Can I Get A Full Head Reduction?

Q:Dr. Eppley, I want to get a full head reduction , back of head reduction and forehead reduction as well as top of head reduction, can Dr Eppley look at these and be able to help with this?

A: Thank you for your inquiry and sending your pictures. In skull reduction surgery, particularly those that involve multi-surface areas, the two key preoperative considerations are: adequate bone thickness to permit an effective and safe reduction, and 2) enough incisional length to successfully perform the procedure.

That information is acquired by: 1) a 3D Skull CT scan with color mapping of bone thicknesses, and 2) patient acceptance of a bicoronal scalp incision which is necesary to have adequate exposure of the front, top and back of the skull bone surface areas.

Dr. Barry Eppley

Plastic Surgeon