Butterscotch7

Yes, waiting will be the hard part but hoping a HT in the future will fix it. Thank you for the support and kind words!

Someone else also recommended her, I will look into her work. Thank you!

I am considering a HT after the year mark as my scar is still very new. Thank you for the recommendation!

First of all, thank you so much for this post! Glad to see someone who can relate to my experience. It really does leave a mental scar as well. I spoke to someone from Natural Hair Transplants, Florida - they specialize in afro/kinky textures and they recommended the same thing - to wait at least a year before doing any transplants. Waiting will be the difficult part but I will use this time to find the best doctor for a repair. Thank you for the recommendations - have read so many good reviews so far about Dr. Bisanga and Dr. Mwamba. Also, your new hairline looks amazing! Doctor did a fantastic job. Glad to see there is still hope for me. Really appreciate it

I should have clarified...the procedure I got was a SHA(Surgical Hairline Advancement), where they make an incision at the hairline and where the new hairline is going to be, then remove the skin in between - the incision goes along where the linear scar is. Then the skin is stitched together. It is the old school way of lowering the hairline, which is different from a transplant.

I am an African American woman who recently (1 month ago) got a hairline lowering surgery done by Dr. Jeffrey Epstein in Miami, Florida. The surgery was under general anesthesia and I had a really good experience with Dr. Epstein and his team. However, from what he advertises on his website and videos on YouTube, the surgery should leave minimal to no scarring, with hair growing through the incision. This does not seem to be the case for me. I had a naturally high hairline before, with no loss of hair. I am satisfied with the way the hairline was brought down but I am worried about the scarring, as I cannot wear my hair up, which was the point of getting the surgery in the first place. I understand that I am only a month post op and the scar might look better as time goes, but from the looks of it, it will still be pretty noticeable. I feel that Dr. Epstein was not completely honest about scarring and how unnatural the hairline would look, and felt like he pushed the hairline lowering procedure over a hair transplant, which I now know would have produced much better results. All in all, I regret not doing more research before moving forward with the surgery. I am currently exploring getting a hair transplant to hide the scars...any recommendations for doctors who work with African American hair who can help with my situation? How long do I have to wait for the scar to mature before I can get a transplant? I am willing to travel for a good doctor. Any suggestions and comments are much appreciated!