Will my scar heal? I had a hairline lowering procedure June 2016 (photo)

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Scar line is healing slowly. Will I need a hair graft?

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

It is best to contact your surgeon for post surgery issues.If your scar is noticeable, a hair transplant is an option to conceal your scar.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

For men, my main concern for men who have a hairline advancement surgical procedure is in the potential balding that may occur as most balding can start at any age and advance until the mid-fifties. If that happened to you (your risk) then you will have to get a hair transplant to cover it as a scar from a hairline lowering surgery will show with a receding hairline as the frontal area is the place that genetic balding starts in the most men. For young men, this chance of this happening is fully 99% so a surgical hairline lowering is not the procedure of choice in men for a receded hairline. This scar is permanent and you need a hair transplant to cover it, burying it in the new hair placed by the hair transplant.

Richard W. Fleming, MD (retired) · Answer

The appearance of your incision line 16 months after your hairline lowering procedure will not improve. Although it is not visible in this picture, I suggest you have some micrografts placed right at the hairline to camouflage the incision if you're not satisfied.

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