18 year old female who wanted a 1 inch hairline lowering

[Dr. Sheldon Kabaker]

18 year female who wanted her hairline lowered approximately 1 inch. She preferred a procedure that would give her a result much faster than follicular unit grafts could. Approximately 2 weeks ago she had a one stage hairline lowering procedure performed under twilight sleep and local anethesia. The first pair of pictures, shows her before the surgery and at its conclusion one hour later. This view is from the top of the head. The other views are pairs of different poses done before and one day after surgery. She returned to school on the 2nd post operative day with her hair combed over the stitch line, and did not attract any attention.

 

The amount of scalp that was moved had approximately 3500 follicular units.

[TakingThePlunge]

Dr. Kabaker,

 

It's always interesting to see the amazing results of your expert hairline lowering! I get a regular stream of emails from young women all over the world enquiring about this procedure.

[RCWest]

Nice work as usual, Dr. K. I kind of find it unusual the number of teens these days wanting their hairline lower. I thought this young lady's hairline looked good before.

[Dr. Sheldon Kabaker]

Some of my cases just want the option of a lower hairline. It is a small minority of women whose hairlines are a bit high who care greatly enough about this to have surgery. Most hair stylists simply cut bangs for these women. Those women with very high , masculine hairlines are the majority of my hairline loweriing patients. There are no studies of the psychology of concerns for these borderline high hairlines but the patients who have a correction are extremely happy. Remember, these women have not , in most cases, had hair loss. Their hairlines are inherited stable characteristics. Anyone who suffers from hair loss has very different issues trying to regain a part of their image that has been lost. I (who has lost hair starting in my mid 20's) and most posters understand this.

[hairthere]

Dr. Kabaker, My concern would be that she is only 18 and what if at some point her hair does recede or thins? Are these young woman made aware of the ramifications?