Brow Lift Scars and Hair Loss

Hello, this is Park Seong-hyeok from NUNNopEui Plastic Surgery.

Among those who come in to ask about eye surgery for middle age, we often receive questions about brow lift surgery, which improves frown lines and softens a fierce impression.

Before-and-after brow lift surgery

Here is a short series introducing the brow lift FAQs that customers ask about most often.

I’m worried about brow lift scars A brow lift makes an incision inside the hairline, as shown by the red line in the image above.

Because the skin itself is not incised, there is the advantage that the surgical mark is less noticeable than with other eye surgeries.

Appearance of a NUNNopEui customer 2 months after a facelift This is the appearance of someone who underwent a brow lift at NUNNopEui two months later.

Can you clearly see the incision site? Even I, who performed the surgery myself, can’t quite tell where the incision site is.

Of course, if you look closely, you can find it as a thin line, but it is covered by hair, so it is not easy for others to notice. It’s plastic surgery that can practically get away with murder^^

I’m worried about scars because I have hair loss

Scar appearance before and after brow lift surgery in a customer with hair loss If you have hair loss and a broad forehead, the incision site may not be sufficiently covered by hair, right?

But even in such cases, the surgery is actually performed with an incision at a location that is not very different from the usual position. And as time passes, the scar improves and becomes very inconspicuous.

Does a brow lift cause hair loss? This is one of the most common questions among people asking about brow lift side effects. Hair loss after surgery... Just thinking about it is very worrying, isn’t it? Temporary hair loss after a brow lift may occur in less than 5% of cases.

But if you understand the depth at which the surgery is performed, it is nothing to worry about at all.

Appearance 2 months and 6 months after surgery in a customer who was worried about hair loss

Our scalp is made up of a cross-section like the one below...

Cross-section of the scalp The layer where the hair follicles that grow hair are located is the skin and subcutaneous tissue. The layer (depth) where brow lift surgery is performed is between the bone and the periosteum.

In other words, because the surgery is performed right above the bone, it does not encounter hair roots, nor does it encounter important blood vessels. That is because the anatomical depth is different.

Hmm... Even so, why does hair loss like the one above happen?

The reason temporary hair loss can occur after a brow lift is

Hair growth cycle

It is precisely because of the hair growth cycle. Hair in the human body, regardless of the area, passes through the following stages:

anagen - catagen - telogen - hair growth phase

If the operated area happens to enter the telogen phase, you may experience temporary hair loss like in the case above.

But as long as we are certain that the follicles were not damaged, it is only a matter of time before the hair grows back!

That concludes today’s FAQ related to brow lift surgery.

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We’ll come back next time with another easy topic for you.

This was Park Seong-hyeok from NUNNopEui, who helps elevate your discerning eye~~