Hairline Lowering Treatment: Procedure and Cost

We all wish to have a hairline proportional to our facial features. Having an excessively broad forehead or a disproportionately high hairline deeply impacts your self-confidence and makes you feel insecure and conscious about the way you look. Several reasons can contribute to a large forehead or a receding hairline, including genetics, injuries, hair fall, or surgery. However, the good news is that you can restore your natural hairline with an advanced medical treatment called hairline lowering surgery. This procedure is suitable for both men and women and helps you cherish the joys of having an aesthetically pleasing hairline.

Table of Contents 

1. What is Hairline Lowering?
2. Are You a Good Candidate for Hairline Lowering Surgery?
3. Hairline Lowering Treatment Procedure 
4. What to expect after the treatment?
5. How Much Does Hairline Lowering Treatment Cost?
6. FAQs

Takeaway

1. What Is Hairline Lowering?

Hairline lowering is an advanced, restorative, surgical treatment for those seeking to lower their hairline or cover their overly broad forehead with hair. The surgery focuses on reducing the distance between the hairline and the eyebrows by about 2-3cm. This makes the hairline look more proportionate and also enhances overall facial aesthetics. However, your dermatologist or cosmetic surgeon would do a physical exam and consider several factors such as thickness at the hairline, laxity of the scalp, the height of the hairlines, previous surgery, etc., while customizing the best treatment plan for you.  

2. Are You a Good Candidate for Hairline Lowering Surgery?

Before scheduling a hairline lowering treatment, your doctor or cosmetic surgeon would physically assess your scalp to determine if you are a good candidate for undergoing the hairline lowering procedure. Here is some relevant information on what makes you an ideal candidate for Hairline Lowering Treatment:

· Hairline lowering procedure makes a great treatment for both men and women. However, women tend to be better candidates as compared to men.

· Women of all ages with a large forehead or a naturally high hairline are considered the best candidates for HLT.

· Men and women with a thick hairline with no one in the family with a history of hair loss or baldness can also be good candidates for this procedure.

· Whether or not you are an ideal candidate for this surgery also depends on a range of other factors like the flexibility of the scalp and forehead skin, quality of hair at the hairline, and so on.

3. Hairline Lowering Treatment Procedure

The advanced hairline restoration procedure involves the following steps.

Your cosmetic surgeon or dermatologist will mark the hairline and area of the forehead to be removed with a surgical marker. This involves great care and expertise to ensure that the cut along the hairline preserves the hair follicles and nerves. The procedure is performed under local anesthetics, and the entire forehead, from the hairline to just above the brows, is numbed to reduce pain and discomfort. After that, your doctor will make a pretrial incision along the marked area of the forehead and hairline. Now, the surgeon will carefully separate the skin from the connective tissue underneath and remove the area marked for removal. The top incision along the hairline is then pulled down to join the forehead incision, thus closing the gap. The skin is sutured together in a precise manner to prevent scar formation, which is further hidden completely by the hairline upon hair re-growth.

4. What to expect after the treatment?

The hairline lowering surgery is an outpatient treatment, and generally, the majority of patients can return home within a few hours after the surgery. However, you’ll need to return to your doctor’s clinic or hospital for suture removal over the following week and a half. Besides, your doctor may ask you to return for follow-ups and post-operative checkups roughly 2 to 4 weeks after surgery. As with any surgery that involves an incision, you’ll need to take proper care to keep the wound clean and dry to prevent the risk of infection and speeding healing. Your team of restoration professionals will guide you about post-operative instructions on how to properly care for your surgery incision, including management of pain, swelling, and risk of infection.

5. How much does forehead reduction surgery cost?

Hairline Lowering Treatment is a cosmetic procedure, so your health insurance company won’t cover it. Most plastic surgeons will require that you book a consultation for a physical examination of the scalp to determine if you are an ideal candidate for the procedure. Upon a thorough examination, the surgeon will give you an estimate of the fees involved. Generally, the average cost of hairline lowering surgery in Delhi ranges from INR 50,000 to 60,000. Cost may vary depending on a variety of factors, including the surgeon’s skills, the extent of the surgery, and geographical location.

FAQs

How long does it take to recover after a hairline lowering surgery?

The surgery is a simple procedure and usually takes about 2 to 3 hours to complete. Generally, the procedure requires one session or sitting unless tissue expansion is needed as well. The recovery time is about 7-10 days.

Is hairline lowering permanent?

Forehead reduction surgery is permanent. There may be a slight natural fall of the eyebrows over the years due to the natural aging process; the forehead will always be smaller than before surgery. The forehead does not stretch back to its pre-procedure position.

Takeaway

Hairline lowering treatment is a cosmetic procedure and requires great expertise of the surgeon, advanced technology, and qualified medical attendants. At Dermalife , we are committed to delivering the best hairline lowering treatments to our patients with great care and precision.