Circular skin defects are common after excision. Traditional closure requires removal of some healthy skin to make a fusiform elliptical defect and then close the defect directly. This closure may distort the tissue around the eyebrow, making the eyebrows asymmetrical. Furthermore, although a purse-string suture can be used to provide closure for a circular skin defect around the eyebrows, this method will pull all the skin around the defect to the centre, producing puckering and buckling of the skin. An alternative method of closure for circular skin defects around the eyebrow is the Mercedes flap, which involves excision of less of the healthy tissue and requires less tissue to be pulled to the centre of the defect, making the scar less visible. We report a series of patients treated with this technique. During the period July 2010 to May 2012, the Mercedes flap was used to treat surgical defects in 42 patients (13 men and 29 women, mean age 47.5 years; range 22–68). Of the 42 lesions, 37 were melanocytic naevi, 2 were seborrhoeic keratoses, 2 were dermatofibromas and 1 was a basal cell carcinoma. The defects were located on the head of the eyebrow in 23 cases, within the eyebrow in 10, on the lateral end of the eyebrow in 5, and above the eyebrow in 4. All defects were circular or oval, ranging from 8 9 8 mm to 15 9 18 mm in size. First, the circular or oval defect was evaluated after resection of the neoplasm. Before carrying out the Mercedes flap technique, the wound edge was undermined to facilitate pulling of the surrounding skin to the centre of the defect. Then, three points were chosen for insertion of intradermal 5-0 absorbable sutures (PDS II; Ethicon, San Angelo, TX, USA). The sutures were then gently pulled taut and tied at the same time. This process resulted in closure of the wound with the appearance of the logo used on Mercedes Benz cars. The three points were chosen depending on the direction or length needed for the three ‘arms’ of this formation. This meant we could decrease the movement on specific structures (such as the head of eyebrow), which would eventually leading to fading of the scar(s) left by one or two of the arms of the Mercedes flap in specific areas (such as the eyebrow) (Fig. 1). Subsequently, we removed any excess skin (Burow triangles) if necessary. Then, we used an intradermal interrupted suture on the three arms of the flap with 5-0 absorbable sutures as before. Finally, the epidermis was sutured with 7-0 or 8-0 nonabsorbable sutures (Prolene), and the wound dressed. The dressing was changed on the first day after surgery, and subsequently every 2 days. The epidermal interrupted sutures were removed within 1 week of surgery. Using this technique, all the wounds were closed completely. During the immediate postoperative period, some oedema was seen surrounding the sutures, but this disappeared completely within a week. There was no marked distortion of the nearby structures, especially in the eyebrows. Moreover, after the Burow triangles were removed, the scar line was inconspicuous,