I have always had a high forehead which combined witha ralativly narrow face spoils an otherwise very attractive face. wearing a fringe or hat – simulating a lower hairline dramatically increases the balance in my face and makes my face look much more attractive. I have other striking features and work hard on my phsyique, being attractive is important to me and I would like to model in the future. I have been told with a few slight alterations this ambition could be a success!

My hairline starts above the point where my forehead begins to curve back to join my scalp and recedes a lot above my temples.

I am relativly young, 23 and male – with no history of balding anywhere within my family, and feel that even if I were older hair transplants would be unsuitable as I wish to wear my hair short and the thin/unpredictable growth patterns I have seen from transplants is not the look I am looking for.. I am wishing to improve my asthetic not correct a baldness problem, thus the overall result would have to look good and be virtually undetectable.

My question is, have hair line lowering operations (forehead reduction?) being carried out on men, and with what degree of success? How dramatic is the scarring – can it be made undetectable even with short spikey hair? Does this kind of procedure alter the direction of growth of the individual folicles – causing a somewhat ‘wild’ appearence of the hairline?

Most of the information I have been able to gather reagarding this surgery has related to older females, although I have seen that such surgery has been popular with transexuals, and the results here – in younger people – seem to be very positive.

Id appreciate if you could email me any help you can give me!

Thanks

My question is, have hair line lowering operations (forehead reduction?) being carried out on men, and with what degree of success? How dramatic is the scarring – can it be made undetectable even with short spikey hair? Does this kind of procedure alter the direction of growth of the individual folicles – causing a somewhat ‘wild’ appearence of the hairline?

Hairline lowering procedures work as well for men as they do for women. The problem is that 50% of men will experience some form of balding, most in the front of their heads. With a successful hairline lowering procedure, what do you think will happen when the hairline recedes from male patterned genetic hair loss? The answer to this question is that you would bald from the incision (scar is minimal usually) backwards, losing all of the benefits of the hairline lowering procedure. This is especially worrisome for the young man, because the ability to predict hair loss in a 23 year old is difficult, near impossible. You would be taking a risk if you have your hairline lowered now. If, however, you go the transplant route, the look is impressive and totally normal and can be followed with more transplants if balding should occur. One of the reasons that hairline lowering procedures works well in gender changing situations is that the testicles are taken off, so the risks of male genetic hair loss is obviated.

See this previous blog entry for photos of a hairline lowering procedure with transplants in a woman with coarse hair.