Is total head widening possible?

Question

I have a narrow head and while considering a temporal implant i have noticed that many reasults lead to a “ballon effect” where the head become very round. On me that would be even worse; so I was wondering if some kind of implant that covers the area in the picture is possible. My goal is to widen the skull from the top curve down to the zygomatic bone. Ps: Is a malar osteotomy adviced to help this kind of implant?

Zoran Potparic, MD · Answer

In person consultation would be the beast approach. For cosmetic purpose it would be best to consider selective implants which can be custom made based on 3D CT scans. This may be very expensive procedure but definitely less extensive/expensive than any type of cranium expansion/remodeling. Good luck.

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD · Answer

The area you have marked can be augmented by a custom designed head widening implant placed in a submuscular location from an incision behind the ear or in a subfascial location from the same incision location. The area you have drawn is a bit inaccurate at its top portion as the implant can not go beyond the fascial attachments at the anterior temporal line...unless it is placed from a superior direction from a scalp incision.

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