Hair Loss After Brow and Face and Neck Lift

There are different types of hair loss that can occur after facial plastic surgery.  Around the incisions, there can be temporary hair loss that many times will resolve with time.  Distortion of the hairline, including it getting pulled back, can occur due to the tightening of the skin backwards especially of the sideburns but also along the frontal hairline.  Lastly, there can be some overall thinning of the hair especially in the upper temporal regions due to the pulling of the skin.  Most of these conditions can be nicely treated with hair transplantation, but it is always best to try treating these areas with Rogaine and time.

I tell my patients hair loss can occur after face/brow/neck lifts for two reasons.  First, incisions and tension can sometimes lead to hair loss do to their affect on blood flow.  Second some people believe that general anesthesia and/or the "stress" of surgery can lead to generalized hair loss.  In both cases the hair loss can stop and hair can regrow.  I often recommend to my Facelift patients that they regularly use Nioxin shampoo before and after their procedure and rogaine as well to potentially reduce the potential for hair loss.  Do not take this as medical advice/Consult your plastic surgeon - I can not state that this would apply to you I am simply stating what I do routinely in my practice.