Why Are My Brow Bones So Big and How Can I Make Them Smaller?

Q: Dr. Eppley ,Sir my brow bones have continued to grow and are very large. What is the reason and treatment of this disorder?

A:You have very over developed frontal sinuses. It is the frontal sinuses that make up in the inner half of the most prominent part of the brow bones. Some men do naturally develop very string brow bones . Why this occurs is usually not known unless one has a growth hormone excess due to a pituitary tumor. As an adult if the brow bones appear to be continuing to grow, along with other facial bone growths, then you should be assessed for a pituitary tumor. But if the brow bones are large but stable in size then you simply have idiopathic or naturally strong brow bone development.

The treatment for reducing brow bone size is a surgical procedure known as bone flap setback. If I had a side view picture of you I could show you the type of reductive change possible.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon