Category: Clinic Snapshots | skull reshaping

Clinic Snapshots – Male Occipital Knob Reduction Result

The occipital knob, sometimes called occipital bun, is a protrusion of bone on the back of the head at the bottom of the occipital bone. It is actually a normal bony protrusion, known as the inion, but in some men becomes excessively large. Rather than staying hidden under the nuchal ridges its enlargement appears as Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Skull Implant for Right Occipital Skull Defects from Infant Cranial Vault Surgery

Background: In pediatric craniofacial surgery one of the most known procedures is that of cranial vault reconstruction. Done for craniosynostosis and other severe congenital skull deformities, it involves the extensive removal of misshapen skull bones and their immediate reconstruction in infants and very young children. The success of these procedures is based on the remarkable Read More…

Technical Strategies – Small Incisional Occipital Knob Skull Reduction

One not uncommon form of skull reduction surgery is that of the occipital knob. This is a region of the central lower occipital skull that everyone has…but most of the time it is a small barely raised bone area that is not seen etxternally and barely palpable. But in some people. almost exclusively men, this Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study -Skull Reduction for Occipital Protrusion

Background: A proportionate shape to the skull is an important element to a pleasing appearance. These heads shape proportions can be disrupted by large areas of concavities (flattening) or convexity.(protrusions) Treating skull depressions or concavities can create greater amounts of improvement through material addition which is only limited by the stretch of the overlying scalp. Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Minimal Incision Spot Cranioplasty Technique for Occipital Skull Indentation Correction

Background: The smooth shape of the skull can be disrupted by a variety of surface contour irregularities. Protrusions, indentations and ridges can occur anywhere along its bony surfaces and are most evident when the view of the scalp is not impeded by hair. With today’s male hairstyles of shaved heads being an accepted and attractive Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Custom Skull Heightening Implant

Background: Physically changing one’s height in adults can be accomplished by a variety of non-surgical and surgical methods. The historic non-surgical method was the placement of lifts in one’s shoes to the most contemporary method of lower limb lengthening. Shoe lifts are the simplest method and height increases of up to 1’’ are usually obtained. Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Skull Implant for Correction of Peaked Head Shape with Geometric Split Insertion Technique

Background: The skull is prone to a wide variety of shape malformations by virtue of its multiple suture connections during development. Premature fusion of these sutures cause well known forms of head deformity known as craniosynostoses. While these classic forms of craniosynostosis are the result of near or complete premature fusion of these suture lines Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – The Male Occipital Knob Skull Reduction

Background: The back of the head appears to be a non-descript skull area that usually garners little attention. And this is true as long as it has a relatively smooth slightly curved surface contour. But when protrusions occur its obscure appearance can become an aesthetic distraction. Such is the case in the classic occipital knob Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Combined Occipital Knob Skull Reduction with Scalp Roll Excision

Background: The back of the head is prone to multiple types of aesthetic concerns. Bony issues could include an isolated occipital knob, prominent nuchal ridges or areas of generalized flatness. Soft tissue issues are more limited and largely consist of soft tissues excesses known as horizontal scalp rolls. While often occurring as isolated issues, it Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Occipital Skull Implant for Adult Plagiocephaly Correction

Background: The skull has a complex shape and can have potentially a wide range of shape deformities. One of the most common is that of plagiocephaly….or a twisted skull. This is most manifest in the back of the head with one side flatter than the other. This may or may not be associated with bulging Read More…