Scalp Reduction

This technique aims to reduce the bald surface, thereby reducing the number of grafts required to obtain satisfactory coverage.
Most often performed under local anesthesia, tonsure reduction is very useful in the treatment of extensive male baldness, but also in the correction of cicatricial or post-traumatic alopecias.
It is possible to perform two or three scalp reductions about two months apart. The excision shape depends on the topography of alopecia.
The procedure involves removing strips of non-hair-bearing skin about three inches wide and five to six inches long, thus reducing the number of grafts required in a further overall correction of male baldness.