Can I Have Excess Skin Removed from my Scalp?

I have done this surgery for 25 years and if you have a full head of hair, scarring should not be a problem. If you are bald, then the scar will show. The surgery is done with local anesthesia and our patients go to work the next day.

Certainly if there is excess skin of the scalp it can be excised to accomodate for the laxity. You would need an exam.

The surgery is relatively straightforward although where to put the scar and how to hide it is important. Often a straight scar on the scalp is more noticeable since there is often some loss of hair follicles and the baldness can be noticable, like those patients who have brain surgery. I will usually use a zig-zag type of reduction so this is less obvious.