Category: temporal reduction

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…

Techical Strategies – The Angulated Muscle Cut in Temporal Reduction Surgery

Temporal reduction is an effective strategy for reducing the width of the side of the head. The temporal region makes up the entire width of the head and is uniquely different from the rest of the skull. It is the only area of the skull in which a large muscle layer exists which contributes significantly Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Left Temporal Reduction For Side Of the Head Asymmetry

Background: Asymmetries in the shape of the head are not uncommon and come in a wide variety of types. One not uncommon type is that which affects the side of the head and is most noticeable to the patient in the front view. One side of the head sticks out further than the other. Usually Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Secondary Reduction Of An Anterior Muscle Asymmetry After Bilateral Temporal Reductions

Background: One of the more commonly requested skull reshaping procedures is that of temporal reduction. To reduce the overly wide or convex side of the head shape, the posterior portion of the temporal muscle is removed through a postauricular incision. Not only is the procedure effective but it is also scarless. While there are many Read More…