Category: skull reshaping | technical strategies

Technical Strategies – Parietal Eminence Skull Reduction by Direct Burring

The reduction of skull lumps and bump is a not uncommon request in skull reshaping surgery. Raised areas of the skull can occur for a variety of reasons although the most common is congenital, being just the way that the skull formed. One unique type of skull lump is not really a lump at all. Read More…

Technical Strategies – Fat Grafting A Custom Skull Implant Visible Edge

Custom skull implants have become a successful method for correcting many types of skull deformities where augmentation is needed. Interestingly, and perhaps not surprisingly, many aesthetic skull deformities are most apparent in men due to a ‘lack’ of hair. Whether the exposure of the skull is due to a shaved head, a short hair Read More…

Technical Strategies – The Versatile Temporal Implant

Augmentation of temporal hollowing has become a popular aesthetic procedure. While synthetic fillers and fat offer simplicity, they do not create a permanent treatment solution. Temporal implants fill that need and can be placed through a relatively minor surgical procedure. The first generation standard temporal implants are of a soft flexible silicone material that is Read More…

Technical Strategies – Diced Rib Graft Injection in Rhinoplasty

Primary or secondary correction of nasal bridge deformities is now well known to be corrected by injectable fillers. The use of hyaluronic acid-based (HA) injectable fillers provides a quick and very directed approach to a wide variety of nasal contour deformities. While effective, no HA filler to the nose provides a permanent contour correction in Read More…

Technical Strategies – Large Skull Reduction and the Grid Approach

While there are many different types of skull reshaping surgeries, the most limiting is the desire to have an overall smaller head. Because of the skull’s thickness, there are limits as to how much of the skull thickness that can be reduced. While there are great variabilities in the thickness of the human skull, safe Read More…

Technical Strategies – Screw Fixation of the Premaxillary-Paranasal Implant

Augmentation of the central midface can be done by placing an implant along the base and sides of the nose. Known as the pyriform aperture, it is the bony outline of the nasal cavity which makes a hole in the facial skeleton to the back of the throat. The soft tissue and cartilage structure of Read More…

Technical Strategies – Head Widening Implants

The width of the side of the head is controlled by the shape of the temporal bone and the thickness of the temporalis muscle, all located above the ear. While many think the bone is the main contributing factor, the thickness of the temporalis muscle should not be underestimated. By CT scan measurements it can Read More…

Technical Strategies – Extended Temporal Implants

Temporal implants have become the surgical approach to the treatment of temporal hollowing. They offer a rapidly performed permanent solution that eclipses the temporary and inconsistent effects of synthetic fillers and fat injections. These implants are placed in the subfascial location on top of the temporalis muscle through a small vertical or obliquely oriented incision Read More…

Technical Strategies – Placement of Bicep Implants

Augmentation of the upper arm is a combination of development of the biceps and triceps muscles. The biceps is the most recognized of the two upper arm muscles and the most pursued in terms of exercise development and arm flexing. The biceps muscle is a two-headed muscle that extends on the anterior surface of the Read More…

Technical Strategies – Placement of Tricep Implants

Silicone implants are available for male muscle augmentation at a variety of body sites. The most well known male body implants are the pectoral and calf implants. Implants for the arms and shoulders can also be done but they are far less well known and performed. Arm implants can be done for the bicep and Read More…