Category: injectable fillers | temporal augmentation

Temporal Augmentation by Intermediate Fat Pad Filler Injection

The use of injectable fillers in the treatment of temporal hollowing is common. It can be debated whether the hollowing is due to fat atrophy, muscle thinning or both. Contemporary thought is that temporal hollowing is due to fat atrophy, hence the targeting of injectable filler placement into the temporal fat pad regions. It is Read More…

Technical Strategies – The High Anterior Incision for Temporal Implant Placement

Permanent augmentation of the temples is done by specially designed implants that are unique to this facial area. Other than the lips the temples is the only facial area in which it is soft tissue not bone that is being augmented. This poses several unique implant considerations such as the need to have the implants Read More…

Facial Masculinization Surgery – Upper Third Reshaping – Temporal Augmentation and Skull Reshaping

Temporal Augmentation While the natural shape of the temples is slightly concave in both genders, females tend to have increased temporal concavities. Temporal concavities or hollowing are measured by making a straight line from the lateral bony temporal line of the forehead down to the zygomatic arch. The depth of the temporal skin below this Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Temporal Implants for Male Head Widening

Background: There are various general descriptions of head shape concerns which imply which section of the skull is either excessive or deficient. A narrow head shape refers to the side of the head which is commonly perceived as that of the temporal bone which sits above the ear. Technically it also includes a portion of Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Total Temporal Implant Augmentations Combined with Large Custom Skull Implant for Maximal Head Reshaping

Background: The shape of the head consists of five zones of projection. There is the height superiorly, projection anteriorly (forehead) and posteriorly (back of head) and bilaterally at the sides. (temporal) Differing thicknesses and contours of all of these areas combined create the total head shape appearance. Anthropometric studies of head shape have been extensively Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Temporal Implants Replacement of Irregular Bone Cement Temporal Augmentation

Background: Aesthetic augmentation of temporal hollowing, like most forms of facial augmentation, is most commonly done using injectable fillers and fat. This is certainly appropriate given that temporal hollowing is a soft tissue deformity and not as a result of a bone defect or deficiency. While different forms of such injectates exists and their advantages Read More…

Total Temporal Augmentation with Anterior and Posterior Implants

Aesthetic augmentation of the side of the head is designed to increase its fullness or convexity. From the side of the eye (lateral orbital rim) all the way to the back of the head is known as the temporal skull area. While most people think of the temples as to the side of the eye, Read More…

OR Snapshots – Anterior and Posterior Temporal Implants for a Total Head Widening Effect

Head width refers to the bitemporal diameter above the ears at the side of the head. Technically this is posterior temporal width. This is different than anterior temporal width which refers to the correction of a hollowing or a concave shape. The relevance of head width has come more into play these days as more Read More…

Temporal Anatomy – Implications for Injection and Temporal Implant Augmentation Methods

Temporal hollowing has become a target for aesthetic treatments with the expansion of injection therapies. Injectable fillers and fat injections are the most common temporal augmentation methods. The ease of their use as non-surgical and minimally invasive treatments makes them very appealing to patients and doctors alike. However the temporal region is one of the Read More…

The Anatomy of Temporal Implant Augmentation

Augmentation of the temporal region is a new area for synthetic facial implants. While every other facial implant designed is for bony augmentation, temporal implants provide enhancement of the soft tissue (muscle) region of the side of the forehead and eye. While injectable filler and fat provide a less invasive approach, they do not offer Read More…