Eyebrow Incision Using Tattoo for Anterior Fossa Lesions: Technical Case Reports

Some Korean women draw tattoo in their eyebrow to cover the scant hair. If a patient has a tattoo in her eyebrow, lesions of anterior cranial fossa can be easily managed with this small eyebrow skin incision through a small unilateral supraorbital craniotomy. By this technique, 7 cases of anterior cranial fossa lesions were successfully treated without any major complications. This leads to less facial scar, less operation time and an earlier return to social adaptation.

Key words:

Tattoo - Eyebrow incision - Supraorbital craniotomy - Anterior cranial fossa lesion

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