Hairline Lowering in Non-Balding Male

[Dr. Sheldon Kabaker]

30 year old male whose hairline has not changed since he was 16 years old. There is no family history of hairloss. However, most of the men have this high hairline with thick hair throughout their lives. This patient had an operation to lower the hairline, which is usually reserved for young women with high hairlines, or men who have had prior hair transplants. This patient had adequate scalp laxity to move his hairline down almost 3 cm's, and agrees to have hair transplants should he become bald in the front at a later time in his life.

 

He is shown before surgery and a number of comparative views.

The first pair shows the view from above (the surgeons view) before and right after his surgery.

The other views all show him 5 days after his surgery, when the stitches have just been removed.

We expect him to have a totally undetectable scar.

[jmghair]

I don't see how this is better than strip surgery which leaves a scar in the back of your head. Wouldn't you rather have the scar in the back than in the front?

[Levrais]

I don't see how this is better than strip surgery which leaves a scar in the back of your head. Wouldn't you rather have the scar in the back than in the front?

 

or even fue

[Dr. Sheldon Kabaker]

First of all, let me emphasize that this operation is most commonly done on young women with high hairlines who are not losing hair. This operation creates a true trichophytic scar (a scar with hair growing through and in front of it) which will only be detectable if hair is lost later in life.

 

In this instance , I am showing a 5 day result with density that cannot be equaled by strip or FUE harvesting unless multiple sessions are done. Please be aware of the point that this operation is only for very few men who are not in the process of losing hair, have a family history of similar hairlines, have a high hairline and have scalps that are flexible enough to allow for this procedure. I also have done this on men who have already had hair tranplants and the hairline is too high.

 

If there is a future plan to shave the head , the scar from this or any scalp surgery procedure will show. There are at least 3500 follicular units that have been moved forward in this case. If that much hair is moved by any other means, I doubt if one could shave the head and not have evidence of surgery show, even if done the best FUE extractor.

[jmghair]

This is interesting and at the same time uncommon. Thank you for sharing Dr. K.