well known are Zones 1 and 2 as there Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Injectable Fat Grafting to the Labiomental Fold Using the Buccal Fat Pad As Donor

Background: The buccal lipectomy is a well known facial defatting/cheek slimming procedure. Being the largest encapsulated reservoir of fat in the face, its surgical removal is always impressive given the sheer volume of fat removed. Most buccal fat pads average in the 3ccs range. Regardless of the facial slimming effect, most buccal fat pads are Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Placement of Male Custom Brow Bone Implant Using A Triangulated Incisional Technique

Background: The brow bone represents a relatively small amount of the total forehead surface area. But its contribution to the appearance of the upper third of the face exceeds its percent of surface area coverage. It provides some gender specificity as well as contributes to the appearance of the eyes. While some women and almost Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Female Crown of Skull Augmentation with a Two Stage Approach

Background: Aesthetic skull reshaping surgery is done for a wide variety of head shape concerns. Augmentation represents half of the potential skull reshaping procedures for flat areas, asymmetries and overall head size increase. While skull augmentations are done for both males and females, and could be requested for the same reason in either gender, there Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Reshaping of the Inverted V Sagittal Crest Skull Deformity with Bone Reduction and a Custom Skull Implant

Background: The skull is exposed to a variety of well known congenital shape defects known as craniosynostoses and deformations. When severe enough early cranial vault surgery is done to get an improved shape when the brain has the best opportunity to provide an effective expansile influence with the new shape. But some patients do have Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Submental Chin Reduction after Sliding Genioplasty

Background: There are a versatile numbers of procedures to change the shape of the most protruding structure of the face…the chin. It can fundamentally be increased in size by implants and bone movements but can only be reduced in size by changing the bone. (unless an implant is being removed) As this basic concept suggests, Read More…