A year ago I had a botched facelift resulting in the loss of my sideburns/temporal tuft. The incisions were in my temporal hairline and it seems that almost all the hair below the incision was permanently removed when the skin was excised. I also have a wide white scar here, where the incision was closed with staples. Will I be able to have a hair transplant procedure, even though the skin there is presumably now non-hair-bearing. If so, how successful is it likely to be, and what are the risks?
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You have so called left hemifacial microsomia, where the left side of the face is smaller than the right. You can observe the the length of the lower jaw is longer on the right, the cheekbones are different, brow position on the left is slightly lower, and even your glasses are not sitting...
This is a tough problem to deal with. A good place to start is a board certified pain management specialist. After exhausting those options re-operation may help, there are no guarantees but it may be the only option left. I hope this helps!Ritu Chopra MD
Thank you for your question, stelmo.
Although the amount of time you'll need to stay out of the driver's seat
depends on the significance of your surgery and the type of medications your
doctor prescribes you, I generally recommend that facelift patients take about
1 week off from driving. Not...
