Flap correction when one side droops too low: Dr. Mike Beehner

[Dr. Michael Beehner]

This first patient was 28 years old when he presented to me. He had had a scalp reduction and a TPO (temporo-parietal-occipital) flap done just a few months ago and had an abnormally low hairline on the right side along with a thick, "pooched-out" dog-ear at the corner. The second photo shows the outline of the area that was excised. Just as with the previous patient (the one with the flat transplanted hairline) the forehead skin was freed up and the proper angle of hairline to temple was restored. Micrografting was done around the closure then and at another session to make it more natural looking. His final appearance is shown in the last photo.

I also will include one other patient who was in his late 30's with the hairline too low on the left, who had the same corrective procedure and the corrected result is shown.

Mike Beehner, M.D.