I have been looking at a lot of videos of doctors making their incisions for a lower facelift around the patients hairline, cutting off excess skin, then stitching it.Then I see other doctors making their incisions about 2 inches past the hairline. I’m confused because does that mean when they are pulling the skin from the face to tighten it, that will make your hairline further back and they are cutting off some of your scalp?Which that means you are losing your hair?Can someone please explain?
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In general terms, there is little difference between the healing process with staples or stitches in the scalp. Staples do not fully close the loop and are considered by some to be more protective of the hair follicles. It is sometimes easier also to adjust the...
I generally use a wrap with foam to hold pressure and add compression to the skin to avoid any fluid buildup and reduce swelling allowing the patient a much speedier recovery. The head wrap dressing is removed the next day with the drains and generally they are in a headband style wrap that als...
After reviewing your picture, I would recommend that you consider volume before any other surgery. Because the cheeks can be a "black hole" for fillers (it takes a lot to get a good result), I would recommend you under go fat transfer. Understand that it might take 2 sessions to get where...
