Will Skull Implants Increase My Circumferential Head Size?

Q: Dr. Eppley, One important point for me is also the overall head size.

I’m very self-conscious about my head circumference, which is only about 56.8 to 57 cm. I’d like to ask realistically:

With the type of augmentation shown in the simulation (including the possibility of some light lateral fill if needed), what would my new head circumference be approximately?
What is the maximum size I could realistically reach while still keeping an aesthetic and natural result?

A: In answer to your skull augmentation questions:

Custom skull implants provide augmentative changes for head shape contour improvements. They are not done for a measured circumferential head size change. Some benefit in those measurements may occur but is not an effect I would predict or comment on.
The implant volume/size any patient’s head can accommodate is based on the stretch of the scalp. That is the limitation of head size change and is determined on an individual basis.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon