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Technical Strategies – The Placement of Extended Temporal Implants for Hollowing In Conjunction with Hairline Browlifting and/or Frontal Hairline Advancements

Temporal hollowing is a common sequelae of aging particularly in the thin female. While the actual temporal muscle does not shrink significantly with aging, the temporal fat pads do. Thin females do not have sizable temporal fat pads initially and whatever is there may largely shrink with age. The most common treatment for temporal hollowing Read More…

The Volumetric Effect of Temporal Implants vs Injectable Fillers

Temporal augmentation can be done by a variety of techniques from injections to surgery. The typical progression for patients seeking improvement in their temporal hollowing is to first use an injectable approach. A wide variety of synthetic fillers have been used successfully but their effects are not permanent. Fat injections are often done as a Read More…

Technical Strategies – The Postauricular Incision for Temporal Implants

Temporal implants offer a permanent method for volume augmentation for a hollowed contour by the side of the eye. Such implants are often sought after either acceptable results from injectable fillers but a permanent result is desired or due to unsatisfactory results from fat injections. The success of temporal implants is based on their subfascial Read More…

Technical Strategies – Direct Incisional Approach for Temporal Implants

Implants are the one assured permanent method for temporal augmentation. Besides guaranteed volume they also assure a smooth contour due to the outer contour of the implant. (assuming they are placed without inducing any folded edges) In placing temporal implants they are three incisional locations that can be used. The most common method is the 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…

The Postauricular Approach for Temporal Implant Placement

Temporal implants provide a permanent augmentation to the entire side of the head. Standard temporal implants initially were developed to treat the more common and limited anterior hollowing that occurs by the side of the eye all the way up to the temporal line of the forehead in the non-hairbearing skin. Custom temporal implants were 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 Soft Tissue Forehead Reshaping with Frontal Hairline Advancement, Browlift and Temporal Implants

Background: There are numerous dimensional considerations in forehead surgery. The contour of the forehead is controlled by the shape of the underlying bone centrally and the temporal muscles laterally which can be modified by either augmentation or reduction. The vertical length of the forehead, however, is controlled by the soft tissue landmarks of the frontal Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Temporal Implants For A Complete Head Widening Effect

Background: The side of the head/forehead, known as the temporal area, has multiple areas that can be augmented. There are three specific temporal zones which include the low anterior area (Zone 1), the high anterior area (Zone 2) and the posterior area. (Zone 3) The most well known are Zones 1 and 2 as there Read More…