Can I Remove The Elongated Crown Of My Skull?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’d like you to remove the elongated crown so that my head becomes rounder.

A:Thank you for your inquiry and sending your pictures. I can definitely see your skull concern quite clearly. Crown of the skull reduction is not an uncommon skull reshaping procedure. The key question is how much of it can be safely reduced. This would be determined by 3-D CT skull scan with color mapping of the bone fitness to ensure that an adequate reduction could be done safely.

The question in any skull protrusion is whether it is a result of thicker bone or whether it is the brain pushing the bone out and the bone is actually thinner. While in the vast majority of cases it is due to figure bone it is critically important to make that distinction before undergoing surgery.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon