Category: plastic surgery case study | temporal implants

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Placement of Extended Temporal Implants Through A Frontal Hairline Advancement for Deep Temporal Hollowing In A Female

Background: The temples are a unique aesthetic region on the side of the face. It typically has a flat or minimally concave external contour bounded by the bony temporal line superiorly, the lateral orbital rim anteriorly, the zygomatic arch inferiorly and the temporal hairline posteriorly. The temples have a hard tissue base consisting of the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Extended Temporal Implants for a Male Forehead Widening Effect

Background: The temples are commonly recognized as the head/facial area that lies at the side of the eye just below the forehead. Anatomically at the skull level the temples is the juncture of four bones, the frontal, temporal, parietal and sphenoid. This joined bony areas create a deep concavity, known as the temporal fossa, which Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Female Chin Width Reduction By Lateral Tubercle Osteotomies

Background: The projecting chin is a three dimensional structure that has both horizontal projection, vertical height and transverse width to it. But within these bony dimensions on both its outer and inner surfaces are small discrete areas of topographic features. Many of these small bony features are known as fossa and tubercles which means small Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Adult Scaphocephalic Total Head Reshaping with Bone Reductions and Custom Skull Implant

Background: The shape of the head is affected by a variety of factors during its development. One of items major factors is skull sutures which serve as a region of bine growth stimulus as the growing brain pushes the growing plate of bone outward. Because of their major influence on skull growth their premature partial Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Secondary Advancement Sliding Genioplasty Without Prior Metal Hardware Removal

Background: Like any facial augmentation procedure there is always the need for a second procedure to adjust its dimensions in some manner for an improved aesthetic outcome. When it comes to augmentations done by implants this is usually a bit easier since an established pocket exists where implant retrieval can be done. But when it Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Occipital Skull Reduction Using A Quadrant Sectioning Technique

Background: Aesthetic skull reshaping involves a variety of procedures which fundamentally are contour changes of either reductions, augmentations or a combination of both. Reduction of an excessive bony prominence constitutes skull reductions which can be relatively small or may involve multiple bone surfaces. Regardless of the size or location of the bony prominence reduction is Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Encounter and Removal of Prior Threadlifts During Subsequent Facelift Surgery

Background: Facelift surgery is one of the most recognized aesthetic procedures in all of plastic surgery. The name conjures up many different perceptions about the procedure from patients often with various misunderstandings of it. Because of some of these misconceptions and that it is a major invasive surgery of the face, patients have long sought Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Petite Female Custom Jawline Implant Augmentation

Background: Aesthetic jaw augmentations have historically been associated with men. While well defined jawlines have always been seen as an attractive facial feature for men as far back as one chooses to look at images, movies and advertisements, jawline augmentations have more recently become popular/desired by women. This can easily be seen by looking at Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Single Port Endoscopic Forehead Osteoma Removal

Background: Osteomas are well known benign bony overgrowths that frequently occur on the skull. The most common patient that presents for osteoma removal is when it occurs on the forehead for the obvious visibility reasons. It is easy to forget that the forehead (frontal bone) is part of the skull which explains their common occurrence Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Secondary Microtia Ear Reconstruction with Scalp Flap Removal and Skin Graft Replacement

Background: Congenital absence of part or most of the ear is known as microtia. The reconstruction of microtia has a well established history which consists of removal of the remaining deformed ear cartilage and replacement with a hand carved rib graft framework. Soft tissue coverage of the ear framework typically comes from the elevation of Read More…