Category: skull reshaping

Custom Skull Implant Designs to Treat The Posteriorly Dominant Narrow Head Shape

There are a variety of basic head shape abnormalities in adults of which the narrow head shape is one of them. The narrow head shape is most commonly perceived by having diminished width from one temporal area to the other in the front view. (bitemporal width) This can often involve the forehead and/or back of Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Nuchal Ridge Skull Reduction Using a Tunnel Technique

Background: While the front of the skull (forehead) has several notable bony features, the topography of the back of the skull is less appreciated. Part of this lack of recognition is that it is the most difficult area of the skull to see and because its potential bony features only appear when they are Read More…

Basic Concepts in Flat Back of Head Custom Skull Implant Designs

One of the most common requests for skull augmentation is for a flat back of the head. In many cases this is for an asymmetric flattening known as plagiocephaly. But in others it is for a symmetric flattening better known as brachycephaly. In the non-synostotic forms of brachycephaly the back of the head lacks projection Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Skull Implant for Males Concerned with a Flat Back of the Head

Background: One of the most common aesthetic skull deformities is a flat back of the head. Such flatness can occur in a variety of ways of which the most common is when it affects just one side. (plagiocephaly) The other type of flatness is when it affects both sides, technically known as brachycephaly. Although in Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Large Two-Piece Custom Skull Implant For Major Head Reshaping

Background: Large augmentative skull implants are indicated when there is a congenitally head shape deformity that lacks height as well as width. When these dimensional increases are significant such cases almost always requires a first stage scalp expansion or having had a prior skull implant in place. Despite the relatively large size of the implant Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – The Saturn Custom Skull Implant for Female Back of the Head Augmentation

Background: Custom skull implants for the flat back of the head are one of the most frequently requested types of augmentative skull reshaping. They are very effective at achieving an improved back of the head shape whether it is for correction of asymmetry or for an enhanced contour. As long as the implant design does Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Two Piece Large Custom Skull Implant for a Fuller Wider Head Look

Background: Custom skull implants can be made in an endless number of designs and can treat a wide variety of head shape issues. Most custom skull implant designs come down to either partial or complete types. This relates to how much of the skull’s surface area is covered by the implant. Partial implant designs are Read More…

Technical Strategies – The Wavy Midline Scalp Incision in Sagittal Crest Skull Reduction

The sagittal crest deformity is a common skull reduction surgery. This is an elevated sagittal suture line which appears as a midline crest on top of the head. It may be due to a thickened sagittal suture line, a naturally narrow head shape with parasagittal-temporal deficiency or a combination of both. When it occurs because Read More…

Technical Strategies – Suture Fixation Assembly of Large Custom Skull Implants

A custom implant is the most assured method for creating almost any form of skull augmentation. This becomes an absolutely essential approach when the skull surface area coverage of the implant is substantial. (aka a large custom skull implant) With large custom skull implants there are two considerations of great relevance that does not exist Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Extended Temporal-Forehead Implants for a Complete Head Widening Effect

Background: The skull has five basic bony surfaces. The forehead, top and back of the head are exclusively bone surfaces while the paired side of the head is covered by a thick muscular layer. (temporalis muscle) This anatomic difference has great relevance when it comes to performing various skull augmentation procedures. While placing a skull Read More…