Scalp reduction is suitable for patients with large area of bald scalp or bald spot at the crown. It is a surgical procedure that involves removing bald skin from the top or the crown of your scalp and then pulling the hair-bearing skin closer together, thereby reducing the size of the bald spot. The procedure is more extensive than hair transplantation. Sometimes scalp reduction is performed in combination with hair transplantation to achieve optimum results.
A procedure that removes bald scalp and brings the hair-bearing scalp closer together. Scalp reduction is most often used in patients with posterior baldness.
hairless areas of the scalp are removed to increase the proportion of hair-bearing scalp
Surgical procedure in which an ellipse of bald scalp is removed from a small midline bald spot and the hair-bearing scalp between the ears is pulled together and sutured closed. This reduces the bald area.
A surgical procedure designed to reduce the size of the balding areas in which an ellipse of bald scalp is surgically removed and sutured closed.