Category: skull reshaping

Humans Skull Shapes, The Golden Ratio and Custom Skull Implant Designs

In the well known architectural principle ‘form follows function’ the shape of a building should relate to its intended purpose. This equally applies to anatomy where the form of a body part relates to its function. The skull is a great example of this principle as its size and shape has evolved to accommodate the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Female Crown of Skull Augmentation with a Two Stage Approach

Background: Aesthetic skull reshaping surgery is done for a wide variety of head shape concerns. Augmentation represents half of the potential skull reshaping procedures for flat areas, asymmetries and overall head size increase. While skull augmentations are done for both males and females, and could be requested for the same reason in either gender, there Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Reshaping of the Inverted V Sagittal Crest Skull Deformity with Bone Reduction and a Custom Skull Implant

Background: The skull is exposed to a variety of well known congenital shape defects known as craniosynostoses and deformations. When severe enough early cranial vault surgery is done to get an improved shape when the brain has the best opportunity to provide an effective expansile influence with the new shape. But some patients do have Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Correction of Custom Skull Implant Edging with ePTFE Sheeting

Background: Custom made implants are the most effective method for any form of aesthetic skull augmentation. Their shape is preoperatively determined using a computer design process which allows their surface area coverage and projection thicknesses to be created according to visualized bony surfaces/contours and the patient’s aesthetic desires. In this design process the interface of Read More…

Technical Strategies – Incision Placement in Sagittal Ridge Skull Reduction

Skull reshaping surgery uses a variety of augmentative and reductive techniques to treat a large number of aesthetic deformities. One such skull shape problem that is commonly treated is the sagittal crest or ridge deformity. This is a thickened midline of bone that runs between the original anterior and posterior fontanelles. It can extend completely Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Occipital Knob Skull Reduction with Associated Prominent Nuchal Ridges

Background: While the skull appears as a smooth surfaced structure it has numerous raised bony areas at its edges. These are most apparent at the front of the skull in the brow area as well as on the back of the skull at its lower edge. These larger bony prominences have a purpose and are Read More…

The Use Of A First Stage Scalp Expansion in Aesthetic Skull Implant Augmentations

One of the principles of aesthetic skull implant augmentation is that the scalp has to stretch to accommodate it. As the implant is placed, the full thickness of the scalp is elevated off the bone to make the recipient tissue pocket. By releasing the attachments of the scalp to the outer cranial surface the natural Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Occipital Skull Reduction of Central Bony Protrusion

Background: The shape of the back of the head is controlled by both internal and external factors. During development the push of the brain creates an internal expanding force. This may become more manifest if the overall shape of the head is more narrow. But external forces such as in utero and postnatal head positioning Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Skull Implant for Coverage of Parietal Skull Indentations

Background: The shape of the skull is affected by many factors from in utero development to after birth external molding influences. This can result in non-smooth surfaces and irregular convex skull contours. While most people have an intimate knowledge about the shape of their skull, usually by feel, when it becomes exposed as can occur Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Forehead-Skull Implant for Female Forehead Augmentation

Background: The shape of the female forehead has some different features than that of a male. It has more of a vertical inclination and a rounder and more convex shape from side to side. There is usually no discernible brow bone break due to having smaller frontal sinuses. In contrast a male has slightly more Read More…