Functional Implications of Aesthetic Temporal Muscle Reduction
The temporalis muscle is the largest and most powerful muscle of the face and skull. It runs from almost to the back of the head down below and behind the cheek bone to attach to the lower jaw. It...
View ArticleAesthetic Reduction of Head Width by Temporalis Muscle Resection
Head shape is an aesthetic feature that is often overlooked or disregarded…unless one has a head shape that they do not like. While the shape of the head does usually play second fiddle to the shape...
View ArticleCase Study – Temporal Muscle Reduction Migraine Surgery
Background: There are a wide variety of types of headaches of which migraines make up some of the most disabling. While the exact cause of many migraine headaches is not precisely known, certain...
View ArticleTechnical Strategies – Minimal Incision Temporal Reduction Technique
Reduction of an undesired temporal convexity is becoming increasingly requested as it becomes aware that a procedure exists to do it. For a head that is too wide or convex above the ears, a technique...
View ArticleTechnical Strategies – Anterior Temporal Reduction
Temporal muscle removal has been shown to be effective at head width reduction. By removing the posterior temporal muscle belly, which is much smaller than the larger anterior temporal muscle and...
View ArticleCase Study – Head Width Reduction by Muscle Removal
Background: An aesthetically displeasing size of the head can occur at various skull areas. One such area is at the side of the head most commonly located above the ears. When it is too wide there is...
View ArticleCase Study – Transcoronal Temporal Reduction
Background: The width of the head is controlled by the thickness of tissues above the ears. This consists of skin, fat, muscle and bone. Of these four tissue elements, it is surprising for most...
View ArticleOR Snapshots – Temporal Reduction for Head Width Narrowing
The size of one’s head can be judged from different dimensions. One of these dimensions is head width, which is judged by the appearance or size of the head above the ears. A normal head width does...
View ArticleCase Study – Head Narrowing by Posterior Temporal Muscle Reduction
Background: The shape of the head is influenced by five different surfaces. These consist of the front, back, sides (2) and the top. Each surface has an effect on the appearance of the overall head...
View ArticleOR Snapshots – The Fate of the Cut Muscle Edge in Temporal Reduction
Temporal reduction is an effective method for narrowing the wide head. The wide head is defined as the area above the ears that has too much convexity or fullness. Extreme fullness at the sides of...
View ArticleFive Concepts about Temporal Reduction (Wide Head Narrowing Surgery)
Reduction of the wide head is a procedure primarily performed by removal of the posterior temporal muscle. (temporal reduction) Besides the fact that few patients and surgeons even know such an...
View ArticleCase Study – Posterior Temporal Reduction for the Wide Head
Background: The side of the head is an often overlooked aesthetic area whose shape can really only be appreciated in the frontal view. While great attention is paid to the anterior temporal region...
View ArticleCombining Temporal Reduction and Otoplasty for Reshaping the Side of The Head
Temporal reduction is an aesthetic procedure that is used for the treatment of the ‘wide head’ or undesired convexity to the side of the head above the ears. It is a muscle removal procedure since...
View ArticleCase Study – Posterior Temporal Reduction for Reducing Side of the Head...
Background: There are a wide variety of head shape concerns that exist from the top, back, front and sides of the head. Such concerns may be that certain skull areas are too big, too small,...
View ArticleThe Posterior Zygomatic Arch Osteotomy For Temporal Process Facial Protrusion
Facial width reduction can be done by a variety of bone reshaping surgeries. Cheekbone osteotomies are a common techniques for reducing midfacial width. This is done by a combined anterior osteotomy...
View ArticlePlastic Surgery Case Study – Anterior and Posterior Temporal Reductions...
Background: The temporal region, seen externally as the side of one’s head, extends from the side of the eye to the back of the head. The ear lies approximately in the middle of this area and is the...
View ArticleTechnical Strategies – Reducing The Risk Of Muscle Edge Visibility in...
Reducing the width or convexity of the side of head is best done by a muscle-based procedure. Removing the entire posterior portion of the temporalis muscle provides an assured technique given the...
View ArticlePostoperative Instructions for Temporal Reduction Surgery
Temporal reduction surgery is an aesthetic head reshaping procedure done to reduce the width at the wide of the head. This is done through removal of the posterior portion of the large temporalis...
View ArticleTechnical Strategies – The Importance of Deep Fascial Closure in Temporal...
The desire for reduction of the width or convexity of the side of the head is mainly seen in men with short hair or a shaved head. While it is commonly perceived that this is a bone problem and only...
View ArticleTechnical Strategies – Thermal Reduction of Anterior Temporal Muscle Fullness
Decreasing the width or excessive convexity of the side of the head is done by removal of the posterior temporalis muscle. Despite being only about 1/3 of the total volume of the entire temporalis...
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