Are Custom Skull Implants Heavy?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am looking into crown implants for a flat head and to increase my cranial top. I was just wondering if anyone knew if these implants “smoosh” your brain or add too much weight on the top of your head leading to increased inter cranial pressure.

Also, do those who have gotten this surgery feel the implant pressing on their skull?

Thank you!

A: In answer to your skull implant augmentation guestions:

1) Custom skull implants when placed on the bone will feel just like bone.

2) Such implants are placed on top of the skull bone and, thus, have no impact on the brain which lies on the other side of the skull bone.

3) Custom skull implants are light weight, most weighing between 100 and 150 grams. (1/3 of a pound)  Even very large skull implants, which require a first stage scalp expansion,  weigh only between 200 and 250 grams. (1/2 a pound)

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon