Category: plastic surgery case study | skull reshaping

Background: The concept of skull reduction is like the reduction of almost any skeletal structure in the body…there are limits. The length and thickness of the anatomy is one controlling factor along with how well the overlying soft tissues shrink and contract down around the reduced bone. Thus most aesthetic reductions have to be given Read More…

Background: The five surfaces of the skull are prone to a wide variety of surface contour irregularities. In theory all five surfaces could be equally affected by these shape deformations but that is not so. Three of the five skull surfaces are completely bony but the sides are covered with muscle. Since almost all skull Read More…

Background: The skull is simplistically a collection of five almost flat to very convex surfaces. All of these skull surfaces usually have smooth outer contours but are prone to a wide variety of possible irregularities from either congenital, traumatic or pathologic origins. A significant number of such surface contour irregularities are related to the suture Read More…

Background: The skull is prone to a wide variety of aesthetically undesired shapes from areas of flatness to excessive prominences. Many of these appear in specific patterns and can be given descriptive names by their presentation. Some are associated with an adjoining suture line. While congenital craniosynostoses skull deformities are the most well known they Read More…

Background: Patients concerned about their head shape, particularly that of deficiencies (areas of flatness), have a long standing time period of awareness. Almost every skull augmentation patient I have treated tells the story of their concern and it almost always dates back to their childhood or teenage years. In men it can be a more Read More…

Background: Plagiocephaly is the most recognized and frequently occurring aesthetic skull deformity. While it affects the head overall it greatest aberration in skull shape is posteriorly. Flatness of the back of the head is the sine qua non of plagiocephaly for most patients which is where it is usually seen most significantly.Often called occipital flattening Read More…

Background: The scalp is prone to a variety of aesthetic abnormalities which are often not well known or even recognized. One of the more common aesthetic scalp abnormalities are redundant rolls of scalp that typically appear on the back of the head where the scalp meets the neck skin. There is an association of the Read More…