Abstract
Creating beautiful curves of the forehead is considered to be the key to achieve optimal outcome of craniofacial plastic surgical reconstruction. However only subjective, or artistic techniques have been proposed in the past, therefore the outcomes of reconstruction seem to be entirely dependent on surgeon's ‘kansei’ or skills. Thus the aim our study were to analyze the curves of the forehead in 50 normal Japanese women, and classify the curves to create as a guide for total forehead reconstruction. To characterize the individual nature of the complex forehead curves, two key lines were abstracted from 3D data. Based on profile of curvature analysis, forehead curves were classified into 6 types in horizontal section line, and 2 types in meridian line. These classification were then used to develop curve templates as a guide for forehead construction. We applied these curve templates in complex craniofacial reconstruction and found that the outcome is very promising.
