Category: plastic surgery case study | skull reshaping

Background: The flat back of the head is one of the most common aesthetic skull deformities seen. Although there is no biologic reason that it would occur more in men than women, most flat back of the head patients I see for treatment are men. The reason of course that more men present for treatment Read More…

Background: Of the five surfaces of the skull aesthetic deformities of the back of the head are the most commonly treated. One of the typical concerns is when the back of the head is flat whether it is on one side or involving the entire back of the head. When it is the entire back Read More…

Background:  Aesthetic skull reductions are done by a high speed burring technique. The usual goal is to remove the outer cortical layer of skull bone down to just outside the diploic space. In so doing as a result of the high speed rotary burr a lot of bone residue or dust is generated. Because of Read More…

Background:  The shape of the head is determined by the interface between the exposed bony surfaces of the skull and the overlying temporal muscles on its sides.  This creates five surfaces (four sides and a top) which influences the appearance of the head from 360 degree viewing angles. Because any one of these skull surfaces Read More…

Background: The skull is prone to a wide variety of surface contour irregularities across its broad areas including lumps, bumps and indentations. Many indentations or ‘dents’ are the direct result of trauma that often has occurred early in life when the skull is thinner and more easily deformed. They can also occur much later in Read More…

Background: Flat areas on the back of the head are one of the most common aesthetic concerns of the skull. They occur in a wide variety of shapes and degrees of deformation from unilateral vs bilateral, symmetric vs asymmetric, moderate to severe flattening to one vs multiple skull surface involvements. Understanding the 3D shape of Read More…

Background: There are five surfaces to the skull, all having their own separate planes. The sides of the head have the most acute or well defined planes with a distinct obtuse angular separation. Two of the sagittal skull surfaces (top and back of the head) have a bit more curved surface distinctions. The forehead is Read More…

Background: The flat back of the head is one of the most common aesthetic head shape deformities. There are multiple causes of a flat back of the head but the most common is deformational, meaning that external forces either in utero or after birth  put pressure on the young thin forming skull bones causing that Read More…

Background: Skull implant augmentation is a very successful strategy for flat or underdeveloped head shapes. In their most common use there is a single skull surface that is flat or non-rounded and a skull implant is designed to treat it. Such skull implants are placed in a single surgery as their aesthetic needs usually falls Read More…