Hair Loss from Brow Lift - Hair Loss / Alopecia Message Board

olive0 · 11-04-2008, 08:10 PM

Hello,

I had a brow lift some time ago. An incision was made from ear to ear and in front of my hairline. i have since suffered extreme hair loss. My scalp is numb and stings and i experience tension to the scalp area also.

I cannot begin to convey the roller coaster ride that has ensued. I just don't know how much worse the loss will get. My once beautiful full head of thick, healthy hair has transformed into rat's tails and continues to shed. There has also been specific loss to the scar areas. i have had a hair transplant on the hairline but not the side areas which are grose and smooth in parts.

Has anyone experienced such severe hair loss from plastic surgery?

Alcohol abuse, depression and anxiety are all too familiar to me now. Sad, when i think of my life before surgery.

PS. my arrogant surgeon assured me in no uncertain terms that there would be absolutely no hair loss suffered.

nirvana09 · 11-05-2008, 03:54 PM

hi i had a brow lift several years ago and it completely changed my hairline. my hairline is receding and i am also considering a hair transplant. did the hair transplant help at all? i think it is worse for a woman because baldness is accepted more easily for men. i feel your pain.

olive0 · 11-05-2008, 10:31 PM

Hello,

The transplant helped insofar as it covered the unsightly scar running across the front of my hairline. It was a central point of focus when anyone looked me in the face.

The hairs growing from the transplant are unruly and float around similiar to those sparse hairs you sometimes see on the top of bald men's heads. I simply cut them short to the scar as they play with my psychi watching them float around just in front of my eyes. But again, it is better than the recession and scar.

I have been on a support site for alopecia in the uk and my symptoms are identical to some of the sufferers of alopecia. I am in for a real ride and have every belief that i will lose my hair. It has already transformed into something foreign and unattractive. The most precious physical attribute i was possessed.

I wish you all the very best and know that i am more than happy to talk to you about any options you may be considering. I can assure you, i've tried them all.
Best regards, Sue.

nirvana09 · 11-07-2008, 08:24 AM

thank you very much and i wish you the best of luck as well. have a great weekend.

fibrocrafter · 04-13-2009, 08:10 AM

Hi. Newbie here and have had a lot of cosmetic surgery to fix multiple facial fractures caused by domestic violence. Anyways. I was given an "option" to do a little extra since I was going under the knife anyways. One of those options was a brow lift. I was cut the same way, from ear to ear. Now I have a bald spot about the size of a nickle (coin) on the left side of scalp, almost directly upward diagonally from the left brow. It looks as if it started at the scar but just expanded outward. Anyways, it's very frustrating to try and cover up. I love my hair and it was the one thing that I felt made me look attractive. Also, I have severe sensitivity over the scar and even the lightest tap on the head would send a sharp pain. I also have fibromyalgia so thought I was just pain sensitive. Will they do the hair transplant for free as a result of like reconstruction? Or will insurance cover it? Is is worth it, or will I have another resulting problem from that?