Hair Loss 2 Months After Surgery Normal?

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Latest answer by Sam Naficy, MD
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I had a wonderful facelift in August, however, in October I started losing my hair. Is this normal?

10 answers to Hair Loss 2 Months After Surgery Normal?

Hair Loss 2 Months After Surgery Normal

Some people will have hair loss from the stress of surgery and at times from the anesthetic. Hair loss near the incisions can also occur short term, Using products such as Rogaine can help speed the hair growth cycle though.

Julio Garcia, MD
Las Vegas Plastic Surgeon

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Hair loss form general anesthesia

If you had general anesthesia then it is possible that the anesthetic is contributing to your hair loss. This is one of the many reasons we prefer to use IV sedation for face lifts instead of general anesthesia

Sam Naficy, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

Hair loss after facelift

Yes, it's possible to experience hairloss after a facelift but I would expect the areas of loss to be near the healing scars. One may expect that the hair would return but it may also represent permanent loss. Now, if the hair loss is outside of the area of the facelift, this could represent an unrelated medical problem as the cause for the hair loss.

James Wire, MD
Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon

Hair loss after facelift

It is unusual to have hairloss 2 months after surgery. If it is a shock thing from surgery it will more than likely come back. You may want to see a dermatologist expeert in hair to see if you have other causes of hair loss.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Hair loss after facelifts

I agree that hairloss can occur. especially in the scalp or just from the anaesthesia or physical stress of surgery. the hair will usually grow back over several months. rogain and vitain supplements can help

Jed H. Horowitz, MD
Orange County Plastic Surgeon

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I had a wonderful facelift in August, however, in October I started losing my hair. Is this normal?

Hair loss after a Face Lift can be from two causes. The incisions within the hair bearing scalp disrupted or injured the hair follicles. The general anesthesia itself has been relported to give temporary hair loss with any type of surgery, not just Face Lifts. I no longer place incisions within the hairr bearing scalp, front or back, when performing a minimum incision Face Lift and when doing a full Face Lift or Brow Lift that does require these incisions, I place... more

Francis R. Palmer, III, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Hair Loss after Surgery

Hair loss can happen after surgery, especially around the incisions. It returns in a few months. If you are having hair loss all around your scalp, you need to see your doctor for an evaluation.

Karol A. Gutowski, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

It depends on the relationship between where you are loosing your hair and your facial incisions.

The dissection necessary for a facelift can induce root shock in the hair above the dissection. Usually this hair loss from root shock is temporary with hair recovering in 6 to 9 months. However some of the hair loss can be permanent. If you are loosing hair well away from where the surgery was performed, then this type of hair loss would not be related to the facelift procedure.

Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD
Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon

Is hair loss after surgery normal?

Although generalized hair loss after facelift ( or any other surgery, for that matter) is not common, it is well recognized. Women, typically those with a thick head of hair, seem to be the ones who experience this most often. Normal hair is in a growing phase, a resting phase or a shedding phase. That is why we notice some stray hairs in our brush each day. The stress of surgery shifts many more hair follicles into the shedding phase and the hair seems to fall out by the... more

Michael S. Hopkins, MD
Albuquerque Plastic Surgeon

Hair Loss after Facelift

It is possible to have some localized hair loss in certain areas after facelifting if you had incisions placed in the scalp. If you have generalized hair loss over your entire scalp, it is probably not related to your surgery. I would recommend seeing your plastic surgeon again, and possibly seeing a dermatologist who specializes in hair loss.