Category: temporal reduction

The Temporal Reduction Head Narrowing Surgery Exposed

Narrowing of the wide or overly convex side of the head is done by a soft tissue reduction of the temporal muscle. While many think it requires a bone reduction technique the reality is that muscle removal is far more effective and can be done by a hidden incision behind the ear. The temporal muscle Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – The Wide Mouth Opening Test in Temporal Reduction Surgery for Side of Head Narrowing

Background: The skull has five basic surfaces, all of which can be either augmented or reduced.The central 3 surfaces (forehead, top of head and back of head ) are only bone under the scalp and this reduction in these areas needs to be done by bone removal. However the two sides of the skull, while Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Bilateral Temporal Reductions (Posterior Temporal Muscle Removals) for Chronic Tightness/Pain

Background: The large temporal muscle occupies the entire side of the head even though its function is to contribute to movement of the lower jaw. Like the masseter muscle its masticatory activity can be a source of painful symptoms. Hyperactivity, nerve compression and vascular occlusion can be a source of such pain although the exact Read More…

The Anatomy of Temporal Reductions for Wide Head Narrowing Surgery

The wide head typically means an increased bitemporal distance which also gives it a more convex shape from the front view. While the bitemporal distance seems like a single area on the side of the head that is made of a uniformly thick temporal muscle, it is not that anatomically simple. The temporal area of Read More…

Technical Strategies – Reducing the Postoperative Visible Cut Line in Temporal Reductions

Temporal reduction is an effective aesthetic procedure for reshaping the side of the head in the properly selected patient. Based on temporal muscle removals and releases the goal is to decrease the wide or convex shape to the side of the head. Its effectiveness is based on how thick the temporal muscle is but in Read More…

The Outcomes of Temporal Reduction Surgery for Head Width Reshaping – A Patient Example

Temporal reduction is a procedure that was developed as a skull reshaping procedure to narrow the wide head shape. Specifically to reduce the convex shape and fullness on the side of the head. Contrary to the perception of the need to remove bone to create this effect it is actually the temporal muscle which needs Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Near Total Temporal Reduction For Excessive Head Width Reduction

Background: The wide side of the head aesthetic deformity refers to an increased convexity that is disproportionate to the height of the skull and face. These head shape concerns are almost exclusively male concerns because of their more common short hairstyles or shaved heads. With increased exposure the five surfaces of the head become more Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Side of the Head Reductive Reshaping by Posterior Temporal Muscle Removal

Background: The temporal bone is the major skull bone on the side of the head whose main functions are to protect the temporal lobe of the brain and encase the bony ear canal. It has two components, a deeper concave fossa by the side of the eye where most of the temporal muscle resides and Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Removal of Large Right Temporal Osteoma in a Female

Background: Osteomas are well known benign bony grows that commonly occur on various areas of the skull. They most commonly present on the skull between the bony temporal lines. Very rarely have I seen them outside the bony temporal lines on the sides of the head where the temporal muscle is located. When such hard Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Reduction of the Wide/Convex Side of the Head By Temporal Muscle Removal

Background: Temporal reduction remains the only known effective procedure for a reshaping/narrowing of the side of the head. This is particularly useful, almost always in the male patient, in which the side of their head has too much convexity and they desire a more straight line appearance to it. Since the side of the head Read More…