Pioneering surgery to remove large brain tumours through the eyebrows of patients has been successfully carried out in Scotland.
In what has been described as a "world first", NHS Grampian said tumours the size of large apples have been removed using the technique.
Consultant neurosurgeon Anastasios Giamouriadis has adapted the already-existing eyebrow technique to enable him to now remove larger growths - a development which he described as a "game-changer".
The surgery is said to have fewer complications, a shorter operating and recovery time, and less scarring as a result. One recipient - who described her tumour as like a tennis ball - said she was out of hospital in just two days with nothing but a black eye.
Traditional surgery for patients with tumours at the front of their brain involves having to remove a large part of the skull, in what is known as a craniotomy.
Known as the Modified Eyebrow Keyhole SupraOrbital Approach for Brain Tumours, the new technique means patients are expected to be left with only a small scar and a black eye.