Category: plastic surgery case study | skull reshaping

Background: Plagiocephaly is a well known congenital head shape abnormality that affects the entire skull. This global affect is why it is known as the twisted or oblique head shape. But the most severely affected area is usually the back of the head with the greatest oblique flattening effect. It is always the number #1 Read More…

Background: The skull is a collection of multiple larger pieces of bone that are connected through a network of sutures during development. These various sutures and how they develop and connect create the opportunities for a variety of external skull surface irregularities. One such skull irregularity is that of the raised sagittal ridge or crest. Read More…

Background: Improvement of a flat back of the head is the most skull augmentation for men. This is not a surprise given the head’s exposure due to either short hairstyles or a complete shaved head. Men so affected often describe the need to wear hats when they go out due to being uncomfortable with their Read More…

Background: A flat back of the head is the most common aesthetic skull deformity in my experience. It may present as a plagiocephalic appearance with a one-sided flatness or a brachcephalic appearance with an overall (bilateral) flatness. It is most common to see a combination where one side is flatter but the patient wants both Read More…

Background:  The shape of the head in the front view usually has a near half circle shape. While the original sagittal suture line may be the highest point of the skull it should gradually go to the sides (parasagittal region) into the temporal region with a very gradual slope. For women this head shape may Read More…

Background: The most significant topographic feature of the back of the head are the nuchal lines. (nuchal meaning nape of the neck) The nuchal lines are a set of four horizontal fine ridges of bone that exist on the external surface of the occipital bone. The highest nuchal line, known as the Mempin line, is Read More…

Background: Plagiocephaly is the most recognizable type of skull deformity. It is usually associated with infants and children because this is when non-surgical and surgical treatments would be most effective to partially or totally reverse the abnormal skull shape. But many more patients affected by plagiocephaly never receive treatment or fail to get substantial improvement Read More…

Background:  Aesthetic skull augmentations by the placement of an onlay material has a relatively short clinical history. The original skull augmentation material was PMMA bone cement which was borrowed from its much more common use in orthopedic surgery.  As it name implies it is used as a cement by which joint replacements are secured into Read More…

Background: Major skull augmentations are most commonly requested in females. The maximum point of projection is almost always over the crown of the skull with the intent of creating a large internal ‘bumpit’. To create such a skull augmentation requires two essential ingredients…an implant method to create it and the scalp laxity to cover it. Read More…