Category: plastic surgery case study | skull reshaping

Background:  The size of one’s head or skull is largely genetically driven unless there are  congenital brain or skull deformities involved. Head sizes vary greatly amongst all people and even amongst gender, race and geographic location. There is no known intellectual differences between the broad normal range of head sizes that occur. The interpretation of Read More…

Background:  Plagioephaly is a well known skull deformity that is marked by an asymmetry of the circumferential skull shape. This is most commonly manifest by a flatness on the back of the head with varying degrees of asymmetry of the forehead as well. It is almost always that the back of the head is flatter Read More…

Background:  Macrocephaly can be a pathologic condition where the entire size of the head, the skull, scalp and intracranial contents, are abnormally large. There are a variety of causes for it including hydrocephalus, genetic conditions  and an enlarged brain as some of the most common reasons. These are usually treated a younger age of often Read More…

Background:  The size of one’s head is subject to a variety of normative values such as a circumferential measurement and percent of total body size. But regardless of numbers, the person’s interpretation of their head size is what is most aesthetically important. For those concerned about their head size, some people see their head size Read More…

Background: In an era where it is common to see an adult male with a shaved head or a very closely cropped haircut, the shape of the head takes on great aesthetic significance. Not only are large head shape issues glaringly apparent but small ones that would normally never be seen with a head of Read More…

Background: The size of one’s head or shape of the skull is usually congenitally controlled. While microcephaly is a pathologic skull development condition that restricts brain development, some patients have small narrow heads but not true microcephaly. Sometimes called ‘peanut heads’ and often having issues with wearing hats or helmets their head shape might be Read More…

Background:  A sagittal ridge skull deformity is most commonly perceived as its fullest expression with sagittal craniosynotosis in an infant. But there are greater numbers of patients affected by lesser or more ‘aesthetic’ sagittal deformities where the height of the sagittal crest and the degree of parasagittal depression along the sides is much less severe. Read More…