A case is reported in which serial expansion was used to create scalp and forehead flaps of superior quality skin and subcutaneous tissue to cover a central forehead defect. The background and principles governing this surgery are discussed.

Background: The forehead is a donor site for facial reconstruction but has no generous donor site for its coverage. All options of the reconstructive ladder can be used. A large rotation flap was used to reconstruct a big central forehead defect following failed previous repair in an elderly diabetic patient after a motor car accident. Case presentation: A 64-year-old diabetic man presented wit...

INTRODUCTION The treatment of cervical lymph node metastases have a significant prognostic effect on the face and forehead skin cancers. We aimed to point out the importance of loco-regional treatment in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of face and forehead. PRESENTATION OF CASE We present our experience with four cases that had squamous cell carcinoma of face and forehead skin. All cases ha...

Plethysmographic data were presented in earlier publications (1, 2, 3) to illustrate the selective character of vasomotor activity in the skin. These plethysmograms indicated the absence of vasoconstrictor reflexes in head skin (with the exception of the ear). It has been suggested that these results “may be due rather to relative vasomotor inactivity of certain vessels than to an independence ...

Sound pressure levels (SPLs) were measured in the external auditory canals (EACs) of 16 subjects with normal hearing and normal middle ear immittance. SPLs were the result of bone-conduction (BC) stimulation at 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz, with the oscillator placed either on the forehead or on the mastoid process. At 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz, significantly higher SPLs were measured when the he...

CONTEXT Reconstruction of extensive nasal defects often represents a significant challenge owing to several unique qualities of the nose, such as complex topography, mobile free margins, and multiple nasal subunits. Furthermore, loss of internal nasal lining and/or structural skeletal support may be present following removal of extensive skin cancers. OBJECTIVE To describe our experience with...

Facial pallor is commonly observed at presyncope in humans, suggestive of reductions in facial skin blood flow (SkBF). Yet, cutaneous vasoconstriction is usually minimal at presyncope when measured at the forearm. We tested the hypothesis that reductions in forehead SkBF at presyncope are greater than in the forearm. Forehead and forearm SkBF (laser-Doppler) and blood pressure (Finometer or rad...

BACKGROUND Lipomas can be categorized into deep and superficial lipomas according to anatomical depth. Many cases of forehead lipomas are reported to be deep to the muscle layer. We analyze ultrasound in delineating depth of forehead lipomas. METHODS A retrospective review was performed for all patients who underwent excision of forehead lipomas between January 2008 and March 2013 and for who...