Can the scar from a brow lift incision at the hairline (not behind) be successfully concealed with bangs?

Where the scars are placed in a brow lift depends on the type of surgery you have. If you only need a slight lift, the 1-cm scars will be placed and hidden in the eyebrows. For an endoscopic lift, the scars are hidden in the hairline. Care is taken not to interfere with hair growth. However, your hairline may indeed change. If you are worrying about your scars, you may not have found the right facial plastic surgeon to help you. Keep researching until you find someone who is expert at performing brow lifts without leaving visible scars. I hope this helps.

Hello mercerBy using a beveled incision technique, our surgeons preserve as many of your hair follicles as possible. This means that individual hairs will grow into the scar area, often hiding it to the extent that you could wear your hair pulled back.

You are asking about a pre-trichal brow lift. However, from the description of your hairline position it sounds like you would be a good candidate for an endoscopic brow lift.  The incision for a pre-trichal brow lift is made in the front few hairs of the forehead and well hidden in the temporal hair.  Hair will actually grow through the incision and camouflage the scar so that it should hide nicely unless your hairline recedes.  The endoscopic brow lift incisions are well hidden small incisions made in the hair.  With a low hairline you are an ideal candidate for this procedure and I would be happy to discuss the surgical approaches with you.

Thank you for your question. The endoscopic brow lift is especially helpful in address sagging in the brow area, softening vertical lines between the eyebrows and horizontal creases in the forehead. The end result is a more youthful appearance to the brow and upper eyelid region without compromising your hair line. I suggest that you move forward and consult with a board certified facial plastic surgeon.
Best wishes,

Scars with brow lift tend to heal very well, regardless of where they are placed. The brow lift incision can be placed near or behind hairline as necessary, whether it's performed in isolation or in conjunction with a facelift. The decision on brow lift incision placement is determined by the plastic surgeon and patient during consultation.Best,Dr. Chaboki

Browlift without noticeable scar at hairline and no need for bangs? We invented the Irregular Trichophytic Forehead Lift decades ago for this problem. Thehair roots are buried under the scar  and hair will grow through with the scar not just behind it.  See a very experienced surgeon familiar with this technique for best results. Look at close-up views of the hairline on my website and others. 

Thanks for this great question. Hairline brow lift is a great tool that is often under utilized. Hairline brow lift allows a more direct and precise elevation of the brows because it is closest to them. It is of great benifit in patient where the frontal hair line is already high and you dont want to pull it back any further. In fact it can be used to bring a frontal hairline down if needed. It can be designed to do some temporal lifting as well.If you already have a low frontal hairline you may wish to consider a more standard brow lift that will bring the hairline up.The scar of a brow hairline approach is usually is usually just within the first few hair follicles, so some could be lost. The incision is usually beveled so that when hair starts to regrow it grows out through the scar in an attempt to camouflage it.When operating near hair, "shock loss" can occur at the site from the local trauma to the hair roots. Usually these hairs will regrow in a later Hair cycle (yes hair has cycles). If hair did not regrow in some instances transplanted hair micrografts could be used to replace them. Scars are never invisble, but this type of scar is usually well hidden, if not you would indeed want to grow out your bangs and hartfull help to hide the scar.Bset wishes.

This is a great question because the procedures for brow lift/forehead lift are perhaps more varied and opinionated than any other. Coronal, pre-trichial, irregular trichophytic (see Dr Toby Meyer's answer), endoscopic, direct, mid- forehead (rarely done, perhaps in men mainly) are all done sometimes with great results. But ! your specific needs and situation has to be assessed correctly. See a PS who has experience with all these procedures so he/she is not "pushing" one procedure because one does not fit all. As to scars, when the correct procedure is performed expertly they are minimal to nonexistent.

If your hairline is low (short forehead), then an endoscopic brow lift with the incisions behind the hairline may be the best option to avoid a pretrichial incision.  In general, the hairline incisions should not cause hair loss. 

Yes, the incision at the hairline can easily be covered with bangs.  a properly performed incision will be minimally detectable when placed at the hairline.  Placement of the incision at the hairline will lower hairline.  Placement of the incision behind the hairline will raise the hairline.