I thought this would be a good case to illustrate the use of hair restoration as a corrective procedure following facelift surgery in a female patient, something less encountered here on the forum.
Pt is a 66 YO female with the following deficits:
Preoperative Diagnosis: Alopecia and scarring secondary to previous surgical procedures (facelifts), which have resulted in:
1)Receded frontal and bitemporal hairline;
2)Elevation and recession of temporal points bilaterally;
3)Recession of bilateral sideburn areas.
4)Scarring/thinning in areas posterior to sideburn areas.
Our goal therefore, is to create the frontal and temporal hairlines, as well as the bilateral temporal points, taking care to utilize a large number of single hair grafts to recreate a softer appearing hairline, especially important in the temporal point and sideburn areas.
A total of 3458 grafts were used in the case as follows;
1's = 1129; 2's=2166; 3's=163.

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Dr. Timothy Carman
La Jolla Hair Restoration Medical Center

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