Explore the fascinating world of cosmetic and plastic surgery with world-renowned double board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Barry Eppley
Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Surgical Technique of Clavicular Osteotomies in Shoulder Width Reduction
Shoulder width reduction is done by shortening the length of the...
The shape and appearance of the forehead is highly influenced by...
Background: The evolution of rhinoplasty surgery over the past twenty years...
Background: The definitive method for aesthetic skull augmentation is a custom implant design. Not only is the method of implant design important, but also the material of which the implant is made. Unless the patient wants a long bicoronal scalp incision to place the implant, the implant material must be solid, but flexible. This is Read More…
Background: Custom skull implants are typically used for correcting various skull contour deficiences and often have some appreciable soze and thicknesses. While creating a smooth contour change is a necessary part of that typical form of augmentation it is not usually the sole reason for the patient to undergo the procedure. But custom skull implants Read More…
Background: Augmentations of various areas of the skull can be successfully done for a wide variety of head shape deficiencies. Such aesthetic skull implants work because of the good vascularity of the scalp and skull bone, the ability of the scalp to stretch to accommodate the underlying bone expansion and the use of custom implant Read More…
Case Study: Plagiocephaly is one of the most recognized abnormality of the skull in adults and one of the more common seen. While it often has a more complete craniofacial effect its most significant deformation affects the back of the head. The severity of the flatness that occurs on the back of the head is Read More…
Aesthetic skull augmentations today are most effectively done by a custom skull implant design. Gone are the days of the use of PMMA bone cements, which may be fine as an inlay method for skull bone defects which is their history. But PMMA bone cements is not a highly effective method as an onlay contouring Read More…
Background: The skull is prone to numerous contour deformations for which augmentation materials can be used to improve its shape. Plagiocephaly is the most recognized of all the deformational skull shape concerns. While it does affect the entire skull by far the most severely affected area is the back of the head one side being Read More…
Background: The skull is prone to a variety of bony prominences varying in size and location. Some are associated with the suture lines while others are not. Some have even been described by names while others are more obscure and unnamed. But all of them share one thing in common….they can be reduced by bone Read More…
Background: The wide or light bulb shaped head is caused by a combination of excessive bone and soft tissue. The temporal muscle makes up a significant part of the width of the head particularly at the anterior temporal area. (temporal fossa) It is disproportionately wide compared to the cheek and jaw bony widths below it. Read More…
Background: There are a variety of established aesthetic head shape deformities that have been assigned well known names. One of these is that of scaphocephaly or a boat-shaped head which is a literal translation of the name. Because a boat is long and narrow this is exactly how such a head shape appears. In the Read More…
Background: Plagiocephaly is one of the most recognized skull shape abnormalities. It refers to a twisted skull, as seen from above, most commonly with a counter clockwise rotation. While it affects the entire skull shape, including all five of its surfaces, its greatest impact is on the back of the head. A profound unilateral flattening Read More…
Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Surgical Technique of Clavicular Osteotomies in Shoulder Width Reduction
Shoulder width reduction is done by shortening the length of the...
The shape and appearance of the forehead is highly influenced by...
Background: The evolution of rhinoplasty surgery over the past twenty years...