Prevention and correction of temporal hair loss in rhytidectomy.
Routine incisions in the temporal area for rhytidectomy often remove hair-bearing skin anterior to the ear. This results in a cosmetic deformity, making the surgical intervention clearly visible. This is especially problematic for revision rhytidectomy or for patients with naturally high hairlines. This article describes a systematic approach to the temporal hairline and introduces a novel, hair-bearing, transposition flap that corrects iatrogenic loss of the preauricular tuft of hair.
Brennan
H G
HG
Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Stanford University Medical Center, Calif., USA.
Toft
K M
KM
Dunham
B P
BP
Goode
R L
RL
Koch
R J
RJ
D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps