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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Large Head Widening Reduction by Temporal Muscle Release and Transposition Technique

Background: One of the common aesthetic skull reshaping procedures requested and done is head widening reduction. Better known as temporal reduction the objective of the surgery is to create a narrowing effect (straight line) of an overly convex or round side of the head. While often perceived as accomplished by bone removal it is actually Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Temporal Reduction Side of the Head Reshaping Surgery Does Not Affect Jaw Function

Background: Temporal reduction has been developed to produce a visible narrowing of excessive width on the sides of the head. Most of the time this excessive width appears as a convexity that begins just above the ear and bows outward as the tissues ascent upward towards the bony temporal line of the skull. While typically Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Temporal Muscle Reduction/Transposition for Side of Head Bulging and Temporal-Based Headaches

Background: The temporal muscle has a significant functional and aesthetic role to the entire side of the head. Its size influences the contour of the entire side of the head from the lateral orbital wall all the way to the parietal bone on the back of the head. It is one of the muscles that Read More…

Common Misconceptions of Temporal Reduction Surgery

Temporal reduction is a skull reshaping procedures that focuses on reducing the width/convexity at the side of the head. Unlike skull reduction on the front, top and back of the head, which is exclusively composed of bone, the sides of the head are covered by soft tissues most of which is muscle. For this anatomic Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Temporal Reduction for Head Width Reshaping

Background: Reduction of the wide or convex head shape is most effectively done through muscle removal. The temporal muscle is quite large with its origins along the long temporal line of the skull from which it extends down into a funnel shape through which is passes under the zygomatic arch. Once under the arch this Read More…

The Direct Incisional Approach to Anterior Temporal Muscle Reduction

Temporal reduction is a well known and effective procedure for head width reduction. It specifically removes the thinner posterior portion of the temporalis muscle that covers the convex portion of the temporal bone above the ear. This muscle due to its greater thickness in some people can create an undesired amount of convexity to the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Anterior Temporal Reduction After Posterior Temporal Reductions For A More Complete Head Narrowing Effect

Background: Excessive width or convexity of the side of the head is one of many head shape concerns. Generally it is preferred that the side of the head is straight rather than have any convexity. This becomes most relevant in men who have shorter hair styles where the shape of the side of the head Read More…

Temporal Reduction Surgery Eliminates Ear Wiggling

Temporal reduction surgery is an innovative procedure for reducing the width or excessive convexity on the sides of the head. It is based on the removal of the thinner posterior portion of the temporalis muscle which can be up to 1 cm in thickness per side. Access to do the procedure is done from an Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Temporal Reduction Surgery for Wide Head Reduction

Background: The shape of the head is largely created by the skull bones with one exception….the side of the head. While there is bone on the side of the head, this bone is covered by the large temporal muscle. Running from the side of the eye and forehead the muscle covers the entire side of Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Postauricular Scar Outcome in Temporal Reduction Surgery for Head Width Reshaping

Background: There are many types of aesthetic skull deformities that can be treated by bone and muscle modifications. When to comes to the side of head from the eye to the back of the head this is the only area of the skull which is covered by muscle. The temporal muscle has its origins along Read More…