Cut My Head on a Shelf — Will I Lose Hair Around the Wound Now?

Dear Sir,

This may sound a trifling worry compared to some of the scenarios that I´ve glanced at,so I shan´t be long. This morning I cut my head on shelf at home, removing a section of scalp with hair in it. I´m unsure how deep it is, though the bleeding was not particuarly profuse and stopped after pressure was applied. I´m worried that the skin and hair particles shan´t heal and growback, and fear a small bald patch occuring. Do you have any advice or information that could be helpful? Many thanks
Best regards

My advice to you would be to go see a doctor to make sure there are no foreign bodies embedded in the wound and make sure there is no infection occurring. From the timing of this post, the window to have it sutured will be too late (>24hrs). If your injury caused separation of the edges of the scalp, your wound may heal with a scar, producing a small bald patch. If that bald patch bothers you, you can always get a small, minimally invasive Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) hair transplant to cover it. If you see a doctor, he/she may determine that closing the wound may still have value, but the longer you wait, the less likely will be this scenario.