Does Skull Implant Materials Feel Like Bone?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a question about skull reshaping material PMMA.On your website it reads the material has flexibility and it qualifies as silicon on the periodic table.My question is: once the PMMA piece has been inserted under the scalp, if you press upon the scalp, does it feel soft or does the scalp feels hard like skull?

A:The use of PMMA (bone cement) has long been abandoned in aesthetic skull augmentation due to inferior results compared to custom silicone skull implants which also feel just like bone. PMMA is a synthetic plastic polymer while silicone is more pure element.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon