Category: plastic surgery case study | skull reshaping

Background: Augmentation of a deficient of flat back of the head is one of the most common skull reshaping requests. Most likely this area of the skull experiences the greatest deformational forces between lying in the womb as a fetus and in sleeping positions in infancy and childhood. There are also certain ethnic groups that Read More…

Background: One of most common requests in skull reduction surgery is that for protrusions on the back of the head. Whether it is smaller projections like an occipital knob to larger ones like an occipital bun, the back of the head in profile view takes on great aesthetic significance particularly in the shaved or short Read More…

Background:  Like any other body part, head size or the shape of the skull can be too big or disproportionate. Like small area or spot skull reductions larger skull surface areas can be reduced but the issues of access and effectiveness must be carefully considered. Access refers to what the incisional scar burden would be Read More…

Background:  The back of the head is seemingly devoid of any distinctive features. Yet it has as many osseous features as that of the forehead which is on the opposite side of the skull. At the bottom of the occipital bone on the back of the head is the central inion, or occipital knob, as Read More…

Background:  There are numerous types of lumps and bumps that can occur on the skull, many of which have a defined origin and precise location. One of these is the sagittal prominence, a midline crest or ridge of bone that can occur anywhere  along the original sagittal suture line. A distant cousin to the more Read More…

Background: Despite the successes achieved with all custom skull implants, the exact aesthetic outcome can never be known with absolute certainty. In addition patients may well have achieved their initial goal, or come very close to it, but desire to get even closer to it or even exceed it if possible. Either waif the issue Read More…