Can I Get Full Head Augmentation?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a small head from my young age. Now my age is 46 and i have started to experience hair loss as before i had very thick hair to cover my head.i am by profession an engineer and this small size of my head is causing problems at my work place and socially as well.

Plz i need to know the following

1 can i have full head augmentation (max volume in cc we can use in implant)

2 how much total cost of the surgery including everything

A:The concept of CCs of a skull implant will not be helpful to you as that relates to volumetric expansion over a large surface area which would be impossible to understand unless one does the actual surgery. It is more useful to think of the skull as 5 surfaces (forehead, top, back and 2 sides) i which you can augment any 2 without a prior scalp expansion. But when 3 or more surfaces are involved a 1st stage scalp expansion is needed. Thus when one speaks of augmenting the whole skull than a two stage skull augmentation procedure is needed. Another concept is that unless one is willing to undergo a coronal scalp incision for implant placement  a total 5 surface skull augmentation is very difficult to surgically execute.

That being said I would suggest you look at the five surface skull augmentation concept and rank in order of priority the desired augmented skull surfaces. But for now I have attached some imaging looking at various surfaces of skull augmentation as well as my assistant will pass along the general cost for 1 vs two stage skull augmentation surgery.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgery