Open Brow Lift Scars

Theodore Katz, MD answers: Will open brow lift scar heal nicely?

I am considering an open brow lift to correct my hereditary low brow and high forehead. I've been keeping my brow elevated with Botox in the past 5 years. I have total trust in my surgeon and had several consultations.

My concern is the long scar that will be very close to my hairline. He said he will follow my natural hairline and my coloring--very fair--should allow for me to have nice healing. I have concerns if I will always need to wear bangs after this. Any thoughts from the surgeons who do open procedures and the patients who have had them would be greatly appreciated!


Theodore Katz, MD
2 months ago

Most of the scars from open brow lifts at the hairline that I have seen done by plastic surgeons have been barely noticeable and well concealed.  There are rare occasions when there might be some hair loss just behind the scar, or the scar widens slightly.  I have had quite good success with hair transplantation (micro follicular units) to camouflage these scars or areas of thinnng hair.  Most of the patients I have had to treat with hair transplantation had the surgery performed by non-plastic surgeons.  Be sure to visit with a board certified plastic or facial plastic surgeon and ask about their experience with this particular procedure and if they can treat the scar in the rare case there is a problem.

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