What to Do with Bald Patch After Facelift?

Hair loss after face lifting is a rare but known complication. It occurs mostyl because of the injury to the hair follicules during the procedure or is a result of  procedure that unfortunately moved hairline in the wrong drection. Although sometimes it can be corrected surgically by a revision, in most case hair is missing and has to be transplanted. The best method is calle FUE Neograft procedure . Neograft allows for hair to be transplanted with creating yet another scar on you scalp.

Unfortunately, you are looking at an older type of lifting procedure.

The newer type of lifts will give you an incision that is 60% to 70% shorter.

Micro Foliicular Grafts can be used to fill  in the area that is problematic. 

This loss patch of hair is a rare complication caused by a circulatory compromise in the area. Usually it is poor technique. The corrective action may be to transplant hair into the patch. It may take a coule of attempts.

Unfortunately this is one of the risks of facelift surgery where the scar close to the hair line can result in hair loss to the area. In most cases this will be permanent and you will never have hair in that area again. This is why I use my revolutionary technique - Concept Facelift - as it minimises this happening.The best natural solution is to replace the lost hair with hair transplant which will look very natural and replace the lost hair with individual follicles and its best to get advice from a hair transplant surgeon to rectify this. However this is very costly so may not be an option.Talk to your surgeon and see if he can do anything to help you and good luck.

Hair transplant surgery and Scalp MicroPigmentation can address facelift scars.  It can also add side burns.  It is always a good idea to see a doctor to make sure you would be a candidate for such surgery.

Scarring or a bald spot is an incredible common finding after having a face lift procedure. This can usually be avoided during the facelift procedure by utilizing a trichophytic closure. Nevertheless, if a bald spot or hair loss has occurred, it can be corrected with hair transplantation using single follicular units. From El Paso.

After a facelift, but usually the second or third one, the scars can become noticeable and the hairline can be pulled back so much that it doesn't look right.  Hair transplants are fantastic for this!  They cover up the scars very nicely and can actually advance a hairline that's been pulled back too far.  The entire hair transplant procedure takes about 5 hours, and can be done entirely under local anesthesia only.

These are not uncommon procedures, but one that requires a high level of experience and skill to achieve a natural appearance. Given what I see in the photo, you’d likely benefit from a procedure of 225 to 250 grafts into the right side to restore a sideburn/temporal region. If desired at that time, more grafts can be placed to permit coverage of the scar behind the ear/occipital-neck hairline.

So sorry this has happened.  This is a complication of facelifting that some may consider acceptable if the rest of the facelift was done well.  I don't think this has to happen.  At the time of surgery, there are some tricks you can use to get a great facelift result without overlifting the sideburn.  For now, I would wait.  You are early in the healing process and it may get to the point that with some minor alterations to your hairstyle, you can cover it up.  I would probably wait a year or so.  If you are still unhappy with the result, hair transplants are definately an option.  Usually one and rarely two sessions can get you the result you want.  There are other types of facelifts where the incision is made in front of the sideburn in an attempt to prevent lifting of the sideburn.  This can leave you with a scar in front of the sideburn.  Again, hair transplants are good options and cover the unsightly scar very well. 

It is unfortunate that you have this problem which we have treated for more than 30 years. Many surgeons still do this this was and elevate the sideburn leaving a bald patch. The area can be corrected by hair grafting or by flap rotation. Make sure you see someone with a great deal of experience so that they don't make matters worse. See specific examples of their work with sideburn reconstruction.