Category: skull reshaping | technical strategies

Custom skull implants are the most effective method for aesthetic skull augmentations of all types. Their large surface areas of coverage provide for augmentation effects that blend in well with the surrounding bone for more natural head shape effects. But what also makes custom solid silicone skull implants so appealing is that they can be Read More…

One of the more common aesthetic skull reshaping procedures is that of the sagittal ridge or crest. This is a raised area of midline bone that occurs due to a thickened sagittal suture line. It almost always starts posteriorly and extends a variable distance forward. Most of the time its height decreases back to normal Read More…

Custom skull implants have proven to be the superior method for aesthetic head shape changes. Between a preoperative thought process as to the area of skull coverage and the necessary shape and dimensions needed for the desired aesthetic effecet, it provides an assured smooth outer surface with feathered edges. Despite all of these advantages the Read More…

The sagittal suture runs down the middle of the skull from the forehead back to the crown area. The deformity of the sagittal suture that is most widely recognized is that of sagittal craniosynotosis. But by far the more common deformity of the sagittal suture, and one that is far more minor than synostosis, is Read More…

The occipital knob skull deformity appears as a prominent bump on the back of the head. It is an enlarged inion bone which all of us have but some more so than others. It is clearly more likely to become prominent in men than women. What makes the inion become enlarged to the point of Read More…