Scalp Reduction

English Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery Center offers scalp reduction to patients in Little Rock, Arkansas, North Little Rock, Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, Jacksonville, Arkansas, Sherwood, Arkansas, Jonesboro, Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Fort Smith, Arkansas and surrounding areas.

What is Scalp Reduction?

• surgically removes bald scalp.
• stretches hair-bearing scalp upward to replace bald scalp that has been removed.

In selected patients, scalp reduction is a very effective method of hair restoration when performed. Depending on individual patient characteristics, Dr. English may perform scalp reduction

• as the only hair restoration procedure desired by the patient,
• in combination with hair transplantation to achieve a desired aesthetic effect, or
• occasionally, in combination with the aesthetic surgical procedure called brow lifting to remove frown lines from the forehead and crow's feet from around the eyes.

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Am I a good candidate for scalp reduction?

Is Scalp Reduction Right for You?

• Physical condition: The patient should be in good general health and have no medical conditions that would rule out a surgical procedure.
• Degree and pattern of hair loss: The patient and the physician or hair restoration specialist should together make the final decision as to whether scalp reduction is a good choice for hair restoration. In general, scalp reduction is likely to be most useful in a patient who has a large area of scalp baldness and an adequate supply of good-quality donor hair on the sides and back of the scalp. Another consideration is the rapidity of scalp progression and the likelihood that the scalp will significantly progress in the future. These factors will influence the need to consider future hair transplantation to keep pace with an ever-expanding zone of baldness. The patient who undergoes scalp reduction at Dr. English’s facility in Little Rock, AR should be willing and able to have future scalp reduction and/or hair transplantation and/or correction of surgical complications as the need arises.
• Tightness or laxity of scalp skin: Scalp skin that has very little laxity (the ability to stretch) may not be a good foundation for scalp reduction. The rationale for scalp reduction is that bald scalp can be surgically removed and hair-bearing scalp skin stretched up to cover the excised area. A substantial degree of scalp skin laxity is required to make the procedure work well.
• The patient's objectives: What do you, the patient, want hair restoration to accomplish? Your objectives, discussed thoroughly with the physician or hair restoration specialist, will be a major factor in determining if scalp reduction is a good option for you. For example, scalp reduction may be a good option for a patient who wants to "pull up" all available donor hair to provide dense coverage of the scalp-given that other factors such as scalp laxity are favorable to that decision.

I think I might be a candidate for hair restoration through scalp reduction. What should I do next?